TSA horror stories. We all have them, and they all seem absurd. Part of it has to be the very nature of the security screenings themselves. We know that they serve a ...more
Candy Facts & Trivia
Did you know Hershey’s produces enough Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in one year to feed one to every person in the USA, Japan, Europe, Australia, China, Africa and India? Or that that Purdue University used a robotic licking machine to determine that, on average, it takes 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? Well you do now!
The world of candy is full of fascinating facts, and we’ve made it our mission to gather them all here in the Candy Trivia section of the CandyStore.com blog. Learn something new about your favorite brands of candy today and impress your friends by sharing one of our sweet pieces of trivia over your social networks.
How Do You Eat M&Ms?
When you buy a pack of M&Ms, do you just rip open the pack and go to town on it? For a while we thought this was the only way. They're candies. What else can you ...more
Is There Truthiness in These 7 Crazy Candy Myths?
We all know that people don't hand out poisoned candy full of needles and razor blades on Halloween, right? No, apparently not everyone knows this, because the rumors ...more
10 Insane Japanese Snacks That Will Haunt Your Nightmares
We understand that some things that our culture considers strange or nightmarishly insane are perfectly normal in a place like Japan - and vice versa. We will, for ...more
5 New Beer Flavored Snacks That Will Astound Your Taste Buds
If there's one thing Americans love more than soaring eagles and waving flags, it's beer. We're hoppy for hefeweizens, we're astounded by stouts and we're particular ...more
A Lesson in Gobstoppers
Gobstoppers to teach science, what a concept! The entire class is given a gobstopper to suck and told that they are sucking away the layers of the planet. The first layer ...more
Candy and Chocolate History Timeline
Candy and chocolate have been around for a long time, perhaps longer than you think. The National Confectioners Association maintains a timeline of notable events in ...more
Candy – not Candy
So you thought that maybe candy was just a sweet, tasty, confectionary treat, desert and briber of small children? Wrong! Candy, perhaps because of the allusion to the ...more
Gummy Bear Colors Personality Profiles
Yellow is warm like sunshine and represents hope and happiness. Everyone has a favorite color of gummy bears candy so the question is does your favorite gummy colored ...more