Tag: candy
Sleep On A Chocolate Bar: Now You Can!
There are quite a few people out there who are obsessed with various things. Some people collect stamps, while others are desperate to climb all the dangerous mountains in the world. I could go on and on, and the list could really get long. I am a heavy lover of chocolate, and that brings me to the ...
Gooey Sticky Popcorn Cake: The Ultimate Movie Snack
Even though this isn't a food blog, we still have fun writing about food designs. This is especially true when they look like works of art. One thing I have learned is that an artist can be just as creative in the kitchen as in the art studio, and there really is no limit to what can be created with ...
14 Not So Sweet Facts About Sugar
There has been a lot of controversy about sugar over the past few decades. Among other things, we've heard that eating too much sugar causes diabetes. Then we were told that it doesn't cause diabetes, but it causes obesity, which is linked to diabetes. There are those affected that need a continuous ...
The Lollipop Chair Made From Pure Sugar
Ahh... a chair made out of pure sugar. Could life get any sweeter than this? Too bad about that New York Times article last month, which said sugar might be toxic. I think I'm going to forget about that and dream of licking this chair till it's all gone. Ignorance is bliss, right?
The designer, P ...
How To: Make Pop Rocks
Do you remember eating Pop Rocks as a kid? I do. It was like a chemistry experiment exploding in my mouth every time I ate them. I thought that eating Pop Rocks was just one of those things from the '80s that parents let us do, like riding in the car without a seat belt. You know, one of those thing ...
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Chocolate Bunnies: Our Easter Candy Shame [Infographic]
Happy Easter to all our readers who celebrate this holiday! Are you going to make an Easter basket for anyone special in your life this weekend? I plan to. Did you know that Americans buy over 120 million pounds of Easter candy each year? That's enough to fill 4,615 dump trucks.
As far as chocola ...
DIY Kryptonite Candy: Destroy Superman From Your Kitchen
All you science geeks out there are going to love this! A chemical and biological engineering student interested in computational fluid dynamics figured out how to make glow-in-the-dark candy in her own kitchen, just for fun.
After reading about this, I've decided that Instructables member BrittL ...
Chocolate Lego Bricks: For Geeks With A Sweet Tooth
So by now I'm sure you know how much we love Lego on Bit Rebels. You also probably know that I love chocolate and write about it often. Whether it's a crazy woman getting arrested over her missing chocolate cookies, or a group of artists creating an entire room made out of chocolate, I have a lot of ...
How To: Make Marshmallow Peep Sushi
Yay! It's almost springtime again and that means it's time for an article about marshmallow peeps. Any day now those will be all over the stores here in the States as we start another season of sugar highs and tooth decay. I can't wait. According to Serious Eats, there is a contemporary peeps revol ...
Creative Beards: The Beards That Reel In The Girls
Alright, I might be a little off on that title here, but to some extent, it is all true. I mean, how could a girl ever say no to a guy with a candy beard for example? I am just asking. All statistics says that most girls are turned off by beards, and yet I sometimes don't shave for weeks. Maybe ...
Food Experiment: He Ate Only Candy For A Whole Week
I'm not a big candy eater because I'm not a fan of rotting out my teeth; however, I know a lot of people who love that sweet stuff. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to eat nothing but candy for a whole week? How would it affect your hunger? Would it make you have mood swings and go nu ...
Gummy Bear Lego: Have Your Lego & Eat It Too!
Is it just me or does it seem like gummy bears are making a comeback? I remember back in the early 90s when gummy bears became super popular. All the cool kids at school ate gummy bears. The red ones were always my favorite.
For many years I didn't see much written about gummy bears, but now i ...
Chocomize: Make Your Own Creative Chocolate Bars!
Today has been tasty, hasn't it? I started out the morning writing about a chocolate boat that you can really sail in! In the afternoon, I wrote about chocolate condoms for the frisky geeks out there. Now, tonight, in my third and final chocolate article of the day, I am going to share with you a ...
Gooey Eyeballs and Bloody Brains Candy: Yum!
When we were kids, I remember we would wait patiently for Halloween to come. My parents would dress up in real cool costumes and hand us our loot bags that we would then fill up with goodies. We would go door to door and yell "trick or treat." Of course, we got loads of candies by 9pm. When we g ...
Check Out The World’s Largest Gummy Bear!
Snacking is something that most of us love to do. Snacking is good, but of course, it is always the choice of snack that is in question. Some of us eat crackers and others choose veggies or fruits. One of my favorite things to snack on are the famously delicious gummy bears.
My only problem wi ...