Sweet! 'Lolly Lover' Kid Wins Dream Job as Candy Taster
A lollipop-obsessed boy has won a dream job right out of a Willy Wonka fantasy: he's going to become a British candy company's taster for a year, reports the Telegraph . "I'm sure the next year is...
View ArticlePez Sues Calif. Museum Over Outsized Dispenser
Pez is suing a California store and museum over an 8-foot-tall dispenser custom-made for the establishment—and thus not sanctioned by the Austrian candy-maker, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “From...
View ArticleCadbury Shoots Down $16.7B Kraft Takeover Bid
Cadbury today rejected a $16.73 billion takeover bid from food giant Kraft, the Wall Street Journal reports. The candy maker has recently undergone restructuring and divestment that it says make it...
View ArticleThe Sour Story of Jelly Belly's Willy Wonka
There's no candy-coating the story of Jelly Belly creator David Klein. After coming up with the idea for the high-end jelly bean company, he took a modest buy-out in 1980 and has regretted it ever...
View ArticleMars Slims Down Candy
Kiss your king-size Snickers goodbye. Mars Inc., the maker of Snickers, Twix, and M&Ms, among other confections, has announced that it will stop selling chocolate products containing more than 250...
View ArticleMars Inc: We Do Not Endorse Fried Mars Bars
The next time you bite into a deep-fried Mars bar, you should know that the Mars candy company does not endorse the unhealthy lifestyle choice you are making. That's right, Mars actually wrote to the...
View ArticleTears, Wild Offers for Candymaker in Danger of Shuttering
CandyStore.com is calling it "the Great NECCO Wafer Panic," and that's no exaggeration. Terrified by reports that the New England Confectionery Co. may soon be out of business, fans of the candy...
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