Candy Is Dandy: The Candy Review Podcast

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

September 3, 2025 77 mins

Crack a window because the sugar dust smoke is getting thick this week. That's because we are trying the most controversial of novelty candies: candy cigarettes. As you'll learn: one of the few candies that has had legal action taken against it.

Grab a box and eat along with us! Don't smoke!

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Grab your passport because we're heading down to Mexico with a brief layover in Margaritaville. This week we're trying the alcohol centric Borrachines from Mexico.

Grab a box and get ready to eat along with us!

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August 6, 2025 71 mins

Today Candy is Dandy is heading into tonight. After Eight to be precise. Join us in discussing the refined, vaguely erotic backstory of After Eight straight from the United Kingdom. 

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B-b-b-bonus time! This week Daniel returns from the Great White North (that means Canada) with a variety of a Canadian classic we've already covered: The Coffee Crisp. This time with cold brew. 

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Ciao bellas get ready to chow. This week we're taking an Italian vacation to the Piedmont region of Italy to try Serra Specialita le Italiane hard candies. We've got blood orange, lemon and mint. The flavors are as complex as the name!

Grab a bag and eat along with us!

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July 2, 2025 81 mins

Summer's here and things here at Candy is Dandy HQ are getting tropical. This week we're trying the divisive Mounds and Almond Joy.

Grab some and get ready to eat along with us.

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June 18, 2025 65 mins

Strap in because this week we're heading back to Japan by way of...Italy? 

We're trying Bourbon brand Fettuccine Gummis. Plus a brand new game!

Grab a bag and eat along with us!

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June 4, 2025 113 mins

Much like the topic this week, this episode will dissolve instantly in your mouth which is why we don't recommend enjoying these orally. Open up your ears and get ready to hear us try 16 different flavors of cotton candy! 

Get some Chocolate Storybook brand cotton candy and eat along with us!

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You shall not pass...on this episode! Wait, wrong wizard. This week we're trying candy from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal theme parks. We'll get into the history of the franchise and the park before trying Exploding Bonbons, Fizzing Whizbees and Butterbeer Gummies.

This episode is not an endorsement of JK Rowling. She is an awful person and we object to her awful views.

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May 7, 2025 65 mins

This week Candy is Dandy is going viral. And this time it ISN'T contagious. Join us as we try the hit sensation Dubai Chocolate. And stick around for a very important debate.

Grab a bar (if you can afford it) and eat along with us!

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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!

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April 16, 2025 92 mins

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!

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April 2, 2025 73 mins

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!

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March 19, 2025 92 mins

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!

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March 5, 2025 87 mins

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!

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February 19, 2025 77 mins

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.

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February 10, 2025 73 mins

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.

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January 15, 2025 94 mins

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.

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January 1, 2025 78 mins

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!

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December 18, 2024 66 mins

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!

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