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Inside Jail With Zimmerman: Jolly Ranchers, No TV

Plus: Protesters boycott firms with 'Stand Your Ground' ties

(Newser) - George Zimmerman is being held in a Sanford jail until he posts bail, and the Orlando Sentinel gives an inside look at his conditions. He's under protective "administrative confinement" thanks to the level of media attention on his case. He doesn't get to watch TV or use...

Mars Slims Down Candy
 Mars Slims Down Candy 
Feb 17, 2012 12:15 PM CST

Mars Slims Down Candy

Snickers, Twix, M&Ms to top out at 250 calories

(Newser) - 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 calories by the end of next year. A spokesman for the Virginia-based company says the switch is part of...

FDA Warns of Black Licorice OD
 FDA Warns of Black Licorice OD 
Nov 1, 2011 2:30 AM CDT

FDA Warns of Black Licorice OD

Munching too much can lead to heart trouble

(Newser) - Parents raiding their kids' Halloween leftovers beware: The Food and Drug Administration says eating too much black licorice can cause heart problems, especially in people over 40, ABC reports. The treat contains a compound called glycyrrhizin, which, when consumed in large quantities, can cause potassium levels to drop, triggering abnormal...

US Drops Record-Busting $2.3B on Halloween Candy

But how long will all this sweet stuff last?

(Newser) - By the time trick-or-treating ends tonight, Americans will have spent a record-breaking $2.3 billion on this year's Halloween candy, according to the National Confectioner's Association. Much like costume sales , candy sales appear to be impervious to the poor economic climate: LiveScience reports that they keep rising 1%...

Parents Smoking Mad Over Pot-Shaped Candy

Some fear it could lead to kids trying real thing

(Newser) - Would you buy your child a marijuana leaf-shaped (but totally drug-free) lollipop? One aghast Buffalo parent most definitely would not—and after she alerted the City Council to the controversial candy, city leaders and anti-drug activists started working to get it off shelves. “It's the whole idea that...

Does Chocolate Build Muscle?

Scientists say, "sort of"

(Newser) - Can you finally replace your energy bar with a candy bar? Scientists have discovered a connection between chocolate and building muscle, reports the New York Times . Researchers at the University of California in San Diego have found that giving mice a purified form of epicatechin—the main nutritional ingredient of...

Canada Aims to Calm Drunks With Lollipops
Canada Aims to Calm Drunks With Lollipops
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Jul 24, 2011 7:53 AM CDT

Canada Aims to Calm Drunks With Lollipops

Suckers have power to soothe rowdies, councilwoman says

(Newser) - Rowdy drunks in Victoria, British Columbia, may soon find the police offering them something to suck on. A city councilwoman says handing out lollipops could do a lot to solve the city's persistent problem with people causing trouble after the bars close, the Globe and Mail reports. The candy,...

The Sour Story of Jelly Belly's Willy Wonka

Candymaker now gives $5 tours of his small factory

(Newser) - 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 since, reports the Los Angeles Times in a profile. Klein, an eccentric 64-year-old, now...

12-Year-Old Shocked by Naughty Conversation Heart

The adult message wasn't exactly 'TXT ME' or 'UR CUTE'

(Newser) - A 12-year-old Sacramento girl got an unexpected surprise while eating some Valentine's Day candy: a conversation heart bearing the message, "NICE TITS." "I thought it was kinda shocking," Ciara Bush tells KCRA . She brought the candy to her similarly shocked parents, who emailed the candy maker....

Chocolate May Be 'Like Caviar' In Near Future
Chocolate May Be 'Like Caviar' In Near Future
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Nov 13, 2010 11:31 AM CST

Chocolate May Be 'Like Caviar' In Near Future

Shortage predicted as cocoa farmers switch to biofuel crops

(Newser) - Enjoy that Halloween candy while it lasts, kids, because in the not-so-distant future, no one’s going to be giving away chocolate. With a growing number of farmers abandoning their cocoa crops in West Africa, the world may just plain run out of affordable chocolate within 20 years, industry experts...

Chocolate Linked to Lower Stroke Risk

That's not an excuse to start gobbling candy, docs warn

(Newser) - Eating one serving of chocolate per week may help save you from a stroke, researchers say. Chocolate eaters are 22% less likely to suffer a stroke than abstainers, an analysis of three studies with a total of 44,489 subjects reveals. But even the study author cautions that the conclusion...

Curtis Allina, Father of PEZ Dispenser, Dead at 87

Holocaust survivor turned Austrian smoking substitute into kids candy

(Newser) - Curtis Allina, the man most credited with popularizing the modern PEZ dispenser, is dead at 87. His family says the cause was heart failure. Allina, born in Prague in 1922, was the only member of his Sephardic Jewish family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, he traveled to New...

'Sex Mints'? No, Thanks!
 'Sex Mints'? No, Thanks! 
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Oct 12, 2009 5:10 PM CDT

'Sex Mints'? No, Thanks!

'Internal feminine flavoring' not quite what this blogger had in mind

(Newser) - The press release was so intriguing that Jen Phillips had to know more. Linger mints are being promoted as "internal feminine flavoring"—you read that right—with the catchall please-don't-sue-us warning that they're "for novelty use only." And no wonder: They're mostly sugar, which is...

Daily Sweets Linked to Violence

Violent adults are more likely to have eaten candy as kids, study finds

(Newser) - Think twice before buying your child that chocolate bar—new research by psychiatrists shows that children who eat candy every day are more likely to grow into violent adults. The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that 69% of children in the study later convicted of a...

New Chocolate Has 90% Fewer Calories, Doesn't Melt

(Newser) - A mistake in the labs of the world's largest chocolate producer inadvertently led researchers to the ultimate in confectionery: a recipe that's not only heat-resistant, but that contains 90% fewer calories than normal chocolate. Food engineers fooling around at Barry Callebaut, which makes products for Nestlé and Cadbury, ended up...

Ladies, Mars Wants You to Have a Fling

'Naughty' new candy bar has really, really, really suggestive ads

(Newser) - Mars has introduced its first new candy bar in 20 years—and a racy marketing campaign to go along with it, NPR reports. The Fling is a "chocolate finger" of meringue and truffle painted with a "shimmering" chocolate coating, and both the 85-calorie size and the very pink,...

Sweet! 'Lolly Lover' Kid Wins Dream Job as Candy Taster

How sweet it is

(Newser) - 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 going to be a real adventure," said 12-year-old Harry Willsher, who'll be...

Soaring Candy Sales Sweeten Hard Times

Confectioners' profits rise as people seek comfort

(Newser) - Tough times don’t seem to be trickling down to inexpensive candy shops, where adult customers are flocking for a sugar-coated escape from their troubles, the New York Times reports. “People may indulge themselves a little bit more when times are tough,” says an analyst. And indulge they...

Smarties 'Smokers' Stressing Schools

Exhaling crushed candies looks like cigarette smoking

(Newser) - Parents and school officials are sweating over a new kids’ craze: “smoking” Smarties candies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Children crush the sugary discs into a powder in their wrapper, dump the powder into their mouths, and, in a move eerily reminiscent of cigarette smokers, exhale a cloud of...

Binge Now: Chocolate Prices May Spike
Binge Now: Chocolate
Prices May Spike
Feb 13, 2009 10:52 AM CST

Binge Now: Chocolate Prices May Spike

Soaring cocoa prices slim down candy makers' profit margins

(Newser) - Soaring cocoa prices have left chocolate makers wondering how far they can hike prices without souring business, the Wall Street Journal reports. Crop woes in Africa have kept cocoa pricey despite the global commodities slump. Chocolate companies are mostly holding prices steady for now but many are expected to fatten...

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