Archive for May, 2009

Sleepover at the Smithsonian Contest

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Hershey’s is throwing some of their promotional budget behind the new “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” movie that opens May 22nd. It’s a follow up to the Ben Stiller “Night at the Museum” movie and the new one features some people from the first one. You might have seen the TV commercial tying the movie with Hershey’s Kisses. But that’s just the beginning. (more…)

Free Candy!

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

This is big news and I’m sorry I couldn’t post about it sooner. I found this out Friday morning while at work and went straight to the Penguins playoff game against Washington after work. Work blocks a lot of blog web sites (including mine), so I couldn’t post it while at work. The news is that Mars is giving away 250,000 coupons for free candy weekly each Friday. Free candy! Woooo! (more…)

Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M’s

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

While walking around Sam’s Club the other day, I always make it a point to check out the candy aisle.  Often, there’s something there that I didn’t know was out there.  And this day was one of those times.  While I was hoping they had Dark Chocolate Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (they didn’t), I did see Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M’s.  Hmmmmm. (more…)

Score on Easter M&M’s

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

A few posts ago, I complained that a local grocery store had half-price Easter candy a few days after Easter but it didn’t include the Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs of which they had plenty. If I stumble upon half-price eggs, I stock up. So I was disappointed they weren’t half off. (more…)

YouTube and Candy

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

I knew this was a mistake. YouTube is one of the biggest time sucks on the Internet. You search for one video, which leads to another, and another, and before you know it, it’s 2:30AM. Um, not that something like that has happened to me or anything. (more…)