Mike’s Candy Wrappers Blog

Finally updated the Comments Page. I have plenty of wrappers to add too, but just don’t have the time and/or energy. Soon, hopefully.  Enjoy your Halloween weekend.

Hope I’m not too late with a Halloween candy post.  I wasn’t going to bother since the information is pretty much the same every year.  But one article caught my eye and I thought it was interesting. It’s the How to Save on Halloween Candy article on the Bargaineering.com website. (more…)

Congrats to the Hershey Company for winning the 2009 CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), in conjunction with its Associate Member Council (AMC). They picked up this nifty award for their public relations campaign for the launch of their Hershey’s Bliss chocolate. This award goes to companies who have “demonstrated uncommon creativity, innovation and have made a significant contribution to the industry knowledge base”. (more…)

I received the comment below from Donn from Green Valley, AZ, and wasn’t able to help him.  Can you?  Leave a comment below if you can.  Thanks! (more…)

* First off…an apology. I’ve been neglecting my web site responsibilities. I haven’t updated the Candy Comments since the beginning of September. And I haven’t added any new wrappers to the wrapper page since early August. And I’m not blogging as much because I just don’t feel like writing. I’ll try to do better. (more…)

Recently, the Food Standards Agency in the UK urged chocolate bar makers to make their product 1/5 smaller. The idea being that while they don’t want to tell people what to eat, the smaller portions would help in the obesity fight. They’d like to see chocolate-based bars weigh 50g or less. That’s about 1.7 ounces, which is pretty much in line with the candy bars I see here in the US (most are between 1.5 and 2 ounces here). The Agency would also like to see solid chocolate bars weigh no more than 40g (about 1.4 ounces). (more…)

Another round of stuff I wanted to mention, but individually wouldn’t make a long enough post.

While looking for something else online, I came across an old article (2007) on telegraph.co.uk. It said that “Brain changes in chocoholics that occur when they see or eat chocolate are similar to those in addicts when they take drugs,” and “They also discovered the sight of chocolate contributed significantly to the activation of brain areas associated with reward.” I totally agree with this finding and they could have saved a lot of money just by asking me. All I have to do is see chocolate or a wrapper…even the sound of someone opening a wrapper makes me crave sweets to the point that I usually have to go eat something sweet. Perhaps running a website about candy wrappers was not the best choice for me. (more…)