Candy Critic (Hallowe’en Edition)

Smarties: A small pack of discs, they’re challenging to open without losing any, but once you get the skill, you’ll consider yourself a smarty. Dum Dums: Small suckers with a large selection of flavors, Dum Dums also come in small packs, or monstrously large packs with like a thousand suckers. The monster size packs, of …

Candy Critic (Mystery Edition)

Some of the more mysterious candies are difficult to find, to eat, or to believe they even exist. Here are a few of those: Mary Jane: Caramel candy with a feminine name. A Mary Jane (the candy kind) is hard, hard caramel. The lightly toasted flavor is nice though. Slo Poke: Caramel candy by a …

Candy Critic (Holiday Edition)

Conversation Hearts (Sweethearts): The scandalous candies which carry messages such as, “R U 🙂 ?” Well, just hope the person you give these to has a sense of humor, or at least shares your sense of humor, or you might get some little candy hearts back with messages like, “U R Alone”. Hershey’s Kisses: Little …

Sasquatch Children

Send money! The Sasquatch children are starving! Collections are now under way to supply the hairy, reclusive children with a nice, warm meal. Their habitat is shrinking. Every day, more wild places are being transformed into cities. Skyscrapers are becoming the norm, replacing tall trees, altering horizons. If this trend continues, there may be no …