A little advice from Chris at Candycritic.org
Are you bored of candy? Are you saying to yourself “man, I wish I could try something new?” Well you my friend are just not looking hard enough. Since starting candycritic.org I’ve learned something very valuable. There are more kinds of candy in this world than any one person could ever try. Trust me, that’s pretty much the point of Candy Critic, and I look at candy shelves, and the e-mails I receive and realize that I’ve only cracked the top of this iceberg.
So you want to try something new do you? I suggest starting in your neighborhood, look around for small grocery stores from far off places.
People like treats and when they open a store carrying foods from other lands often candy is included. If you have no such stores in your town, the Internet is a great resource too.
The next step is to be a little brave, can’t read the package, go for it anyways. I always figure that there are a bunch of kids somewhere in the world enjoying what ever might be in that package with the little squiggles on it so it’s got to be good enough for me. I’ll tell you now, you’ll eat a few things that might not sit well with you, but when you bite into a new treat that taste great you’ll thank me.
Complain to candy companies. Yes I said it, if you find that candy companies aren’t living up to their creative possibilities call, write, or e-mail. Tell them you want something new, don’t worry either, it’s not up to you to figure out what they should make, people make good money trying to find the next big treat. If you’re going to complain also be sure to compliment when appropriate. If you try something new that blows your mind tell them. Often treats are put out as a test market but if people really like them then they’ll stick around, but if they don’t think they’re doing well they’ll pull it and I’ve lost many a great treat because of this.
I guess what I’m saying is don’t just eat something sweet for the sugar go for the adventure too.
