Candy Is Dandy: The Candy Review Podcast
The one and only candy review podcast. Every first and third Wednesday of the month we pick a different candy, give you its history and then taste and review everything from Airheads to Zagnut. We encourage you to eat along with us. Hosted by Greg Gonzalez, Beto Sistos and Daniel Zafran.
Episodes
The triumphant return of the Confection Connection! And what better way to herald the return than with the official chocolatier of an emperor of France!
This week we're trying St. Louis' own Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier. Learn its history with the royal court of France and what we think of their modern day products.
Grab a box and eat along with us!
We've gone fishin' this week. SWEDISH fishin'. And what did we catch? Fish. SWEDISH fish.
Tune in for a history and review of Swedish Fish. Stay for a brand new movie themed game!
What's this show called again? Doesn't matter. That's because this week we're trying the cult classic Whatchamacallit.
Tune in for our history and review of Whatchamacallit and the return of a very seasonal game.
Grab one and eat along with us!
Love 'em or hate 'em, we know you hate 'em. This week we're getting both retro and divisive with the classic Necco Wafers.
Get ready for the history of Necco Wafers. Get ready for a review of Necco Wafers. Get ready to hate what you hear.
Grab a tube and eat along with us if you dare!
We're heading east once more (or west depending on where you're coming from) and trying Japan's famous Marukawa Fusen Bubble Gum. We'll go its history, the rules of chewing gum in Japan and a dip into the Bazookaverse.
Grab a box and eat along with us!
Grab your passports because we are once again fleeing the country. This week we are heading to Ukraine to try a smattering of their famous Roshen products.
Saddle up for cow, crazy bee and Kyiv Evening.
If you can find some, get it and eat along with us.
ValenTINE's day came early this year so get ready to pucker up. In honor of the loveliest holiday we are going over the history and reviewing the iconic Hershey's Kisses. We'll be covering the original milk chocolate, almond, special dark and chocolate dipped strawberry.
Grab a bag and eat along with us.
Just in time to miss baseball season by 4 months, we're tackling the show's very first gum: Big League Chew.
We'll be giving its history and our reviews while trying 4 different flavors and seeing how accurate it is to chewing tobacco.
Grab a pouch and eat along with us.
The stars are out this week as we kick the year off with the mighty Milky Way.
We'll cover the history and our review of Milky Way plus our new year resolutions.
Grab one and eat along with us!
We're striking it rich this week as we sink our teeth into the 100 Grand bar. Join us as we get into its toothsome history and our reviews. Grab one and eat along with us!
In this gray zone of an episode we are maybe or may not be trying the highly controversial Keshua Caramelo de Coca. We go into its sordid history and explain all the vagueness you're reading right now!
You've never heard of a Bajadera? And you call yourself a Croatia-phile. This week we're covering the most popular candy in Croatia: the Bajadera. We'll get into their tragic and controversial roots and start the show off with the much anticipated tie breaker from our last episode.
Grab a Bajadera and eat along with us.
Andes Mints. Andes Creme de Menthe Things. Those chocolates from the Olive Garden. Whatever you know them as, we're trying them this week. We'll be giving our history and our review of Andes Mints with a surprise sugar showdown built in. Grab one and eat along with us.
Halloween has sunk its teeth in our necks and guess what? There's gum inside.
This week we'll be going into the history and giving our review of Blow Pops: the Halloween staple you could take or leave.
Grab one and eat along with us!
We're kicking off Halloween month with everyone's favorite Halloween candy: Smarties. Right? RIGHT?! Grab yourself a tube and eat along as we get into the history and review of Smarties.
It's time to put the fizz in fizzZotz. This week we're giving the history of and reviewing Zotz. Is this arcade classic any fun at all outside of an arcade? Grab one and eat along!
This week we're dipping into Dots. We'll be going over the history and giving our review of Dots as we challenge our own preconceived notions about this much maligned Halloween staple.
This is it. The big one. This week we'll be going over the history of and reviewing M&M's plain and peanut. Listen to it quick because it may not melt in your hands but it may melt in your ears.
We're going old fashioned this week with the bottom shelf of the candy section favorite: Heath. We'll crunch into its buttery interior and the stick interior of the family who created them. Grab a bar and eat along with us.
Grab your best AC and your most beloved gator because we're taking a mid summer trip to Louisiana in this Confection Connection. We'll be trying Ms. Merita's Hard Candy Slides so head over to hardcandyslides.com and order some for yourself today!
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