Topic: Candy

These Lollies Are About to Go Pop

How Chupa Chups innovates to make suckers of us all.READ»

Numerology: The Business of Candy

Don't snicker at the confectionery business: Sales in the $32 billion -- plus industry are expected to be up almost 4% this year. Until candy's Christmas arrives on October 31, sate yourselves with these informational bonbons, which, thankfully, can be enjoyed guilt-free.READ»

Eye Candy: Tricked-Out Essays on Favorite Childhood Treats

Designer Jason Santa Maria tapped seven writers to craft odes to their favorite candy, then transformed them into delectable bite-sized illustrated pieces.READ»

Candy-Coated Publicity

Sure, we've all heard about the addictive effects of chocolate. I mean, what would you do for a Kit Kat bar? But the latest breaking news on CNN.com -- a British woman who bought every last Mars bar at her local Woolworths (over ...READ»

Will Online Social Networks Help Rebuild Skittles Brand?

How far would you go to build your brand? Would you turn your website’s homepage into a snaphot of what people are saying about your product via a twitter feed if you knew it would generate buzz and make your website go ...READ»

Sneaking Candy

Pamela Longbottom tried to sneak a jawbreaker from her eight-year-old’s bag after returning home from trick-or-treating. READ»

Food for Thought

Tuesday night, I stumbled across an episode of "Unwrapped," a Food Network program that explores the history and background of classic American foods such as marshmallows. This 2001 installment focused on cinema snacks and provides ...READ»

Sugar Shock

It's 3 p.m. You're getting sleepy. Can the latest "super" snacks perk you up?READ»

Devil's Food

Big Food wants everything bad to be good for you.READ»

Tone Deaf Chronicles: Snickers Kills Fan Site

We've heard the story before: Brand wants to inspire user generated content. Brand inspires user generated content. Brand hires lawyers, and shuts down user generated content.  Think, record labels and Napster users. Think, ...READ»

" Mom, look! Cool!"

Dylan's Candy Bar is heaven on earth for the sweet-tooth set.READ»

From ET to Entertainment Tonight

The first major product placement I can remember is the use of Reese's Pieces in the film ET. After M&Ms passed on the chance to be featured, Hershey picked up on the opportunity -- resulting in one of the more successful candy ...READ»

National Candy Cane Day

Sweet-toothed consumers will spend $214 million on candy canes this holiday season -- 2 billion of them in all. Sales are expected to be up 2% over last year -- growth that Dylan Lauren, founder of the New York sugar palace ...READ»

GLAAD's Helping Hand

Rashad Robinson, 30, organized GLAAD's inaugural Media Awards in Advertising in October to applaud gay-positive creative in both the LGBT and mainstream press.READ»

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My Favorite Bookmarks - Jim Moloshok

Picks from the president of Warner Bros. Online.READ»

Gourmet Chocolate Presents

Gourmet Chocolate Presents – Celebrate Easter Like the French This Easter, what better way to celebrate the coming of spring with a box of award-winning French truffles handmade in France and delivered right to your ...READ»

Delicious Growth

A report from the past.READ»

Personalized Easter Baskets Made Easy

When one speaks of the Lenten season, sacrifice usually comes to mind. This is the time of the year when we are meant to pause and think about the sins we've committed. But along with this, one should also think about the day ...READ»

Japanese Fight Giant Jellyfish Invasion With Jellyfish-Infused Space Candy

A raw caramel craze is sweeping Japan. At the same time, fishermen in the Sea of Japan are tormented by invasive swarms of Echizen Kurage (Nomura's jellyfish), a giant jellyfish that weighs 450 pounds and measures two meters ...READ»

Blowing Out Advertising's Walls

What's an ad? Brian Collins runs a studio within a giant agency. By using design to rethink brands, he and his band of creative misfits are changing the answer to that question.READ»

Tricks for Treats

The McKeesport Candy Co.'s tips for taking pixie sticks from bricks to clicks.READ»

Ethical Halloween Candy: The 4 Most Sustainable Brands

Want to teach the kids that show up at your door on Halloween a lesson about sustainability? Greenopia recently rated 10 of the top candy manufacturers using a number of factors, including ingredient sourcing, transparency, ...READ»

Sanity Inc.

SAS Institute Inc. is the most important software company you've never heard of. It's also the sanest company in America -- a place where employees can eat lunch with their kids, everyone gets unlimited sick days, and the gate clangs shut at 6 p.m.READ»

Opinion Exhaustion: Skittles, President Obama, and the Assault of Everyone

Something new is happening on Skittles.com. The company isn't putting its real estate to work as a marketing platform--singing the vast and socially beneficial aspects of Skittles. Instead, they have turned their homepage over ...READ»