Mike’s Candy Wrappers Blog

Candy makes you feel better.  It can even make the troops in Iraq feel better.  I don’t want to talk politics, etc, but no matter how I feel about the war, I support the troops.  To me, they’re kinda stuck in the middle.

Anyway, a church in Texas (Abilene, I think) started a candy drive when one of the troops asked for some candy for his office be sent over.  His wife put the request in the church newsletter and before you know it, some 2,100 pounds of candy found itself being shipped to Iraq.  It was a little difficult and expensive to get the candy over there, but with the help of the Air Force, it finally made it.  Good job.

Mars has some new products coming that you might want to keep an eye out for.  I’m not a huge Skittles fan, but if you are, you can look forward to Skittles Crazy Cores.  Read the rest of this entry »

I live in Pittsburgh now, but I grew up in South Jersey and root for the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s totally awesome that they won the World Series this year because the last time they won (1980), Read the rest of this entry »

Just a quick update to mention I updated the Candy Bar Comments Page today. Also, Candy You Ate as a Kid was nice enough to extend their savings offer for another month. Check it out by clicking here.

Although I disagree with the list, DailyPress.com put out a list of the Top Ten Halloween candies as picked by their “crack research panel”. Read the rest of this entry »

Although I don’t think there are any around my area, if you visit a Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop on Election Day (November 4th) from 5 to 8PM and can prove you voted, you get a free scoop of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream! Read the rest of this entry »

Halloween is next week and according to a report by The Nielsen Company, we aren’t slowing down when it comes to buying Halloween type stuff (like candy and costumes) despite the higher prices.  Personally, I usually don’t buy Halloween candy.  It’s not that I don’t want to hand any out.  It’s just that when we first moved to Pittsburgh, I was working shift work and we would never be home on Halloween.  Then, when I was, I bought candy but nobody came.  So now, my GF and I just don’t participate. Read the rest of this entry »

Looks like I need to be on the look out for pink M&M’s as Mars is helping raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a little late in posting this, but back in September, Milton Hershey would have celebrated a birthday. Read the rest of this entry »

A few posts ago, I wondered if anybody…anybody at all saw the Dark Chocolate Reese’s that were part of the Batman movie promotion.  Nobody responded that they did.  So I contacted Hershey and asked them. Read the rest of this entry »