Turtles Are Sexy?

It turns out you can use sex to sell everything.

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Candy In The Media - Sexy Cherry Ripe

I don't think I've ever seen such a sexy commercial, without anything sexy going on.

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Amazing Halloween Candy/Junk Food Costumes That You Should Buy - Tootsie Pop Dress

I think that we can probably agree that this isn't really a Halloween costume. Some people might buy one of these for Halloween this year and pass it off as such. Some might also argue that this is a little too sexy to be a Halloween costume. I'm not someone who judges other people's fashion sense, so i will say nothing. What I will say is that I think as a dress this is a pretty neat look. I really like the retro graphics, and if I saw someone wearing this dress in public, I might even compliment them on the cool design.

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Candy In the Media - Reese's Easter Commercial Is Suggesting Something

I might be reading into this a little bit, but is the implication here that chocolate bunnies and peanut butter jars hook up and produce peanut butter eggs?

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Last Minute Ideas If You Wanted To Be My Valentine - Ummmmm... Yeah.... NSFW

I have no comment, about this particular Valentines Day gift.

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Candy In The Media

Ice cream as a metaphor for sexuality... it's tasty and kind of sexy too.

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A Halloween Candy Costume Thing - Part 4

Every year I like to feature a candy themed costume that has a little sex appeal.  I'm not sure if this is really "sexy" as much as it is creepy, but it seems to be going for the sexy look.  The one thing this Umpa Lumpa costume has done, is made me think.  Why weren't there any lady Umpa Lumpas in either of the movies (or the book I assume)?  They wouldn't have to sell sex like this costume does, but I'm sure all those Umpa Lumpas would have enjoyed a little female companionship after working the line at the Wonka factory.

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Candy In The Media

In this, our last post about how sex is used to sell candy, I thought I'd go with the most blatant use of sex to sell candy I could find.  I would even go so far as to say that this commercial is probably selling sex more than it's candy.  You're pretty much in the last 10 seconds of this commercial until you realize they're even selling a Snickers bar. I guess the Snickers folks felt that those wanting a bikini car wash would also enjoy a chocolate bar filled with nuts, nougat and caramel.  Having said that, I'm pretty sure just about anybody would enjoy a bar filled with nuts, nougat and caramel, so I guess this works.

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Candy In The Media

M&M's really played the whole brown M&M thing for adults.  I'm pretty sure as a kid I never thought about my candy having an active social or sex life.  As it turns out, some advertising creative person does, and they should be locked up for it.  I'm no prude, but I have no interest in knowing where Mini M&Ms come from.

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Candy In The Media

Japan has always had their share of strange commercials, as well as commercials that feature some serious sexual themes.  The reason this commercial doesn't creep me out as much as other North American candy commercials with sexual overtones, is that Japanese culture doesn't look at candy and snacks the same way western cultures do.  In Japanese culture adults eat snacks and candies as much, and maybe more, than kids.  It's not an age defining thing, candy eating happens at any age.  They even specifically design some treats for adults, and they create candy commercials for adults as well.

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Candy In The Media

Since Spring is here, and sexy thoughts are in the air, we've decided to feature a new sexy candy commercial every Friday for the next few weeks.  It's pretty impressive that some candy companies even go the "sexy" route in their advertising, considering many consider candy to be a kids thing.  Today's video isn't really raunchy, but it certainly has implications of an adult nature.

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A Cool Candy Thing - Halloween Costume Eddition

When you type the words "Halloween costume" into Google, most of the entries that you'll find will consist of "sexy" versions of various costumes.  There's no difference when you're trying to search out candy themed Halloween costumes either.  The most popular sexy "costume" one finds when doing a search for candy costumes tends to be a small tight dress that vaguely looks like a famous candy wrapper.  I decided that I would search through all of the "sexy" costumes and find one that was still sexy, but kind of classy as well.  This is the best I could find.  While still being sexy, it's not over the top, it also has a simplicity to it.  Cupcakes are a fairly attractive type of sweet treat, and they lend themselves well to Halloween costumes.  There's just something very 1950s about this costume, and it seems a little bit innocent with a hint of sass.

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A Cool Candy Thing

I'm not sure what came first, the expression "Sugar Daddy" or the candy.  Fortunately it appears that the candy company has taken full advantage of the expression, and uses it regularly.  I'm not really sure if it's appropriate to combine the idea of a man that has lots of money supporting a woman (often with sexual overtones), and a chewy candy thing on a stick, but I'm not a good judge of morality either.

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A Cool Candy Thing - Movie Edition Part 3

This week on our Cool Candy Thing - Movie Edition, we're looking at movies for adults.  While I don't suggest anybody search "adult movies candy" on Google, since you'll likely come up with very adult themes.  It is interesting to note that even the non-XXX rated adult movies about candy seem to really focus on the relationship between sex and candy.  It seems that as you grow older candy is supposed to represent passion instead of wholesome fun.  I've always seen candy as a way to stay young and child like, but it appears that many filmmakers see it as a bridge to sex.

Chocolat

I have to admit that I haven't seen either film that I'm mentioning today.  However, of the two, this is the one I'd most like to see.  I enjoy the work of Johnny Depp, and the basic concept of this movie seems fairly entertaining.


Consuming Passion

From what I've read, this movie was written by some of the members of Monty Python and that's a plus in my book.  While the idea of a man that accidentally puts people into their chocolates sounds interesting, I'm not sure if I really want to see this movie, as it looks a little cheesy to me.

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Candy News

Barry Callebaut is opening a chocolate school.  Looks like I need another degree.

I find this picture of the Green M&M to be very disturbing, and it's official.

A new Harry Potter addition has been added to Universal Studios in Orlando, and you better believe that they have some pretty cool treats.

So you think cutting a cake is easy?  Well chance are you've been doing it wrong the whole time.

Did you just eat an entire pint of ice cream, does your head hurt?  Here's why.

Speaking of ice cream, have you ever tried any of those artisinal flavours out there.  Think you could identify what flavour they are without a tag?  Well these kids couldn't.

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A Cool Candy Thing

Is this a costume, or a dress?  I would say that it's a dress because really you're not disguising yourself as anything, and the dress itself doesn't look like a Twix bar other than having the same colour as a Twix wrapper and the Twix logo printed on it.  Having said all that, I'm not sure if I know any woman (or man) that would wear this to a night out on the town.  It's not really fashionable, and the message it creates "I like chocolate bars a lot", isn't really one most women want to portray in their fashion.

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Candy News

Jason Mecier is opening a show called Candylebrity, and it looks amazing.

NPR has posted two really interesting looks into the candy world.  First is a look at why a package of Peanut Butter M&Ms is lighter than a package of regular M&Ms.

The second article from NPR is a fun, illustrated, look at why chocolate might be better than sex.

Some people argue that candy and beer don't work well together at all, not the Beeroness.

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Candy News

Here are some pretty fun Easter ideas that the Easter Bunny might be trying this year.

What do you do when Easter is long over, and you're still craving Peeps (apparently they might continue selling them all year but if you can't find them)?  You can make your own.

Gummy bear sex goes wrong, and it ends with hospitalization and burns all over the body.

Speaking of sex, if you're looking for a little help after your gummy bear debacle, why not have some Viagra dosed ice cream?

If you still have problems in your relationship, apparently snacks may hold the key to fixing them, provided you don't pour scalding hot melted candy on the one you love.

Sometimes the name of your product can lead to problems on the global market, and here's a few examples.

Here's the concept for this Japanese game show, there's a room, and several objects in the room are in fact made of chocolate, now you have to find out which objects are made of chocolate by biting them.  This is a great idea.

Although this article claims that it's a recipe for "sprinkles flavoured ice cream", it's really a recipe for sugary cereal flavoured ice cream, and that's even cooler.

Every year there's a photo list of film scenes that have been re-created using Peeps, and every year I love it. And if film scenes aren't enough, here's a few internet Memes done in Peeps as well.

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Candy News

What's the sexiest food you know, chocolate, oysters... asparagus?!!

I normally don't link to other people's snack reviews, but I highly doubt I'll ever review edible underwear myself.

Get the full scoop on Candy Hearts, then get yourself a full scoop of Candy Hearts.

Of this list of ways to say I love you using food, I think "let a jar of Nutella do the talking" is good enough for me.

So does wine and chocolate really go together?  I'm convinced that everything goes with chocolate, so the answer is yes.

Apparently who you vote for may actually have a connection to what kind of candy you like.

Boing Boing has posted two really interesting articles that I feel tell the real problem with obesity in the world right now. Here's the first, and here's the second.

If you need to argue that chocolate might be a health food, read this article, and amaze your friends.

Here's an interesting study that deals with how we are affected by candy advertising.

I find it odd that the closer we get to Valentine's Day, the more recipes I'm discovering for candy themed alcoholic drinks.

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Classic/Creative Candy Advertising

In the last 10 years or so, I've noticed an increase in the use of sex to sell mints.  I'm not prude, but I don't understand the connection between sex and mints.  Sure I've heard stories about what people do with mints, but is that really the image that candy companies want?  I don't mind candy companies marketing towards adults, and I don't even mind using sex to sell things, but I think it has to work with the product.  I guess I just don't find mints to be sexy.

I found this ad here.

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