Candy Ville

There's a myth that European chocolate tastes better than the ones you can purchase at CVS stateside (it's arguably true since European chocolate has a higher fat and cocoa content), but is there other European candy that's better than American sweets? Why does it all taste so damn good? We set out to investigate and found 10 European sweets that have our American offerings beat every time. Don’t be mad at us — we still love American treats! We’re just giving you another reason to take that end-of-summer Euro trip you’ve been dreaming of. 1. Aero It's simple, but positively scrummy (as former Great British Bake-Off judge Mary Berry would say). Aero is just milk chocolate (and air pockets - and nothing else. Still, it's light, tastes perfect, and provides just the right amount of pick-me-up when you're sleepy.   2. Smarties In the U.K., Smarties are small chocolate dots that are coated in a crunchy, colorful, sugary shell. Sound like M&Ms? Pretty much, but t...

How can Britain hope to govern the waves if it no longer rules chocolate ? Cadbury is no longer in business, having been taken up by meat-packing, Kool-aid-making, fake-cheese-loving, all-American behemoth Kraft. We've always done things a little differently over here when it comes to sugary, milky goodies, so before we turn Dairy Milk into Awesome! Bars, let's have a look at how things are done sweetly on both sides of the pond and see who's better at it. DAIRY MILK  (UK) The "milk" portion of the product (and, I assume, the "dairy" because milk is dairy) was always hammered home in Dairy Milk advertising. The bar was advertised as "heavy in cream" in early advertisements. This technique would probably be as acceptable nowadays as labelling a packet of butter with the words "full of lard and fried dicks." Like Charlton Heston at the end of Planet of the Apes, Dairy Milk was thrown into the brave new meme world with the gorilla playin...

Trick-or-treating is a beloved childhood tradition. When kids dig through their pillowcases or plastic pumpkins after a long day of going door-to-door, it seems like everything is a treat. With Halloween just around the corner, we wondered: What are the most popular Halloween candies in Canada?     Here is the list>    1. Milk Duds   Halloween is no dud with Milk Duds. It is packaged in adorable little boxes of three or four and given out to tens of thousands of trick-or-treaters each year. During Halloween, about 9,732 pounds of these chocolate-covered caramels are sold.   2. Life Savers   Life Savers have been around for more than a century. It's an oldie but a goodie, with an average of 11,987 pounds of Life Savers sold during the holiday season.   3. Almond Joy   There are times when you feel like a nut, and there are times when you don't. It is estimated that 32,744 pounds of Almond Joys will be sold on average this Halloween. A...

  It is not clear what it says about people that we have always found something to chew on, but at least we are consistent. Ancient Greeks chewed tree resin, as did Mayans and Native Americans. Archaeologists have found tree resin with teeth marks in it that date back more than 5,000 years in Finland and Sweden. Early settlers were taught how to chew gum by Native Americans, and the Curtis family in Maine began harvesting spruce resin and selling it for a penny each in 1848. The Curtis family invented the modern form of chewing gum, which they named "The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum," by adding flavor to make it tastier and paraffin to make it softer. Dentist William Semple got a patent for his chewing gum formula in 1869, which consisted of rubber, sugar, licorice, and charcoal. Yummy. However, he never sold his gum on the mainstream market, leaving New Yorker Thomas Adams plenty of room.    With the start of the American importation of chicle, a sap harvested from the...

  Lollipops were probably invented by cavemen thousands of years ago who collected honey from beehives with sticks. Since they did not want to waste the sweet nectar, they probably licked the stick to create the world's first lollipop. We all benefit when they do well (we all benefit when they do well). Researchers believe ancient Chinese, Arabs, and Egyptians all produced fruit and nut confections that they "candied" in honey, which serves as a preservative, and inserted sticks into to make them easier to eat. In case the 17th Century English version doesn't qualify as the first modern lollipop, you could also look back to the Civil War era when hard candy was placed on pencil tips for children. Lollipops as we know them today were born in earnest during the early 20th Century, which was the era of automation, though the origins of the lollipop are still debated.   Sugar became more abundant in the 17th century, so the English enjoyed boiled sugar candy treats and in...

Now is the right time for those hard-working grads to get their diplomas or degrees. So, it's time for their loved ones to start thinking about how they can show the grad in their life how proud they are. Giving someone their favourite sweet is the best way to show them you're proud of them. Yes, we're talking about candy!  We think candy-themed graduation gifts are the best graduation gifts for graduates, which should come as no surprise. If you have a sweet-loving graduate in your life but aren't sure where to start, don't worry. Here are some unique graduation gift ideas that include a little (or a lot) of candy.  Graduation Candy Bar Poem Gift Jar You know someone who studied hard in math, science, and yes, literature. If you know they appreciate finer things in life, like poetry and candy, give them a tub or jar filled with a fun candy-themed poem that shows them just how proud you truly are. The recipient of this poem gets to eat the candy mentioned in the p...

  HERE IS THE LIST OF NINE MOST POPULAR CANDY BRANDS IN CANADA.  AIRHEAD  BIG LEAGUE CHEW BOSTON AMERICA  ESPEEZ  E-FRUTTI  HARIBO HERSHEY JELLY BELLY WRIGLEY’S   1. AIRHEAD : THESE SUGAR-COATED CANDIES ARE SOFT AND CHEWY. INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED.  Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Dextrose Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch (Corn), Partially Hydrogenated Soybeans, Water, Artificial Flavors, Artificial Colours. 2. BIG LEAGUE CHEW:   BIG LEAGUE CHEW IS A BUBBLE GUM BRAND that is shredded and packaged in aluminium foil pouches. ... SINCE 1980, ABOUT 800 MILLION MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW POUCHES HAVE BEEN SOLD. BIG LEAGUE CHEW WAS LAUNCHED IN MAY 1980, USING  THE TYPICAL PINK COLOUR ALREADY USED IN EXISTING BUBBLE GUM  PRODUCTS. 3.BOSTON AMERICA:  The Boston America Corporation offers a comprehensive line of flavoured candies, health and beauty products, energy drinks, and bracelets that are all approved by the FDA. 4. ESPEEZ:  ESP...