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Tasty Trends SEX, SNACKS & THE STONES what makes candy sexy?
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contributors Justin Luschinski has a sweet jacket and a chip on his shoulder. He got his start writing for several online publications such as Escapist Magazine, GameCola, and The Bugle. He is currently a beat reporter for The Uniter, which he has been contributing to for three years. His personal blog is themasksweallwear.wordpress.com.
Chantal Verrier is a Creative Communications student at Red River. She runs a blog called Curious Creations and has an addiction to all things social media. She loves fashion, especially shoes and sunglasses. You can find her frequently reading fashion blogs. Chantal is a vegetarian, but she still loves all things sweet. Her favourite candies are Maynards Wine Gums and Caramel Apple Pops.
ryan kessler is a sweet talkin’, sugar coated candy man. He enjoys Starburst candy because it comprises a wonderful medley of fruit flavours. When Ryan isn’t raising his blood-glucose levels to dangerous levels, he enjoys collecting hockey cards, watching chick-flicks, and playing with puppies. To learn more about Ryan, just ask him. He’s desperate for friends.
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best is a fun loving, fashion enthusiast, who enjoys wearing fringe and leather.
On occasion you can catch her consuming a Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Crème bar, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t into dark chocolate. When she’s not riding out in the countryside on her motorcycle, Lauren enjoys traveling, reading, and making up her own dance moves.
sarah panas is always looking for a new sugary treat, but anything chewy that gets stuck in teeth is preferred, like toffee and long laces of green licorice. When not dreaming of a fix for her dangerous need for sugar, Sarah enjoys painting and playing with her pets. She adores the outdoors and considers all the wonderful flavours of fruit are indeed nature’s candy.
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Tasty Trends Candy Inspires Spring Fashion
BY CHANTAL VERRIER
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“I love spring styles. Especially the bright colours,” said Brianne Smeaton. Smeaton looked down at the outfit she chose to wear to the shopping mall — black jacket, and black tights tucked into brown UGG boots — and laughs. “You can’t really tell today, but I swear I love bright and colourful clothes,” said Smeaton. “It’s how you can tell spring is finally here. When you start seeing little bits of colour around the school campus.” With the snow melting there’s no doubt spring, and soon summer, are just around the corner. As the snow becomes nothing but a memory, the time has come to say goodbye to the cool, muted tones of winter styles and embrace the colourful vitality of spring. This year spring trends are taking their inspiration from the sinful and sweet. Like candy, trends this season are all about colour. And colour truly is everywhere, from pastels to brights. “We’ve seen lots of flowy material items like chiffon in both blouses and dresses,” said Jenna Morin, who has worked in retail for three years and is currently employed at Le Château. “And lots of pastel type colours,” said Morin. “Everything’s fun and colourful this time of year.” Many of the mannequins in Le Château’s displays are sporting new spring arrivals in pale pinks, soft blues and greens, and brighter yellows. “Colour blocking is definitely big this season,” said Morin. Colour blocking is the trend of mixing two different, bold colours in one outfit for a dynamic look.
“Everything’s fun and colourful this time of year.” According to international fashion magazine, Vogue, pastel and bright colours all made an appearance on the runway this season. But the biggest candy inspired fashions came from Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2012 show. The show featured a full-sized carousel with 48 models perched on top, wearing pastel coloured designs. The pastel coloured, candy inspired theme also makes an appearance in the Louis Vuitton brand campaign. The designer powerhouse showcases modest-looking models in lemon yellows, mint greens, and pale pinks to name a few. And the cherry on the cake? The models pictured are inside an ice cream parlour. These spring candy trends, however, are not only limited to clothing. From cosmetics to accessories, bright and pastel tones have been making an appearance in all avenues of the fashion industry this spring. Cosmetic companies, such as the well-known MAC Cosmetics, are all featuring bold and bright colours in their spring products.
Colourful bags, shoes, belts, and many other types of accessories are also full of colour. These pieces can provide a great pop of colour to a more neutral outfit. Or, for the daring, the pieces can help complete an already vibrant look. Because nothing completes an outfit more than the perfect pair of bright pumps or the eyecatching vibrancy of the right clutch.
10 Candy-Inspired Fashion Trends for Spring 2012 BY LAUREN BEST
Just last fall, designers showcased their Spring/Summer 2012 collections on Fashion Week runways all over the world. From Milan to New York, names such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Marni, & Topshop, showcased 50s & 60s inspired collections, full of candy-coloured garments and accessories. Models walked the catwalk displaying candycoloured hair and makeup trends that are forecasted for this season. Check out which trends are most popular for this spring:
1. Orange creamsicle dresses 2. Colour block heels 3. Candy pattern clutches 4. Bubblegum pink and blue hair 5. Bright blue lipstick 6. Candy-coloured eyewear 7. Rock candy rings and necklaces 8. Pink, Blue and Green eye shadow 9. Sugar-coated lips 10. Candy Apple Red anything
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BY RYAN KESLER It’s rare to see a candy vending machine that doesn’t sell Mars bars. Many people enjoy the sweet caramel combined with the soft nougat and hard chocolate shell. But Mars bars are also something sexy, even a little bit dirty. At least that’s the reputation they got in the late 1960s at a party with the Rolling Stones, where a Mars bar was supposedly the culprit of a sexual act. In 1967 in Sussex, England, guitarist Keith Richards’s house was the target of a police drug bust. At the time of the invasion, Richards was with his band mate Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Jagger’s girlfriend. The three were coming down from day-long acid trips. According to legend and multiple British tabloids, police walked in on Faithfull, who was wearing nothing but a fur rug. One story said Faithfull was found receiving sexual pleasure from the most unlikely of sources – a Mars bar.
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The Mars bar sex toy legend is just one in a line of scandalous rocker tales. Other highlights include Eric Clapton stealing George Harrison’s wife and Led Zeppelin putting live octopi in a bathtub of naked women. The Mars story was one of many showing how rock stars were just as famous for their excessive lifestyles as they were for their music. Is the story true? It’s still unconfirmed, but Richards wrote his recollection of the events in his autobiography, Life. Richards wrote, “the weird thing about these myths is that they stick when they’re so obviously fake. Perhaps the idea is that it’s so outlandish or crude or prurient that it can’t have been invented.” Richards said there were Mars bars present at the bust. However, they were merely there “because on acid suddenly you get sugar lack and you’re munching away.”
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BY JUSTIN LUSCHINSKI
What MakesCandy Why do we love candy ? Why is it that we buy a 3 Musketeers bar or Reeses Pieces when we feel bad? Chocolate has become synonymous with seduction in our society. Chocolate is used to promote a new fragrance. But what makes chocolate so sexy? According to Frank Morden — owner of Mordens’ Of Winnipeg Candy Manufacturing Ltd and creator of their world famous Russian Mints — chocolate is not just a treat. It’s an art form.
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“Doing what I do is extremely satisfying. I get to experiment everyday. Just today I created a triple layered piece of chocolate that I got to share with my family. If they like it, we start selling it.” Morden said chocolate reminds people of better times. There are people that come to him in their 50s, 60s, and 70s because they still remember the days when their parents would buy them chocolate. Jessica Alegia has a different opinion. She is a University of Winnipeg Biochemistry student, and she says our love of chocolate is coded in our DNA. “Chocolate makes the brain produce chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins reduce sensitivity to pain, and make the chocolate eater happier about everything.” Chocolate also helps release phenylethylamine, a naturally developing chemical in the body that peaks during orgasm.
“Endorphins reduce sensitivity to pain, and make the chocolate eater happier about everything.” Basically, chocolate naturally makes your body feel good, and it also releases a chemical that is usually released during sex. Hypothetically, you might never need to have sex if you just eat chocolate. Though that is just a theory. There haven’t been any medical studies that prove you never have to have sex if you eat chocolate.
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“Chocolate also contains small qualities of anandamide, which in large quantities, have the same effect that marijuana has on the brain. It’s also being tested to alleviate the side-effects associated with medical marijuana,” Alegia said. Not that chocolate doesn’t necessarily get you high. It just contains one of the addictive qualities of cannabis. It’s not like if you eat a Mars bar, you’re suddenly going to go on a three-hour trip to White Castle and be strung out for days.
“Chocolate also contains small qualities of anandamine, which has the same effect as marijuana.” Frank Morden might not be a chemist, but he does understand the chemical effect of chocolate in his own way. But he thinks there is a more powerful reason that his store is still around. “Chocolate is the physical representation of sexy. Chocolate is smooth and tough and whatever you could want. And up until a hundred years ago, only the high-class could afford to treat themselves. Because it was exclusive, it was put into our subconscious that ‘this is something I really want.’ “ Like sex, chocolate can be a wonderful delight that pleases many people. And unlike sex you can buy chocolate in bulk.
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BY JUSTIN LUSCHINSKI Elsie Vilanchuk loves living a simple life. She has ever since she was a little girl, having lived on her Fraserwood, Manitoba family farm. She lived there for almost 50 years. Her family didn’t have much free time, so she didn’t get many chances to go to Winnipeg. Any chance she could see the big city was a rare opportunity she embraced. “Whenever we would go to [Winnipeg], my mother would make sure to get me just a little bit of fudge. She’d buy a small square for me, since I didn’t eat that much. But that one piece of fudge was the thing that kept me going, sometimes. Once I got my first job away from home, I’d use all my money to buy enough fudge to last a month. I was stockpiling,” Vilanchuk said. She realized that buying fudge wherever she went was pretty expensive. So did her mother, who got a recipe to make chocolate fudge on her own. Vilanchuk was amazed, and quickly learned from her mother how to satisfy her cravings. “My mother would always ask me ‘why do you eat so much fudge, you’re sweet
enough already.’ But I started getting bored with just making chocolate fudge, so I started experimenting a bit. I heard from a friend that you could make maple fudge, which was amazing to me. As soon as I was old enough, I found a can of maple syrup, and decided to try out the recipe.”
Maple Fudge Recipe 2 Cups Maple syrup 1 TBLS.
Light Corn Syrup
3/4 cup heavy cream 1 TSp.
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1/2 CUP chopped walnuts Line an 8 inch square pan with foil and spray the foil with cooking spray. In a large 3 quart saucepan, combine. Cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a boil. Cook to 238F on candy thermometer (soft ball stage). Remove from heat. Do not stir. Cool to 120F. Beat until mixture starts to lose its gloss. Quickly pour into greased pan. Let set overnight.
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BY RYAN KESSLER Katy Hargrove — a Seattle blogger and video game design artist — has found inspiration in an episode of The Simpsons. She watched the episode “Homer Badman,” which features Homer Simpson stealing a Gummi Venus de Milo sculpture from a candy convention. The episode brought together her love of art and her favourite TV show. “I think I watched every episode of The Simpsons for the first 10 years it was on. I’ve always loved that show. I love all the characters. I love how sincerely funny it really is.” While some fans of The Simpsons may have scoffed at the thought of gummi art, Hargrove didn’t. She saw the potential of candy as an art form.
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“It’s hard for something that is so impermanent to be taken seriously by people. It’s a casting medium, but you can eat it if you want to. It’s completely viable as a sculpting material.” All Hargrove needed was her supplies. She bought a miniature Venus de Milo from a Seattle toy store and ordered moulding materials from out of state. To create her mould, Hargrove brushed silicone onto the toy Venus de Milo and let it set. The silicone rubber made it flexible, allowing her to slide out the gummi creation after it set in the mould. There is one very key thing to keep in mind, though. “It’s important to note for edible objects, to use foodgrade silicone. You don’t want to use the regular stuff because it’s toxic.” The moulds are reusable, which led Hargrove to create countless gummies for her friends. Other creations included fake brains and the classic “peanut butter jelly time”
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banana man — an internet flash cartoon character from 2002. Hargrove attributes candy art’s recent popularity to the internet because it helps people see things they never would have imagined. In fact, the internet connected Hargrove with Dimitri Salmon, an employee at the Louvre who wrote a book that includes Hargrove, called La Vénus de Milo: Un Mythe.
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in your own home how to create your very own candy bar BY LAUREN BEST It’s not as hard as you think. With a couple stops along the way you too can host your very own candy bar, just like the one you saw at the last wedding or event you attended. Candy enthusiast Leah Rewucki created her very own candy bar for her 20th birthday and is looking forward to hosting a candy bar for a wedding this summer. She started by purchasing several jars from the dollar store, and her next and last visit was to Sugar Mountain. “We had Ring Pops, candy necklaces, Starbursts, Gummi Bears. I made sure I catered to all of my friends, and had something that everyone would like,” she said. “One of my friends loves Fizz Candy, so I made sure I bought those. It turned out to be a hit.”
Leah plans to visit Sugar Mountain soon to start playing around with ideas for the upcoming wedding, and to test out some of the bulk candies that they carry. That’s right, at Sugar Mountain you can test the bulk candy before you buy it. Sara Wilson, manager at Sugar Mountain in Winnipeg, says that they encourage people to bring in their containers and try some samples to discover exactly what they want. “We have a whole bulk floor, so they can literally choose the exact colours they want to go with their theme,” Sara says. “It’s great because we have a Jelly Belly for almost every colour out there.” And it’s true. Jelly Belly’s come in 50 flavours, ten of which are available sugarfree. Check out the full flavour list on jellybelly.ca.
2 oz. Pinnacle cotton candy flavoured vodka 3 oz. soda water 1 oz. Cranberry juice Mix in a glass filled with ice & garnish with a cherry. Use a cotton candy flavoured candy cane as a stir stick.
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How to create that ideal candy
BY SARAH PANAS
1. Choose your containers first
According to The National Mail Order Association,150,000 weddings will take place this year in Canada. On average, almost 30 per cent of these budgets are spent on the reception.
Clear glass containers look very modern and let the candy be decorative. You can also find containers that you feel capture your theme. The size of your container will govern how much candy you will need to buy. Choosing interesting shapes will add dimension and a fun design. Scoops are important for functional reasons, and an opportunity to bridge your theme into all areas of the buffet experience.
With so many weddings each year, the reception is an opportunity for each bride and groom to make their wedding memorable. One of the popular ways to make your wedding stand out is with candy dessert choices. Candy can be a great way for guests to try something new, while sharing a couple’s favourite treats with loved ones. To help you, planning and event design coordinator Sacha Bouchard from Events by Emma — a Manitoba-based event planning company — shares her tips for creating an ideal candy buffet. She also provides advice drawing from experience with candy buffet successes and disasters.
2. Plan, Plan, Plan Don’t just go buying candy at random. Plan out what kinds of candy you want and match the candy’s colours to your wedding colour palette. “I think people underestimate the cost of a candy buffet. Plan on spending no less than $500,” said Bouchard. You can use larger and cheaper candy to fill the biggest container to use your budget efficiently. Candy buffets can range in size and functionality. If you plan on having a dessert, a favour, and a candy buffet, you might want to think about where you want to spend your budget. Some brides
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rely on the candy buffet as the sole dessert and favour for their guests, sometimes incorporated with some smaller desserts. A good number is around ten different types of candy for the buffet. It gives guests a good amount of variety, and also gives the buffet an aesthetically pleasing look.
3. Personalize Not only can you personalize with types of candy that hold significance to you, but details can be incorporated that represent you as a couple. You can name the whole buffet with a sign that ties in with the theme and create your own names to label the candy. The bags for guests to collect their candy can also be personalized. Bouchard said monogram stickers are also very popular. Feel free to accessorize. Feathers, sequins, and props that correlate with your theme should be used. For example, a beach theme wedding could incorporate sea shells and star fish around
the containers. Decorative frames are great for writing a little message to your guests, or for listing types of treats. The options are limited to your imagination.
4. Avoid issues There are potential problems with candy buffets. Bouchard relives the moment when a bride left the candy buffet to be displayed when guests entered, and when she arrived at the reception all the candy was gone. Be wary when there are kids around a candy buffet. Have someone supervise when children get candy, so all guests have a chance to fill up their bags. Having extra candy on hand is also a good idea. Bouchard has seen the candy buffet trend gain popularity in the past few years. “I think it’s going to stick around, but there’s going to be different ways of doing it. You know, you’re always going to include things the bride and groom love, and for some reason for a lot of people it’s candy.”
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image by bride Loressa and groom Stewart
Loressa & Stewart married summer 2011 Loressa and Stewart knew they wanted a wedding on the beach. That’s why they flew from Winnipeg to Mexico with family and close friends for their nuptials. When they returned, they held a second reception in Mantioba for family and friends who could not join them on the trip. The colour palette was strongly influenced by aqua blue. The colour and design accents were drawn from their trip and wedding. From the aqua table runners to the men’s linen suits they brought some of the beach into their backyard. They decided to let the theme trickle onto the desert buffet, and have some fun with it. A few cakes incorporated the beach theme, along with a lot of candy. Blue whale candies, blue and white shark Images by Sarah Panas
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candies and coconut flavoured M&M’s were available for guests at a candy buffet. “I have a big sweet tooth, and [a candy buffet] would be a twist on the desert buffet,” said Loressa. Loressa also said she likes how guests get to pick and choose what they want. She created the candy buffet on her own and suggests other couples do it too. “I personally loved the candy buffet. It was the one thing where I wasn’t stressed out. It was just kind of fun to do.” Loressa said to make sure to shop around for good prices, buy candy according to the size of container and to stick with a theme. She would definitely do a candy buffet again, except next time buy more candy.
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How a candy company is helping diabetics BY RYAN KESSLER “I was getting super tired. I couldn’t do anything but sleep for 20 hours and drink tons of liquids. I had all the typical signs of a diabetic, but I just didn’t know it at the time,” Joel Verville said.
“My [non-diabetic] family ends up eating most of my sugar free candy,” Verville said.
Verville was 14 when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Now 19, Verville has a limited choice of candy, considering he needs to maintain his sugar levels throughout the day. However, he does have some options for sugar free candy. One of those options comes from Russell Stover Candies, a company that partners with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
to the JDRF, an organization dedicated to finding a cure to type 1 diabetes, which affects more than 3 million Canadians. People with type 1 diabetes are dependent on multiple insulin injections every day for their entire lives.
Verville also chooses Russell Stover because of its commitment
“I learned everything there was about diabetes through the JDRF. When I was first diagnosed, According to the JDRF, Russell Stover it was through their program that I learned how to has donated between $100,000 and monitor my blood sugars, $250,000 to the foundation every year count carbs, and all that.”
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According to the JDRF, Russell Stover has donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the foundation since the two partnered in 2008. every year since the two Until the time comes when partnered in 2008. Russell there is a cure for diabetes, Verville will continue to support the Stover also helps the JDRF by offering delicious sugar free candy JDRF by walking in the TELUS Walk to Cure Diabetes, spending to the diabetic community. The candy is so tasty in fact, that Verville time with his friends in the diabetic community, and putting his taste can’t keep it to himself. buds towards a good cause with Russell Stover.
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Keeping Candy Healthy
Eating candy on a vegan diet BY CHANTAL VERRIER
Being vegan doesn’t mean sticking to a diet of alfalfa sprouts and wheatgrass. Whether you choose to follow a vegan diet for health or ethical reasons, there are still plenty of ways to satisfy your sweet tooth. “I love sweets, especially chocolates,” said Mimi Kirk. Kirk, 73, is a raw vegan. This means she eats only organic, uncooked, and unprocessed foods. So when Kirk says she loves chocolate, she isn’t talking about traditional chocolate “Once I became aware of how bad regular candy is, I felt guilty eating it,” said Kirk. Many candies are often made with animal-derived ingredients. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) one of the most common ingredients is gelatin, a translucent, colourless, flavourless, solid substance made from the collagen inside animal’s skin and bones. Another common ingredient is carmine, the red colouring used in some candies, which is obtained from certain insects. While this doesn’t sound very appetizing, it may not be a problem for many people. But, it could leave some vegans questioning what they can eat to satisfy their insatiable appetite for candy. Which is why Kirk learned to make her own sweets when she began following a raw vegan diet four years ago. She eventually
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published a recipe bookn in June, 2011, titled Live Raw: Raw Food Recipes for Good Health and Timeless Beauty. “When I started eating raw food, I learned how to make great chocolates, puddings, cakes, brownies, ice cream, and many other goodies,” said Kirk. “My favourites are still chocolates. I make some with coconut inside and dipped in dark chocolate, and it tastes like a Mounds bar. My other favourite is raw Turtles chocolates. It’s just pecans, caramel, and dark chocolate.” Since she began eating raw sweets Kirk no longer craves regular sweets, which she says now taste chemically over-sweetened to her. Instead she would much rather make a batch of her favourite raw chocolates. If you aren’t up to spending time in the kitchen every time you want something sweet and vegan, PETA does offer a list of candies that are considered vegan. While these candies aren’t necessarily healthy, they are still vegan-approved and available at any grocery or convenience store. This list includes some favourites such as Sour Patch Kids, AirHeads, Jolly Ranchers, Twizzlers, and much more. For the complete list of vegan candies go to PETA’s website — www.peta.org
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Vegan Chocolate Turtles Feel free to experiment with the proportion of nuts — just make sure you have a total of 3/4 cup of nuts total. You’ll want to serve these cold out of the freezer — the chocolate ganache will melt at room temperature.
Chocolate Ganache:
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup coconut butter
Filling:
• pinch of sea salt
• 1/8 cup agave nectar
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth. Using a spice/coffee bean grinder works well. Take the filling out of the freezer and roll each ball separately in the ganache until completely covered. Since the ganache is sticky, use a spoon to do this. Put each ball in the bowl of ganache, use the spoon to cover it and then use the spoon to transfer back to the parchmentlined baking tray. Place a single nut on top of each truffle. Let set in freezer for at least an hour before serving. Store in freezer until ready to serve. Store any leftover ganache in the freezer.
• 1/4 cup raw walnuts • 1/4 cup raw almonds • 1/4 cup raw cashews • pinch of salt • touch of vanilla extract Process walnuts, almonds, and cashews in a food processor until they have a powdery texture. Slowly add agave nectar while continuing to process until you have a nice smooth dough. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl a few times. Form the dough into walnut-sized balls and set them on a parchment paper-lined baking tray. Place in freezer while you prepare the chocolate ganache.
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder • 1/2 cup agave nectar
Yield: 12 turtles
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Candy Bites Just a taste of candy facts BY LAUREN BEST
Banned Candy 1. Sour Apple Ring Pops & Pothead Lollipops are banned in stores across the U.S., due to the “irresponsible message to kids.” However, they do not contain any illegal substances. 2. Lolli-Pipe is banned in 7-Eleven stores in India, because of its similarity to a real smoking pipe. 3. Kinder Surprise eggs have been banned in the U.S. since 1997, because they may be a choking hazard for children. They are still available in Canada, Europe, Australia, and parts of Latin America. So the next time you travel to the U.S. it would be wise not to try to smuggle these delicious little eggs over the border as it may result in a $300 fine.
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PoP-Rock Candy Find out what rock band shares E.T.’s love for M&M’s. Also, find out which celebrity craves what: • Justin Bieber loves mint smoothies from his favourite candy shop in Stratford, ON — Rheo Thompson Candies. • Lady Gaga eats several pieces of Black Chocolate a day. • Kelly Osborne is a huge fan of Cadbury Milk Chocolate. • Tootsie Rolls are a favourite of Mary-Kate Olsen. • The Real Housewives of New York reality star Jill Zarin loves her family recipe for chocolate-dipped macaroons. • Rock band Van Halen makes sure each of their touring contracts includes a bowl of M&M’s candies in their dressing room, minus the brown M&M’s.
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