February 6, 2012
This has to be the best commercial from this year’s Super Bowl, am I right? First, how awesome is it that brown M&Ms are back. I was always a little dismayed by the popularity of the blue ones (did you know that 25 % of all M&M packages are blue M&Ms? That’s a bit overkill, ...
August 24, 2011
What exciting news for candy lovers everywhere, and especially those who live in Topeka, Kansas. Mars Chocolate North America has recently broken ground on a new candy factory there that will open in 2013 and make Snickers and M&M’s. According to an article on Topeka’s KMBC.com, The [groundbreaking] event Tuesday was the first phase of ...
June 24, 2011
Ok, so this post is a little different than usual. Normally I like to write about how much I love eating candy and all of the delicious kinds of themed candy buffets you can create, but today we’re highlighting those special art projects made from – you guess it – candy! I saw these photos ...
Tags: American Gothic,
Art made from Candy,
Candy Art,
gumballs,
jelly beans,
Lady Gaga,
licorice,
M&Ms,
Smarties,
Sweet City Candy,
The Simpsons
February 4, 2011
M&M’s just keep getting better and better. First dark chocolate, then pretzels, and now coconut! I am in heaven. America’s favorite little candies have really outdone themselves this time. The sweet coconut flavor wrapped into the little milk-chocolate candy shell – the tropical flavor really helps me take my mind off of the harsh winter ...
August 11, 2010
Do you like chocolate covered pretzels? Then you’re probably ready for the just-released M&Ms with pretzels inside. But don’t expect to find them in the M&M store at Times Square in NYC, they’re probably sold out. Yes, that’s right, the M&M’s flagship store, that frenetic chocolate heaven on earth cannot keep up with customer demand, ...
Tags: M&Ms, Pretzel M&Ms, Sweet City CandyNews
August 4, 2010
Bite-Sized candies are now all the rage – I’m sure you’ve seen Reese’s Pieces – and I’ve recently noticed Hershey’s introduced a line of “Pieces” for some of their other popular candies, like York Peppermint Patties, Hershey, and Almond Joy. I’m not quite sure why the Reese’s Pieces were put into similar packaging (as far ...
Tags: Bite Size Candy, Hershey's Pieces, M&Ms, Reese's Pieces, Sweet City CandyNews
June 2, 2010
As if the thought of candy itself isn’t enough to make our mouths water, the new advertisements touch our funny bones too. The new M&M promotion takes the Green M&M’s past reputation as an aphrodisiac and turns it into a sassy M&M with attitude (“I melt for no one”), while the Red M&M is the ...
Tags: M&Ms, Sweet City CandyNews