Woman Breaks Jaw After Biting into Jawbreaker Candy
A three-inch jawbreaker candy managed to live up to its name after causing a 19-year-old woman to literally break her jaw by trying to bite into it. Canadian student Javeria Wasim had seen videos of people biting into small jawbreaker candies, but she had never seen anyone successfully bite through a big three-inch jawbreaker, so […]
Taste the Emptiness – Japanese Company Launches Flavorless Candy
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson recently launched a rather intriguing new product – flavorless candy that apparently tastes like emptiness. Whether it be sweet, sour, salty or even spicy, candy has always been associated with a type of flavor. Well, at least until now, because flavorless candy is a thing these days. Lawson, one of […]
Japanese Candy Artisan Creates Realistic Animal-Shaped Lollipops
Meet Shinri Tezuka, a highly skilled artisan candy maker whose masterpieces make animal crackers look crude. Using a 500-year-old Japanese art-form called ‘amezaiku’, Tezuka creates detailed animal-shaped lollipops that look incredibly lifelike. Tezuka, 26, owns a small shop in Tokyo’s Asakusa district called ‘Ameshin’ – one of Japan’s only two stores specializing in amezaiku. The self-taught artist works […]
Scientists Create Candy That Doesn’t Cause Cavities
Dentists have always warned us that too much candy will cause cavities. But all that could be a thing of the past, thanks to a new experiment by scientists from the Berlin biotechnology firm, OrganoBalance. It turns out that candy doesn’t cause cavities at all. The bad guys are actually the bacteria that remain on […]
Caramelized Sugar Painting – A Tasty Chinese Tradition
The sweet art of painting with caramelized sugar can be witnessed in China’s Sichuan province. Although not as popular as it once was, this ancient craft still manages to amaze tourists lucky enough to stumble upon a skilled street artist. According to experts, this type of Chinese folk art originated from the Ming Dynasty when sugar […]
Edible Deodorant Tastes Sweet, Makes You Smell Like Roses
Did you ever think there would come a day when the sweets you eat actually make you smell sweet as well? Well, my friends, that day is today! Introducing Deo Perfume Candy, the edible deodorant that makes you smell like fresh roses from a stunningly beautiful valley in Bulgaria. Actually, the concept has been around […]
Snorting Crushed Candy, a Growing Trend Among Sugar-Loving Teens
It’s amazing, the new things that kids these days keep coming up with. It’s also quite disturbing. The latest trend among students in the US is “Smoking Smarties”. The term refers to the crushing and inhalation of certain types of candy. This has become a cause of concern among drug educators. The students, who are […]
Beer Makes Its Way onto the Candy Market for the Holidays
Chocolate has traditionally been seen as a gift appropriate for women. But here’s something that gives it a manly twist – beer flavored candy. Beer has been used as a candy flavoring for quite some time now and is something that many chocolatiers are experimenting with. The earliest known beer candy was introduced around three […]
Who Knew Intel Made Candy?
I’m pretty sure not even Intel knew they made candy, but these Russian candy clearly have the Intel logo on the wrapper. You’d think whoever made these would at least change its logo from “Intel inside” to something like “Candy inside”, but apparently they decided to take full advantage of the “i CORE” processors series […]