Archive for the 'Candy News' Category

Don’t Mess with our Chocolate - Important!

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

I’ve been reliably informed by that good friend of all things sweet, Cybele over on her superb CandyBlog about proposed changes in the way our beloved chocolate is made in the US.
To find out more please visit two places:
1. CandyBlog’s thread all about the proposed changes and what you can do about it.
2. Visit the […]

Teenagers Overdosing On Candy-Like Medicine

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Police Say Pills Look Like ‘Skittles’
PITTSBURGH, USA – It may look like candy, but teenagers are overdosing on coricidin, an over the counter cough medicine.
Police say because the pills look like “skittles”, teenagers are able to pass them off as candy to parents and teachers.
They actually call it “skitling.”
In large doses it can cause hallucinations.
Castle Shannon […]

Shoppers eat chocolate billboard

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

 UK News - An edible billboard made from 390kg (860lb) of pure chocolate has been eaten in just three hours. Thorntons invited passers-by to tuck into the 14.5ft by 9.5ft (4.4m by 2.9m) sign in Covent Garden, London.
The Easter creation, a world first, was made of 10 chocolate bunnies, 72 giant chocolate eggs and 128 […]

Sweet Jesus

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group.
The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled “My Sweet Lord”, depicts a naked Jesus Christ with his arms outspread.
The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, was to have been displayed from Monday 2nd April at […]