A Little Offensive But...

 I get the feeling that this commercial isn't trying to be offensive, but there are a lot of elements that probably wouldn't sit well with today's audience.

Googly Revolution

There’s a saying, or at the very least an idea that many people believe to be true, and that’s chocolate will improve any food. I will agree that chocolate can make many desserts, nuts and even some savoury foods pretty good, but I’m pretty sure it can’t improve everything. I’ve pointed out in the past that onions and chocolate seems to be a stumbling block that I’ve seen a few people attempt but never succeed. I’d also argue that there a few desserts that would not be better with chocolate, like strawberry shortcake, carrot cake and trifle. So that made me think, is there anything you can do to a dessert, snack or candy that will always improve it?

My next line of thinking was fruit or a fruit compote. Fruit is a great garnish on so many desserts so it seemed like it should work. I was mostly thinking of a berry coulis, maybe strawberry or raspberry. The problem with coolis is I’m not convinced it would improve any candies, and pretty sure it would wreck some savoury treats, I’m looking at you pretzels.

This basically lead me right back to the beginning, and had me once again sure that there was no unifying single thing one could add to snacks, desserts and candy that would always improve them. That was until I took a trip to my local bulk food store and came across some candy googly eyes.

You could easily argue that these candy googly eyes add nothing when it comes to taste and texture. I would argue back that they do add a little bit of crunch, but would kind of agree that flavour wise they’re just adding some sweet and nothing more. The thing they do add is endless entertainment, and maybe that’s just what desserts, snacks and candies could use. Even if your dessert is fancy or your candy is fun, these googly eyes just seem to add even more fun to them.

My plan is simple, I bought a handful of these googly eyes, and I’ve decided that over the next few weeks/months I’m going to take every opportunity to add them to many of my desserts, snacks and candies that I’m eating to see if it actually makes them better. I’m convinced that there will not be one failure for this experiment, and I challenge any treat to try and be less fun without some slightly wonky eyes attached to them.

Funny Airheads Commercials

 With a name like Airheads, it's not surprising they would find the funny in heads expanding and people floating away.

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Funny M&M's Candy Commercials

 I find the fact that they know that they're candy to be the best part of the humour, but also something that keeps me up at night.

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Funny Sour Patch Kids Commercials

 I'm not sure I really ever understood the whole first they're sour then they're sweet add campaign.

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Funny Skittles Commercial

 I think Skittles commercials really pushed the boundaries of what's funny versus what's extraordinarily weird.

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Reese Predicts The Future

In the future, robots will eat peanut butter.

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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

If I ever plummet to my death, I hope I too reflect on Rolos.

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Jolly Rollercoaster?

I don't really like rollercoasters, so this would have actually made me really happy.

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Dyslexics of the World Untie!

Being dyslexic myself, I can relate to this.

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Candy in the Media - How To Make Waffles... sort of

I can't tell you how many times I've scrolled through recipes online just to find the recipe. I'm happy to read a story, but let me get started first.

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Candy In The Media - Cookie Monster Is Awesome

I'd never seen this Cookie Monster parody of "I Love It", but I now love it.

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Candy in the Media - A Funny Commercial is Good

The folks at Eater have pointed out (check it out here) how nice it is to see that new advertising might not just focus on how we're all miserable.

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Candy In the Media - Best Retro Commercial Ever

This is probably the best retro candy commercial ever made.

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Candy In The Media - Snickers Hair Do Not

I wish I could focus on anything other than the hair choices in this commercial, but I can't.

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Candy In The Media - You Think You Want Some Ice Cream?

We've all been desperate in life, just wanting a lick of some ice cream, but this is really a pretty low place to be.

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Candy In The Media - Mickey and Minnie Mouse In Thailand

I can't say enough about this amazing cartoon. First of all, I'm a huge fan of the new direction Disney has taken with Mickey Mouse cartoons, I love the look and I really enjoy the stories. Secondly, I love the fact that this entire cartoon is in Thai, no English at all, and you can still follow the story.  Finally, the fact that the subject is near to my heart, street food, really makes this one of the best cartoons I've seen in a while.

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Birthday Wish List Part 9 - Feed My Ego, Buy Me A Shirt

Candy Critic Chris By Tom Yeo T-Shirt
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I'm not proud of myself, but if you bought me a shirt from the Candy Critic store, I'd be really happy. I'd even be happy if you bought one for yourself too. Maybe you could consider one of these new designs by my good friend Tom Yeo.

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It's A Random Review... One That We Really Got Wrong.

Check back tomorrow (at www.candycritic.org) for the full written review, but right now you can check out my initial reaction to these cheese snacks. Often I assume certain things about snacks before I eat them, sometimes I'm wrong, this is one of those cases.

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Candy In The Media - Epic Cake Machine

This is part invention, part art installation, and part dance routine, but it ends in cake, so it's also wonderful.

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