Eddie Glenn reported for the Tahlequah Daily Press this week that the candy industry will now be producing products with special nutrients designed to enhance the performance of athletes. Following the trend of so many markets already cornered by the diet craze, candy can now be found filled with everything from caffeine to electrolytes [...]

LEXINGTON, Ky. –A woman who won a radio contest that promised the winner “100 grand” sued after the station gave her a candy bar — a Nestle’s 100 Grand — instead of $100,000.
Norreasha Gill filed a complaint Wednesday in Fayette District Court against Atlanta-based Cumulus Media, which owns WLTO-FM in Lexington. Gill, 28, says the [...]

Tampa, Florida – You’re thirsty, you’re watching your weight, your first instinct may be to grab a diet soda.
Mary Sivret, drinks diet soft drinks:
“It definitely keeps my weight down, which I have a problem with that.”
But not so fast. A study eight years in the making by the University of Texas Health Science Center [...]

(Raleigh, NC), June 20, 2005 – The NC/SC National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) is calling on families and other movie fans across North Carolina voice their opposition to a proposed increase in taxes on movie tickets and candy.
Under the proposed 2005 Appropriations Act now under consideration in Raleigh, the tax on movie [...]

Mint Juelps Anyone?
After spending three days at the All Candy Expo, I tried to figure out what new products really piqued my interest. With everything starting to look the same, I stumbled upon a marvelous new candy from New England Confectionary Company (known to candy intimates as NECCO).
The candy is called Mint Juleps and although [...]

OHIO CITY OFFICIALS FIGHT OVER CANDY PURCHASE
ELYRIA , OHIO
8 June 2005
There’s a fight brewing in Lorain County over $47.79 worth of candy purchased at for a local parade
The county administrator is seeking to get reimbursed for the eight bags of Tootsie Rolls, Dum Dum Pops and other treats he bought for commissioners to toss [...]

A complete Pez Batman display box including the 24 mint and sealed Batman with cape Pez Dispensers sold recently for $6,300. Also included was the original shipping lid which featured a Batman label and 24 Pez advertising booklets.
Pez originated in Austria in 1927. In 1952 Pez entered the United States and was marketed towards [...]

We just got our latest shipment of Goo Goo Clusters and the discussion arose as to where this candy got it’s name.
We went to Standard Candy’s website and this is the story…
According to the manufacturer:
Mr. Howell Campbell ( the inventor of GooGoo Clusters) used to ride a streetcar to work.
Soon after he developed his delicious [...]

CANDY COMPANY HAS DARK MOTIVE
Blake Gillespie
Staff Writer – ATHEN NEWS (OHIO UNIVERSITY)
Over the course of the quarter, I have made it my duty as an objective journalist to illuminate the counterculture of college, so to speak. I’ve made some claims and attempted to make some changes, all for a greater purpose.
Let it be known: [...]

IAFRICA.COM – HEALTH & FITNESS SECTION
1 JUNE 2005
NO MORE KING SIZE CANDY BARS?
King-size candy bars which have helped fuel Britain’s expanding appetite and waistline will be phased out by some food companies in compliance with an official campaign against obesity, media reported on Monday.
Cadbury Schweppes, the conglomerate which produces the famed British Cadbury chocolates, [...]