The Wisconsin Candy Dish

An excuse to write nonsense

Friday, June 24, 2011

Hot Tamales Cotton Candy

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Hot Tamales Cinnamon Flavored Cotton Candy is a great idea that twirls one of my favorite childhood candies into spicy spun sugar. Despite ...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Chewable Liquid Taffy

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If you like eating toothpaste  or snuck baby aspirin as a kid, you probably still  won't like liquid Chewbies . The tube of orange gl...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Milk Chocolate Coated Licorice Bites

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That's right , chocolate coated black licorice. Before you say "blech" and switch channels, it's not what I expe...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Mike and Ike Fruit Twists

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Mike and Ikes are one of those brands that scream "don't mess with a good thing" yet last I checked there were nine flavo...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Dots Peach Sour Slices

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At some point I started putting Dots in my movie popcorn instead of Jujyfruits . I was no longer a child but had no intention of putting a...
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

At The Lake Mills Farmers Market

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There's nothing quite like a Farmers' Market to make you want to fill your plate with fresh vegetables. Kettle corn is a veget...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Going 'round In Circles All The Time or No Sugar For You!

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The last candy I ate before I started overreading was a Grape Juicy Twist. Overreading is like overeating, but done online and potentiall...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Grape Juicy Twists

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I had a green licorice Jones as a kid and was thrilled to see flavored licorices popping up years ago. But back when All Day Suckers dared ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Nutty Package Disappoints

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It was nice to hear from the makers of the Twin Bing , one of the first nostalgic candies I talked to Deb of Debbie's Sweets 'n Trea...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Flipflops & Ice Cream Cones: Galerie Lollipops

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Succumbing to a novelty lollipop makes you wonder about their history and who really invented them. A Brit may have coined the name, but ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Summer Lovin': The Marshmallow Cone

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With Babcock only a few traffic snarls away , it's always time for ice cream. And when the weather goes from snowing to 84 in a week, a...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Easter Bunny Leftover

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A chocolate bunny is often the center piece of an Easter table or basket. But despite being center stage it can keep watch over aging Peep...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Wrap It Up

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I love these Russell Stover 2 oz. assorted chocolate four packs . You can throw the festively wrapped  boxes in any give Easter basket with ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Junior Mints Pastels Pale

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  Taking a break from jelly beans, I tried several Limited Edition Junior Mints Pastels. Limited Edition, like it's a box of Star Wars...
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Friday, April 08, 2011

Sweetarts Jelly Beans

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Sweetarts Jelly Beans taste enough like Sweetarts to earn the name. The candy shell is easily separated from the spongy middle by a light c...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Dip Me In Chocolate And Call It Easter

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I started out my candy quest for this post fighting the tangle of roadwork on the way to a place in West Allis intriguingly called Half Nut...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Must There Be All These Colors Without Names: Hawaiian Punch Jelly Beans

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Jelly beans are a year round thing now (thank you Jelly Belly). Bags of beans start to fill the shelves like candy canes at Christmas when...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Just A Spoonful of Chocolate

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The NCA's Chocolate Council sent photos and a link to The Story of Chocolate in honor of American Chocolate Week, March 20-March 26. ...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Time Out With Magic Milk Straws

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I love milk , I love the product, the promotional campaign , and that Annie Leibovitz photo of Whoopi Goldberg (who did a got milk? ad as ...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Ice Cream Flavored Eggs

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Knowing that PAAS Splashed Assorted Malted Milk Eggs are ice cream flavored makes them more palatable.They're attractive enough and lo...
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