Filed under: Newspapers , Light Food An article in today's USA Today discusses how dieters face many pitfalls when shopping for diet-friendly foods in the grocery store, because there seems to be some confusion over what constitutes diet-friendly, "health" food.

Filed under: Food Porn , On the Blogs When you hear the phrase "peanut butter and jelly," chances are you think of a childhood snack or a tasty lunch, tucked away in a brown paper bag. The idea might not inspire the same mouthwatering temptation that it did when you were ten, but perhaps this updated version of the classic pair is enough to. Kuidaore used Thomas Keller's take on peanut butter and jelly as inspiration to put together these phenominal treats: grown up peanut butter cups with yuzu pate de fruit "jellies".

Filed under: Candy , Food Oddities , America , North America You might spit your old, chewed, tasteless, hard gum out onto the sidewalk, but artist Jason Kronenwald uses that gum as his medium. Jason applies chewed gum to a plywood backing to create his Gum Blonde masterpieces - portraits of blondes made with chewed up gum. According to his bio, Jason doesn't chew gum himself, but has a team who chews the gum for him, with his favorite texture coming from Trident. He does not use paint or dyes, relying on the "inherent" color of the gum, and mixing colors by chewing them.

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Filed under: Chocolate , Candy , Stores & Shopping For Mother's Day, See's Candies has restyled one of their signature boxes into an adorable pink and white purse with a beaded handle. It is packed with an assortment of truffles and other chocolates and topped off with a bow. In addition to selling the purse alone, See's also sells a larger Mother's Day Keepsake Collection , which includes the 10-ounce purse, an additional pound of assorted chocolates and a pink bag full of foil-covered chocolate hearts.

Filed under: British Isles , Candy , Newspapers , New Products , Europe Nestle's popular candy-coated chocolates, Smarties , are getting a makeover. Actually, it's more of a make-under. They are being stripped of artificial colors starting next month. The blue candy will be most directly affected, as there is no naturally edible dye to produce the same or a similar shade. This means that Smarties' blue candies will be white until a suitable color replacement can be found.

Filed under: Dessert , Candy , Food Oddities , Stores & Shopping Gummy candy shaped like non-candy is popular and fun, but this is much better than a brain or a rat. It looks like real bacon, but it's gummy candy. Unfortuantely, gummy bacon doesn't taste like bacon -- it tastes like strawberry. The candy is available as four 20 gram slices in a box for $4.25 a box from Sprout Home , which has a lot of other cute things for the home and garden. Permalink     Email this     Linking Blogs     Comments

Filed under: Chocolate , Candy , Stores & Shopping For the Mom who's a fashionista as well as a chocoholic, these chocolates from Moonstruck Chocolate Co. could be just the right thing for Mother's Day. Each of the eight truffles in the ribboned box is shaped like a little bonnet . Handmade and adorned with tiny edible flowers, the adorable confections come in four flavors: raspberry frappe, summermint tea, lemon mousse and orange mousse, all of which are fittingly summery. It's $24 for eight candies, but they're so unique that it's a gift Mom will surely appreciate.

Filed under: Candy , New Products By Tootsie, I am not referring to Dustin Hoffman , but to Tootsie Roll Industries . They make the chewy, chocolate Tootsie rolls that have been popular for over a century. Earlier this year they released mini Chocolate Covered Tootsie Rolls , which are a surprisingly good snack, and they are planning even more new items . The headliner is scheduled to be a sugar-free version of the Tootsie roll, but other new candies to be released this year will include:

Filed under: Chocolate , Candy , Stores & Shopping , New Products This box of chocolates is from master chocolatier Jacques Torres' Chocolate Factory in New York. It is a heart shape that holds a wonderful assortment of delicious chocolates and will reveal a hidden Mother's Day message, once the chocolates have all been eaten. The pieces marked "XOXO" and the bottom "v" of the heart-shape are custom-molded pieces of solid chocolate and the bon bon collection is an assortment of some of Torres' best sellers, including (but not limited to):