Count the Rainbow: How Many Of Each Color are in Your Favorite Pack of Candy?

February 18, 2013 // 4:10 pm

There’s nothing quite like reaching into the bottom of a pack of Skittles and discovering — yes! You’ve still got one red left. And while we can’t promise this will be the breakdown each and every time (nor can we promise you’ll always be so lucky), we do hope this…

Best Valentine’s Gift EVER: Boyfriend Transforms Ice Dispenser into Candy Dispenser

February 14, 2013 // 6:17 pm

Like many already great things (yogurt, grapes, Thin Mint cookies), candy, especially chocolate candy, is even better frozen. But it can be difficult to know just when you’ll want to nom on some frozen Hershey’s kisses. What if it’s, like, midnight and you want some frozen chocolate right now,…

M&M’s Darwinism: Why the Blue Ones Are Inferior

February 11, 2013 // 2:45 pm

I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one to sort my M&Ms into piles according to color (candy segregation is not cool, folks) when I was younger, working backwards from orange to green so I could save my favorite for last. Of course, none of this had any real…

French Bees Eat M&Ms, Puke Rainbows

October 8, 2012 // 12:49 pm

In case you’ve been dying to know what happens when a bunch of French bees consume the waste from a nearby M&M factory, here’s the short answer: kaleidoscopic honey.

This past summer, beekeepers from Ribeauville in Alsace noticed something was off when their bees starting producing blue,…

Goodbye King Size — Snickers Maker to Eliminate Any Chocolate Product Over 250 Calories

February 22, 2012 // 11:54 am

Mars Inc. has announced that none of its chocolate products will exceed 250 calories by the end of 2013, in an attempt to become more health conscious.

Snickers, M&M’s, Twix, Mars and Dove chocolate products are all under Mars, but Twix…

Vanessa Williams is the Voice Behind Ms. Brown, the Newest M&M Spokescandy

February 7, 2012 // 6:58 pm

Debuted during Super Bowl XLVI this past weekend, Mars Chocolate North America introduced the world to the sixth M&M’S Brand character, Ms. Brown. The Vanessa Williams-voiced character is chock-full of dry humor, a sharp tongue an has a background of being the company’s COO (Chief Chocolate Officer)…

Happy National Candy Day, Here Are Some Melted Candies [INFOGRAPHIC]

November 4, 2011 // 4:25 am

November 4th is the officially recognized National Candy Day holiday. What does that mean? It means it’s time to express your inner child. Time to live out all those fantasies of sweet, sugary comas we often used to put ourselves in. But that’s not enough now…is it?

No, it’s…

What Halloween Candy Is Saying About Your Personality [INFOGRAPHIC]

October 26, 2011 // 3:06 pm

It’s Halloween time, and whether you know it or not, the type of candy you hand out to trick-or-treaters might be defining you as an individual. While the following infographic is one group‘s take on the matter, it does lead into an interesting discussion on…