One of my favorite things about candy in the whole world is something that goes on in your head, something that only works when you’re eating candy. It has to do with perception of flavor. What’s this you ask? Is the Candy Critic using big words? You better believe it.
You see I love cherries; I […]

I just finished trying an interesting snack, I took a look at the package and it said contains real and artificial ingredients. Now I’ve talked about this about 100 times on Candy Critic, for the most part I don’t mind the idea of artificial flavors in candy. In fact I’m a big fan of some […]

One of the things people assume is that the Candy Critic knows all. Well maybe not all but they assume I know of every candy ever made and that’s just not possible. Most people don’t really get the chance to live in many places, or even shop in that many places. When you travel often […]

So I’ve been at this whole “Candy Critic” thing for a few years now and I’ve put a whole lot into it. I’ve traveled around, harassed people that travel to buy me candy and eaten things I don’t even want to talk about. One of my travels took me to […]

One of the biggest complaints I get about candy critic is people calling something that I review not candy. Chips are the biggest complaint, people tell me all the time that I shouldn’t review chips or salty snacks. I don’t know about that, I think chips are candy; the national confectioners association has […]

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People always ask me what my favorite candy is. It makes sense, having tried hundreds of different treats from all over the world and written about them I can understand why that’s the most common question. The thing that isn’t common is my answer.
Sure I’ve got a top ten list on Candy […]

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 […]

Who is the Candy Critic? Well I’m a guy that decided on a little web page called Beware the Cheese, to indulge my sweet tooth and write little reviews all about strange candies I find all around me. It started out simple enough and I figured why not. Then as that section of the page […]