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July 2010Saturday, July 24, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: Mushroom Cap
Following on yesterday’s Lucky Stars, this Super Mario mushroom tin with mushroom shaped candies is also made by Boston America Corp. POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:46 am Candy • 6-Tempting • Highlight • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • Friday, July 23, 2010
Hello Kitty Lucky Stars Candy
I’ve been tempted for the past few months by the Hello Kitty Lucky Stars Candy at Cost Plus World Market. I resisted, I actually did. But then a package turned up from Sweets & Snacks Expo with some samples and this was among them. The cute tin is shaped like a Chinese food takeout container, complete with little metal carrying handle. The tin holds 1.5 ounces of red and white compressed dextrose stars.
The base is 2 inches square, the top is about 2.125, so it has slightly tapered sides. It’s about 2 inches tall as well. The top fits nicely and even has little embossing like the flip top would. The red enameled finish and decoration is very nicely done. Everything is well made on the package, no sharp edge while the carrying handle swings easily. Both the tin and the candy inside is made in China.
The stars are a shiny glazed compressed dextrose, like SweeTarts, but not actually tart at all. They’re about a half an inch across and rather thick. The mold is nicely shaped, they remind me of little sheriff’s badges. I think they’re the same flavor ... possibly some sort of pineapple. Of course the red ones taste like red food coloring, which I suppose is better than the taste of cadmium or lead that probably comes from licking the actual tin. They’re crunchy and satisfying, like tiny Sprees without the tangy note. If you’re buying this candy, you’re buying it for the packaging. Which is fine, it’s a cute little tin and it would be great for something like rubber bands, paperclips or those weird scented erasers. The little plastic bag inside only fills up half the tin anyway. It’s easy to refill with anything else. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:59 am Candy • Compressed Dextrose • 6-Tempting • China • Cost Plus • Thursday, July 22, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: Kakosi Nibbles
There are so many things to love about this. Let’s start with the package. The tin is adorable and most of all, function. The top slides open a little or a lot to dispense chocolate covered cacao nibs. So it’s a tin of nibs? What’s so special about that these days? These are single origin criollo nibs from the Ocumare Valley (my favorite). I picked up this sample earlier this year at ExpoWest (a natural products show). Now they just need to get them in stores.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:56 pm Candy • 8-Tasty • Highlight • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Oldies but GoodiesI don’t believe in “retro candy”. We don’t think of Snickers or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as retro, yet they’ve been around as long as Tootsie Rolls or Heath Bars. Some candies are simply classic, they endure because they’re good at what they do. Here’s an interview I did for Professional Candy Buyer. Click to enlarge to read the text ... or just look at the pictures.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:30 am Candy • CANDY BLOG • 10-Superb • Highlight • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: Bottlecaps
Bottlecaps are underrated. Just look at them, soda pop flavored pressed dextrose candies shaped like bottle caps! What would be more fun or better for sharing? Cherry, Cola, Grape, Root Beer and Orange. (In an ideal world there would also be a Squirt version, but I guess others will complain that Dr. Pepper & Sprite are missing.) POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:39 am Candy • Highlight • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • 
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