The Church of England to Lure Back Worshippers with Chocolate?

“Churches are offering sweet temptation for returning worshippers, by giving out free chocolate in the hope it will lure them back into the pews”, a recent news briefing from Ekklesia says.

Gifts for newcomers on ‘Back to Church Sunday’ include a ‘goody bag’ with brochures featuring different aspects of church life – and a free bar [...]

Dessert In Space – “Houston We Have Chocolate Here.”

So if you haven’t heard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is in space doing some work on the space station. I remember years ago sitting in my elementary class watching the Space Shuttle launch and being full of wonder on what it would be like to be in space and to see the Earth from such [...]

Armed with Lollipops, British Police Officers Quiet the Street

I ran across rather comical article about the potential use of lollipops.

The Angus Drugs and Alcohol Action Team says it believes that pub-goers will be less rowdy if they are sucking on sweets. The team’s supplied pubs and local law enforcement lollipops to be given to drinkers when they head out for the night, all [...]

$25,000, Nick Lachey and Singin’ about Snickers?

Snickers(R) has teamed up with singing sensation and Snickers(R) fan Nick Lachey to announce the chance to win $25,000 by singing about Snickers. Nick will also be participating as one of the judges during the finals event in Los Angeles later this year.

It seems that YouTube has already started their own group featuring some [...]

Top 10 Grossest Candies – candyaddict.com

I discovered the Candy Addict blog, and have been poking around this fun little spot on the web.

Brian (a writer/software developer with a sweet tooth) has put together quite a thorough blog about candy. One of his featured pages that I found quite comical was his Top 10 Grossest Candies.

He’s posted pictures of each [...]

Replace your Viagra with Chocolate Says Nigerian Doctor

The Director of Nigeria’s Federal Agency for Food and Medicine – Dr. Dora Akunyili – advised Nigerians this week to ditch the “little blue pill” in favor for a dose of cocoa.

Read more about it on Yahoo:
Viagra works, but chocolate works better

The Yahoo article also mentions a line of Chocolates from Great Britain (the [...]

You’ve come a long way M&Ms – Custom printing, 22 colors, 8 new Flavors

Did you know that you can get your own name or company logo on an M&M in one of 22 colors? Have you been to M&M’s website lately? Well I hadn’t until this evening. There I found a big button:

It took me to their website especially dedicated to personalizing your own M&M’s. Apparently this site [...]

Dark Chocolate is Making A Come-back by 40%?

In an recent article published by Advertising Age entitled Dark Chocolate Sales Soar 40%: Top Hershey Exec Calls It ‘Real Consumer Behavior Change they report that sales for dark chocolate are up 40% this year. It’s seemed that the recent marketing of Mars new research of the cardiovascular benefits of antioxidant-rich cocoa flavanols has made [...]