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Guy Finds Worms In Hershey's Bar
Des Moines, Iowa TV station KCCI did a story on a man who opened up his Hershey's Bar to find living worms writhing around inside. More » -
easy money
LG Looking To Buy Back 5 Phones For $10k Each
If you bought an LG Chocolate phone, compare its serial number to the ones on this site—if it matches then you can sell it back to LG for $10,000. We're not sure if this is just a fancy way to hold a contest, or if those 5 phones accidentally shipped with alien technology inside. Either way, it's a bit more than you'd get through Craigslist. Hurry though; the offer/contest/coverup ends today.
LG Chocolate Buyback Search [LG Mobile via IntoMobile]
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local tastes
Chocolate Snobs Avoiding American Products
Do you know your imported Cadbury bars from your Hershey's? Lots of chocolate lovers do and, according to the Wall Street Journal, many are bound and determined to seek out imports from the U.K. More » -
shrink ray
Grocery Shrink Ray Strikes Chocolate Chips, Leaves Recipe Unscathed
Reader Mike discovered that Private Selection brand chocolate chips were a recent victim of the Grocery Shrink Ray. However, the company forgot to remove a key piece of evidence after the fact. That, or they're just trying to sell more bags. More » -
camel update
Camel-Milk Chocolate? We Drome-Dare You To Try It....
Do you yearn for chocolate, yet find most of it is full of saturated fat and depressingly lacking in essential vitamins? Well, meet Al Nassma camel-milk chocolate, the self-styled "Godiva of the Middle East", coming soon to America, Europe, and Japan. More » -
free
It's Free Chocolate Friday From Mars
Fork over your personal information and the Mars chocolate company will snail mail you a free coupon for one full-sized Mars candy bar in 6 weeks. We mentioned this in Morning Deals in May, it's still going on, and will continue on Fridays through September. They're calling it the "Real Chocolate Relief Act," a tie-in to two different news stories: 1) Economic bailout plans and 2) Some corner-cutting candymakers not using 100% cocoa butter and putting more oil inside - a basterdization known as "mocklate."
Real Chocolate Relief Act [Mars] (Thanks to meninblack!)
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Mars didn't really think through their "free chocolate" offer and the server stampede it would inevitably cause. If you had rotten luck this morning but still insist on getting a free candy bar coupon via snail mail in six weeks, try the site now; I just did and was able to get a coupon without any delay (less than 2 minutes total time on the site). [realchocolate.com]
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oops
Everything At This Supermarket Tastes Just Like Chocolate!
Justin sent us this photo of his neighborhood Associated Supermarket in NYC, where a printing error on the latest sales posters didn't stand in the way of putting them up. We guess it was cheaper to just run around throwing handfuls of cocoa powder on everything than to reprint them.
Of course, if it's not an error then this is the most brilliant invention in grocery technology ever.
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candy surprise
Woman Finds Tiny Mammal Vertebra In Peanut M&M
A woman in Atlanta bit into a blue peanut M&M and discovered a tiny, blackened bone, probably from a nut obsessed animal who crept into the M&M to eat the peanut, then died of remorse. A Mars rep told the customer it was probably just a peanut twig. Whatever; by our estimations, this animal is most likely smaller than a peanut M&M, but has a comically wide and very short neck. Hmm, maybe we should instead ask an expert to deduce where this bone came from, which is what the customer did. More » -
grocery shrink ray
M&M's Valentine's Day "Cupid's Mix" Is 10% Lighter Than Regular M&M Packs
Do you want to lose weight for Valentine's Day? Then M&M's special Valentine's Day Cupid's Mix is just for you! Since they're 10% lighter than M&M's usual holiday pack, they'll help you lose money too. More proof that M&M's Cupid traded in his arrow for the Grocery Shrink Ray after the jump...
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mockolate
Hershey Responds: Consumers Love Our New Fake Chocolate!
Since we wrote about Hershey's reformulating some of their products into "mockolate" that can't legally be called "milk chocolate," the story has been getting some play in the media, prompting Hershey to respond to the controversy. So, why did they reformulate their candy? Because you like fake chocolate better! More » -
hershey
Hershey Hikes Candy Prices 11 Percent
Well, we've been saying it would be more honest to just raise prices instead of shrinking the product, and Hershey has taken us up on that. On Friday, only months after a 13% hike back in February, Hershey announced a price increase of 10-11% across the product line, citing higher costs for ingredients. More » -
Here's a "fun" summer project: make your own homemade Oreo cookies! Will you save money? Who can say! Will they be healthier? Probably not! Will your friends think you have too much time on your hands? Yes, but they'll appreciate the free baked goods. [Post Tribune]
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grocery suck ray
Hershey's "Kissables" No Longer Legally Considered "Milk Chocolate"?
The Candy Blog noticed that Hershey's "Kissables" have been reformulated, and can no longer be legally labeled "milk chocolate" because of FDA regulations. The new package looks the same, except for the ingredients and the label which now says "Chocolate Candy" instead "Candy Coated Milk Chocolate." More » -
candy
Almond Joy Is In Denial About Its Almond Usage
We'll admit that it would look a little sad to advertise a single lonely almond on the wrapper of the .6 oz Almond Joy. But printing "Coconut & Almonds" on the front, including an illustration of two almonds next to the text, and then referencing "almonds" in the ingredients list, looks a little misleading when you open the package and see one lonely nut lump on your candy. (Thanks to James!) -
BREAKING:
Carey: ABC on hot chocolate: "One way to improve the taste of the lower-rated chocolate drinks is to add milk instead of water."
Meg: You are fucking with me.
Meg: They did not write that.
Carey: Ric Romero, Consumer Specialist at his best.
Meg: Oh my god. He's unbelievable.
Meg: This conversation is a blog post. Go write it.
Carey: That never works well for me. "But it's true," they will say.
Meg: I'm going to post it.
Carey: Don't forget to use the "BREAKING" tag
Meg: I will.
Meg: this is HOT
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Whole Foods has expanded last week's recall of 365 Organic Everyday Value Chocolate Bars to include all 8 varieties, and expanded the Best If Used By date window to any date prior to 11/08/09, because of possible undeclared milk and tree nuts. [FDA]
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