Old Time Candy has quite a nice selection of obscure or old-fashioned candies with cult followings. And their site has useful information. For instance:

Necco Wafers come in eight flavors:

yellow – lemon
orange – orange
white – cinnamon
pink – wintergreen
purple – clove
green – lime
black – licorice
brown – chocolate

I mention this because I’m addicted to the yellow Necco Sweetheart Conversation Hearts right now. That link will take you to a very interesting history of Sweetheart Conversation Hearts. Then you’ll get sucked into the site, then you’ll remember when Miss Piggy was on the Martha Stewart Christmas Special in 1995 and terrorized Martha with Necco Wafers (they were making a gingerbread house) and then you’ll forget all about me. Maybe you shouldn’t go learn more about Necco wafers until after you finish reading this post.

Incidentally, although other Necco products are on the list of kosher candies, the Sweethearts apparently are not.

According to the Necco website:

Necco products carrying the KVH-D or KD symbol are certified Kosher and Dairy under the Orthodox supervision of the Vaad Harabonim of New England. The Clark Bar is Kosher Dairy under the supervision of the Orthodox Union and carries the OUD logo.

I’ve forgotten why I was obsessed with finding out if Sweethearts are kosher, because I just found this:

We do produce custom conversation hearts (hearts with your own sayings). However, in order to purchase custom hearts, you must purchase a full production run of 3500 pounds. This equates to over 1 million tiny hearts!

We can print up to 80 different sayings on the smaller hearts and 37 sayings on the larger hearts. Sayings can be repeated. Each saying can be no longer than two lines of four letters on the small hearts and two lines of six letters on the large hearts. All sayings must be approved by Necco. The lead time for placement of orders on custom hearts is six weeks.

To find out more about custom hearts contact us.

For some sick, strange reason I find this much more interesting than ordering custom m&ms. That just seems so very 80s.

Incidentally, you can order Pop Rocks in bulk at the Sugar Stand. I don’t know what you’d do once you had a giant mound of Pop Rocks, but the possibilities seem endless. Or at least mildly amusing, but possibly only in theory.

I don’t have any energy, so instead I’m reading [tag]Rich Kyanka[/tag]’s review of the latest crop of [tag]energy drinks[/tag]. The article is at [tag]Something Awful[/tag] and it’s really funny:

Hey America, wake up! It’s 2008; time to feel great! As our suicidal, neo-capitalistic empire of dollar-driven zombies shuffles one step closer to extinction, we desperately scramble for any possible source of energy to improve efficiency, concentration, and productivity. Well, you know, short of exercising. Or changing our diets. Or doing anything that inconveniences us in any way. This burning desire to win at all costs (assuming “all costs” are under $3.00 per 16 ounces) has led to mankind’s greatest invention: the energy drink.

Despite my previous energy drink reviews and prayers, companies continue brewing up these appalling monstrosities, promising inhuman levels of mental prowess in each eight-ounce shot of caustic carbonated chemicals. Let’s kick off 2008 by reviewing yet another lineup of “get retch quick” candidates! Whoop whoop, here come da energy!”

Link courtesy of Husband.

Me: “I think the first week of January will be [tag]bacon[/tag] week on my blog.”
Husband: “You don’t even like bacon.”

That’s really not the point, is it?

After a few days thought we realized that a mere week devoted to bacon week was insufficient. And so, we give you: [tag]meatblog[/tag]: a blog about meat.