I've apparently started out with what I might call a really average chocolate, so I'm hoping things get better.
P.S. I'm not going to review the Purple One, because I already have, twice.
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I don't always enjoy Super Bowl commercials, but this one made me smile.
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If you love to love, then you'll love this shirt too.
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Enjoy that sweet breakfast feeling any time you like.
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Tell the world you're eating a gummy bear while staying safe.
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Have you ever thought that you might need a whole lot of Nutella, bet you're thinking it now.
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I don't really love Reese's Pieces, there I've said it. I don't hate them, but it's very rarely that I'll seek them out or even buy a box. In the world of classic candies, it's pretty low on my list, so low that I sometimes wonder how they've stuck around for so long. I can't say I've ever met someone who would call Reese's Pieces their favourite candy, yet they're still available in many stores. So who's buying these? Is it just people nostalgic for 1980's movies about friendly aliens?
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Don't forget to pick up the latest issue of Snack Facts (my micro comic all about snacks and candy). This issue is all about theater treats. It's more than just popcorn, this issue talks about when people started to eat and watch movies and how the theater concession stand started. Our hosts Sir Francis Sweetums and his companion Barbara travel through time and space to teach you all about the things you love to eat.
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You can chew gum in this mask, but just don't blow a bubble.
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In this episode Allison and Chris talk about how Covid affected their lives and their travels.
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Not to get you too excited, but this knife would also work on Nutella.
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The thing that makes me happy are snacks like this week's new review. In Asia there seems to be a trend in making salty snacks in the shape of chicken parts. Obviously you flavour them with chicken, but I guess that doesn't have to be a rule either. I would just like to see more salty snacks with really unique shapes. I think potato chips should be the next group of salty snacks to take on this challenge. It's not like Pringles are a naturally shaped potato chip, so why not make it fun. I also think more cracker companies should be doing this too.
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This advertising campaign affected me so much, that I think to this day I save the red ones for last.
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Don't forget to pick up the latest issue of Snack Facts (my micro comic all about snacks and candy). This issue is all about theater treats. It's more than just popcorn, this issue talks about when people started to eat and watch movies and how the theater concession stand started. Our hosts Sir Francis Sweetums and his companion Barbara travel through time and space to teach you all about the things you love to eat.
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In this episode I eat an Oh Henry bar in a way that some have said is their preferred way to eat them. I believe these people and I don't think they're just trolling the internet. Having said that, just because you prefer it, doesn't make it right.
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A great way to deal with lock down in the dead of winter.
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Click here to read a review of one of the candies on my list of classic from when I was a kid.
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The folks at FB Washburn Candy, who have been making candy longer than anyone else in America, sent me a great video showing how they make their candy. I could seriously watch people making candy all day long. Some of the machines they use are like something out of a science fiction movie. Maybe when things clear up in the world they'll invite me down to come see it in person.
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Don't forget to pick up the latest issue of Snack Facts (my micro comic all about snacks and candy). This issue is all about theater treats. It's more than just popcorn, this issue talks about when people started to eat and watch movies and how the theater concession stand started. Our hosts Sir Francis Sweetums and his companion Barbara travel through time and space to teach you all about the things you love to eat.
Pick up issue 6 of Snack Facts here, for only 50 cents.
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The great thing about this waffle maker is you can make your waffles well done, if you like them on the dark side.
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Click here to find out what "No Name" chocolate tastes like.
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I'm not sure if I'm grossed out or intrigued by the fact that one of the key ingredients in grape soda is also a key ingredient in rubber gloves.
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I've decided to look back at 2020. Sure it's been a tough year for just about everybody around the world, but it's also been pretty interesting as well. For me it's been particularly fascinating since I moved from South-East Asia back to Canada during a pandemic. Just in case you're wondering, we didn't move back to Canada because of the pandemic. We had actually planned to move back this year from the start, it was just made a little more complicated with the pandemic. No matter, 2020 was a year filled with interesting treats, including a return home to see what had changed since I left.
So here's my list of the 5 most interesting/strange reviews that I posted this year on Candy Critic. Keep in mind that this list is in no order, it's just me randomly plucking reviews that I posted because I remembered something interesting about them. They are by no means the best candies I'd eaten this year, but they're candies I don't think I'll ever forget.
When I bought this gum I was pretty sure that it was going to be memorable. I figured that I was going to have a really weird combination of flavours including heat. I figured it would be particularly agonizing for me since it was a gum, and the flavours would sit in my mouth for a really long time. What happened was actually more memorable, somehow they actually kind of made it work.
Click here to find out why spicy cola gum isn't the worst idea in the world.
Sometimes when I get a treat I make assumptions. When I saw this ice cream treat, I thought there was no way that they would put black beans into an ice cream. I thought that maybe it was some kind of translation issue (since this is an Asian ice cream), or maybe they mistook black beans with red beans (a popular and tasty bean often used in Japanese desserts). It turns out I was wrong, they did just put black beans into an ice cream treat. Sure it wasn't the greatest treat in the world, but I can now safely say that I've eaten black beans in my ice cream.
Click here to find out why this back bean ice cream treat doesn't really work.
3 - Skittles "Dips"
This was a candy that I truly misjudged. I almost misjudged it so much that I wasn't going to review it. Then a reader posted something about it on their Facebook page and it intrigued me. As it turns out I misjudged everything about these Skittles, even how great they actually were. It's not often you get a company making a new version of a treat that works this well. It's something we should encourage, which is why it's worth mentioning on this list.
Click here to find out why I liked these Skittles "Dips".
4 - Smith's "Lamington" (Chips)
You wouldn't think that potatoes would go with so many desserts. But over the years I've learned that you should never underestimate the majestic potato. While I've eaten hundreds of different flavours of potato chips, these really stuck out to me. Most of all because they were not only weird, but they were also what I would expect a potato chip that's flavour with a coconut cake to taste like. I guess I also appreciate that novelty (for me as a North American) of eating a potato chip themed to a truly Australian dessert.
Click here to find out what happens when cakes and chips collide.
5 - Watermelon Bites
This treat surprised me in two ways. First of all the design of this candy is amazing. The level of detail to make this candy look fantastic was truly astonishing. Just to give you an example, you can peel each watermelon slice, and eat the two parts separately. The seeds are even made up of a different kind of candy than the flesh. The second thing that surprised me is that I believe it is the highest ranked watermelon candy on this site. That's a pretty big feat considering how much I generally hate eating watermelon flavoured candy.
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These may not be all the strange candies I've eaten this year, but these are truly the ones that stick out in my mind after going over my list of treats I've reviewed this year. I'm looking optimistically at 2021. While I'm starting this year in Canada, I'm taking the time to look at candies I had somehow forgotten to review. I'm also very interested in what candy makers are going to come up with. I feel like candy innovation is around the corner.
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This is the one time I don't mind finding a Wookie hair in my cookie.
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Click here to check out the first review of 2021.
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Happy New Year, here's a special episode of Chris, Why Would You Eat That?!! to bring in this new year... and kick 2020 to the curb.
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I had a really hard time making this list. It's not that I didn't know about these brands, I was just worried I would insult other candy experts by pointing out brands they already knew about and assumed that they didn't. I hope you're not insulted if you know every brand on this list, or if I missed one that you think should be on here.
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I think there's a beautiful art to making candy, I do not posses these skills, and I believe few do.
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Not only will these candy canes show the world that you're an out of the box thinker, they're actually Christmas coloured, so no one will suspect anything.
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Then Christmas started to peek its way in, and people started to decorate their houses, and best of all for me, stores started to fill up with Christmas cheer. Sure it's not the same as in years past, but it's much better than it was at Halloween. Sure I over indulged this year, but I feel like I needed it a little. So go out and over indulge this holiday season. Maybe it won't be with food, but be extra festive no mater what you celebrate.
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The skill it takes to make these is amazing, I can't even write a decent blog post about making ribbon candy, let along actually make the candy.
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Here's the first in a new mini series I'm working on where I try to eat candy incorrectly. In this episode I do the worst thing possible and munch a Kit Kat bar like a monster.
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I know this is a little Halloween themed, but who cares, it's Christmas.
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I mean who wouldn't want a little umami in their candy canes?
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The first review I've got is both chocolaty and minty. I'm pretty sure that mint is one of the most important flavours of Christmas, and chocolate... well chocolate is appropriate for every holiday.
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I wish I could buy this, but I still use a rotary phone.
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I wish I knew how to do this, as well as having the brute strength needed to do this. For now I'll just watch amazing videos of people turning out candy canes.
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Some day I'm going to take this clock and eat the appropriate candy when the minute hand hits it.
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I'm not sure what inspired me to make cookie socks, but I'm really happy that we're selling them.
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I love cookie cutters, even though I almost never use them.
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Click here to see if you agree that lemons are fantastic gummy flavours.
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Another fun shirt from our collection featuring what I can only describe as the most Canadian candy ever.
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All this month I'm going to feature videos of people making Christmas candy, because I've become obsessed with this (thank TikTok).
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Just to give you a heads up, all this month we're designing and releasing all kinds of new Candy Critic swag. We're starting off with this fun new design featuring a fun Candy Cane.
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While I'm sure the idea is to stir your hot chocolate with these candy cane spoons, I'd like to get experimental with them, maybe eat ice cream and soup.
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