Sour Patch Extreme Candy

This may be one of my favorite reviews I have ever done since my candy of choice is anything sour!! When The Candyland Store told me they were sending some Sour Patch Extremes my way, I was so excited.  Always loving everything and anything sour, I knew going into the taste test that I would immediately be pleased and sure was I right!  

The new Sour Patch Extreme candy is unlike any other Sour Patch Kid I have ever tried.  I'm all about the new flavors.  Each piece has double the flavor and double the sour!  The flavors come in:

Orange Blue Raspberry

Watermelon Grape

Sour Apple Strawberry

These sour combinations go extremely well together.  My favorite one would have to be the Orange Blue Raspberry, second is the Sour Apple Strawberry, and third is the Watermelon Grape.  Being third on the list does not even mean that it tastes even close to being bad, it's still so good!  I just love the Orange Blue Raspberry combination, have always liked Blue Raspberry flavors, but surprisingly I'll have to admit that my least favorite original SPK is the orange.  Ask my brother and sister.  They'll tell you how we would all fight over who would get any flavor other than orange.  This Orange from the Orange Blue Raspberry tasted different to me since it was mixed and I loved this new creation.  I also love that my favorite flavor is blue and orange, Mets colors, my favorite team!

Each bag contained about 20 pieces of Sour Patch Extreme faces that were split horizontally with colors.  Being the sour expert, popping these Sour Patch Kids in my mouth was not extremely sour, as I was expecting.  Others that I know who do not have desensitized tongue thought they were extremely sour, so based off of your sour consumption, these may or may not be that sour for you.  For me, they were just right.  Not as sour as a warhead, but more sour than the original SPKs.  

I would HIGHLY recommend these to your friends, family, and sour lovers.  Thanks to The Candyland Store for introducing me to another great product that I will continue to consume at the movies!

Baby Boy Bubble Gum Cigars

Babies are born everyday and half of the time, they are boys!  My newest nephew Kyle arrived almost 2 months ago and is the 7^th neice and nephew of mine.  As soon as The Candyland Store told me to pick out some candy to review, I saw these It’s A Boy Bubble Gum Cigars and immediately wanted to review them.  Lucky for me, the stork delivered this bubbly package in no time.    


The package was super a-dorable.  It looks like a little cigar box, all decorated in blue with a big stork on the front of the box and the words "It’s a Boy" printed on the front.  On the side of the box, there’s baby stats for parents to fill out their child’s birth measurements.  

When you open the box, it’s filled with about 50 blue, individually wrapped cigars that each say, you guessed it, "It’s a boy!"  This is a must have for a baby shower candy bar that’s decked out in blue candy.  The gum tastes like blueberries and is long lasting.  If the flavor runs out, just bite off another piece of your cigar. Eat each cigar in rounds since the size of the bubble gum cigar is rather large and most of the time, cannot be consumed in one big gulp.  At least not for me anyway, I ate mine in threes.  


So if you are having a boy or planning a baby shower for someone who is, make sure you stock the candy bar with these yummy bubble gum cigars and your whole party will be blowing and popping blue bubbles 'til the break of dawn!  Great for kids age 5 and up as well. 


Thanks to The Candyland Store for letting me review these candy cigars, definitely a fun, must have for families celebrating a birth of a new baby boy!

Cupcake Bites

Cupcakes have been trending for the last few years and Cupcakeries have been popping up all over the country.  The cupcake craze has been putting smiles on people's faces and filling up tummys all over the world ever since!!  The Candyland Store introduced me to a whole new cupcake experience when they sent me some Cupcake Bites to review.

I tried them and immediately loved them.  They're addictive as well.  They're made from the makers of Cookie Dough and are the perfect combination of Funfetti, (which you may remember is my favorite cake, yum!), and cookie dough.  

You pop these bites in your mouth and your mind immediately starts to sing Happy Birthday!  They are perfectly sized cookie dough bites, with sprinkles in every bit.  Just think: cake batter, cookie dough, and sprinkles all mixed together...and that's what you'll taste when you try these Cupcake Bites!

Receiving these treats on my birthday month of June to try was just perfect.  They are the closest thing to my birthday cake of choice, Funfetti, that is easy to eat minus the baking!  It's like you're sneaking a lick of the cupcake batter before it goes into the oven, rolled up into a soft and chewy bite.

Thanks to The Candyland Store, located in my old stomping grounds of New Jersey, for making my birthday month that much sweeter.  SPOILER ALERT: More reviews to come from The Candyland Store soon!

Caramel Apple Jello Shots

Happy Thirsty Thursday! We're doing shots tonight!  Caramel Apple Jello Shots anyone? This delicious idea is made with real apples and tastes like real caramel apples. I was perusing through Pinterest and found this perfect recipe from That's so Michelle. Yes, this is so me and this is so The Sweetest Temptation! Yum! Let's do this!

Here's what you need:

10 Small Granny Smith Apples

1 Packet of Knox Gelatin

1/2 Cup Water

1/2 Cup Coconut Milk

2 Drops Yellow Food Coloring

1 Packet of Land O Lakes Caramel Hot Chocolate

1/4 Cup Butterscotch Schnapps

Lemon Juice

Here's what you need to do:

Cut apples in half and then scoop out the inside to make it hollow with melon baller

Squeeze lemon juice on top

Arrange halves on a cookie sheet

Mix 1/2 cup water with packet of hot chocolate in a medium sized sauce pan and whisk, whisk, whisk!

Add 1/2 cup of coconut milk and whisk, whisk, whisk!

Sprinkle gelatin on top and let sit for a 3 minutes

Turn on low heat and mix the gelatin until you can't mix anymore

Add 1/4 cup sugar and simmer for 1-3 minutes

Add drops of food coloring until the color is a caramel brown

Let mixture cool and then add the 1/2 cup of butterscotch schnapps

Pour mixture into the apple halves

Refrigerate overnight

Cut halves into quarters and cut the quarters into halves again

Serve immediately and enjoy!

Thanks Michelle for this delicious recipe and photos! Happy Thirsty Thursday!

Vodka Gummy Bears

First of all, I know it's Thirsty Thursday and you are all excited, but what I'M excited about is that this is my 100th blog post!! That means 100 articles about 100 sweet temptations! It's a big milestone for me and I thank all of my fans for reading and molding The Sweetest Temptations into what it is today.

To celebrate this big milestone and Thirsty Thursday, we're making Drunken Gummy Bears! Forget about mixed drinks and buying all different chasers.  Our new motto this week is to Dunk and get Drunk! 

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Just follow these easy steps:

Pour a bag of gummy bears in a bowl that you can seal tight

Pour vodka into the bowl and cover

Soak for 3-5 days

After these gummy bears are dunked, eat and get drunk!

Within the 3-5 day time period, you'll see these gummy bears grow up from baby to age 21 in no time.  Join them to celebrate their ability to legally drink at their ripe, mature, and wholesome age of 21.

Any party that features drunken gummy bears automatically goes down in history as the best party ever! Now go and throw a party. A drunken gummy bear party!

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Sunshine Cupcakes

Spring's here and summer's just around the corner so of course that means, sweet summer treats are on their way!  Gotta put on those pastel skinny jeans and get ready to bake a some Sweet Sunshine Cupcakes! 

These are the cutest little cupcakes and are a perfect project to do with your kids. And your kids should also be wearing bright pastel skinny jeans as well when making these.  

Here's what you need:

Yellow cake mix

Vanilla frosting

Yellow dye

Candy Corn

Mini Chocolate Chips

Red Licorice

Here's what you do with those lovely ingredients:

-Follow directions on the yellow cake mix box to make cupcakes.  

-Put a couple drops of yellow dye in the vanilla frosting and mix.

-Cool the mini cakes and frost in yellow

-Add two mini chocolate chips to each cupcake for the eyes

-Add a little piece of red licorice in the shape of a smile

-Add 9 pieces of candy corn to the edge of the cupcake to create sun rays

-Take a photo, eat, and enjoy!

Now go and brighten up someone's day and surprise them with the cutest and sweetest sun around! Great idea from Taste of Home!

Oreo Martini

Happy Thirsty Thursday! Who's up for some Oreo Martinis? Everyone loves the stacked cookies with cream filling so mine as well make it into a drink!

Here's what you need:

1 1/2 oz Vodka

1 1/2 oz Kahlua

1 1/2 oz White Creme de Cacao

1 1/2 oz Baileys Irish Cream

2 Oreos

Ice

Here's how you make it:

Pour ice cubes into martini shaker.  Add all liquid ingredients on top of the ice and shake, shake, shake! Pour into 2 martini glasses, one for you and one for your mate. Enjoy!

Have a happy, happy Thirsty Thursday! Cheers to it being almost Friday, but in the meantime, thank goodness it's Thirsty Thursday!