What with cloud storage becoming more and more affordable, chances are you've got a stack of old hard drives just laying around somewhere. At least one. You could just throw them away, or leave them to languish, or you could throw caution to the wind and make one into a cotton candy machine. Read More >>
Ironically, dying at the hands of a real python would probably be less agonsing than the prolonged torture of consuming this eight foot long, 26 pound / 11.7kg, 36,720 calorie gummy snake. You can grab one in Blue Raspberry/Green Apple or Red Cherry/Blue Raspberry for £95; just make sure your last will and testament is complete before ordering. Read More >>
Goodbye America! I'm moving to the UK, where I will eat my weight in chocolate. Coincidentally, Nestle's just kicked off a campaign where it's embedding GPS trackers in chocolate bars. If you unwrap one of six winning sweets, they'll find you within 24 hours and award you £10,000 and the rights to legally change your name to Charlie Bucket. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"All I see is Russell Brand with some scantily-clad women.
I really shouldn't have watched that opening ceremony..." More »
See's Candies celebrated National Lollipop Day (which is apparently a thing) on July 20th by unveiling its record-breaking confection—a 7,003-pound version of the company's signature Gourmet Lollipop—in San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza. Read More >>
When the Red Design Group was hired by Sweet Enough to design the interior of its first retail store, it ran with the idea of a 'kid in a candy store'. In fact, it actually looks like they hired a group of pre-schoolers to sketch the blueprints with crayons. Read More >>
Featured comment by itseggless:
"Here's this same concept, taken to a totally different level - http://jointhebusride.com/image_gallery.php
Take a look at the Smoke House Deli phot..." More »
A 13-year-old girl from Connecticut named Mallory Kievman has come up with a pretty clever cure for hiccups: vinegar lollipops! She developed the idea after researching various at-home remedies—a teaspoon of vinegar, hard candy, etc—as well as the physiological reason for a bout of hiccups. Read More >>
Featured comment by ugh1979:
"I worked out a guaranteed way to get rid of hiccups many years ago. Get a big glass of water and drink as much as you can of it at once without stopp..." More »
You apparently have to be very careful when ordering food in Japan because what looks like a fast food combo, or even sushi, could turn out to be an edible chemistry experiment made entirely from sweets. Read More >>
Featured comment by Simalacrum:
"I'm not at all surprised at this.
It's a little known fact that Japan have, not only recently but historically, been VERY good at making a vast arr..." More »
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