Chocolate Stuffed Marshmallows

I know you've all had a chocolate covered marshmallow, but have you ever had a Chocolate STUFFED Marshmallow?  A few weeks ago, I went to the Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival in San Francisco with a few friends.  There were so many sweet treats and sweet alcoholic drinks to consume and it was an overall wonderful experience!

One of the booths at the festival was Gud Fud, and they were handing out the Chocolate Stuffed Marshmallows to taste.  As soon as I tried them, I was wishing I had a graham cracker to go along with it because it's the easiest way to create a S'more, in two simple steps.  Since the marshmallow is already stuffed with the chocolate, all you need is one graham cracker, and voila!  

The marshmallow is fluffy and smooth and when you bite into it, it tastes as if nutella has been stuffed inside! Creamy and decadent chocolate mixed with a fluffy, soft, and smooth marshmallow equals some happy tastebuds! So if you don't have time to get all of the fixing for S'mores and you happen to have some Gud Fud Chocolate Stuffed Marshmallows around, grab a graham cracker and enjoy!

Giant Tootsie Pop

Now this is something Mr. Owl will go crazy for!  Not just one, or two, but 10 lollipops inside a Giant Tootsie Pop!! So many and so delicious!  

Tootsie Pops come in Cherry, Orange, Grape, Raspberry, and Chocolate and they ALL have the chocolatey Tootsie Roll center.  That perfect combination of hard candy and soft...and fruity and chocolatey...Just made for each other!  But, how many licks does it take to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop?  Ever tried it?  I can't help but bite into it when I'm halfway through eating my pop.  And my favorite flavor would have to be the Raspberry.  Raspberry covered chocolate because you taste the raspberry first and then get to the chocolate.

I loved seeing the Giant Tootsie Pop when they got delivered to me by Diversified Licensing, just the site of these Giant Tootsie pops made me smile.  I didn't want to even open them because they were perfect decor for my room.  When I finally had it in my hand, it was like opening a present.  I shook it to hear what was inside, unwrapped the wrapper, and found a surprise, 10 Tootsie pops inside!

It made me wish that lollipops grew from trees, oh wait..maybe they do according to that picture!  How cool would that be if the world just became candyland and completely edible.  

If you're having a party, you can buy about 20 of these and make a lollipop trail.  They stick right in the ground and are so fun to look at and eventually eat.  Or buy 5 of them and use them as a lollipop bouquet at your rehearsal dinner.  There's so many fun things you can do with these Giant Tootsie Pops, the world may never know!!

Skewer S'mores

Summers almost over but that doesn't mean the bbq's and bonfires have to stop!  But...if you don't have access to a bonfire, don't worry. Today we're making Skewer S'mores! Easy and delicious!

Here's what you need:

Bag of marshmallows

1/2 cup heavy cream

2 cups chocolate chips

Graham cracker crumbs

Skewer sticks

Here's what you need to do:

Put one marshmallow on each skewer

Heat up heavy cream for a few minutes

Turn off heat and add chocolate chips

Let it sit for a minute

Stir chocolate chips until smooth

Dip marshmallow in chocolate

Dip chocolate covered marshmallow in graham cracker crumbs

Place on wax paper and let them cool

Enjoy!

It's easy and it's fun and it's done in the summer sun!  Now hurry up and make these before summer's over!

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Gummy Bear Dress

Would you ever wear a dress that weighs 220 pounds? What about if it was made out of gummy bears and it made you look absolutely scrumptious? Check out this Gummy Bear dress!

Twelv Magazine turned the unimaginable into reality.  They created a dress made completely up of gummy bears.  50,000 to be exact.  The perfectly sorted colors created a delicious and extremely heavy rainbow.  The dress took three weeks to make as each gummy bear was hand glued individually.  What an amazing idea!  

So what do you think, would you wear it? Wedding dress perhaps? Maybe prom? ;) I know I'd like to have a photo shoot in this dress for sure! 

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!