National Hard Candy Day & All The Candy Holidays

December 19th is National Hard Candy Day; July 18th is National Sour Candy Day. National Candy Day is December 4th. > See all the candy holidays below. We’ve all had hard candy of some type: butterscotch, horehound drops, lemon drops, lollipops, mints, root beer barrels, sour balls, and fruit flavors galore. Hard candy begins by…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Christmas Candy Sampler

Still looking for holiday gifts? Candy is typically a safe bet: If the recipient doesn’t want to eat it all, he or she can serve it to guests. We like this charming candy globe from Williams-Sonoma: The six-inch-diameter, reusable papier-mâché globe is filled with 10.9 ounces of classic holiday favorites: a milk-chocolate Santa, cinnamon gummy…
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GIFT: Chocolate Crisis Center

The Chocolate Crisis Center helps you cope with delicious chocolate-covered treats. Photo courtesy Chocolate Crisis Center.   A chocolate crisis, according to the Chocolate Crisis Center, is defined as “an emotionally stressful situation caused by an insufficient supply of premium quality chocolate.” What are those emotionally stressful situations? The holiday season: shopping, decorating, entertaining, dieting…
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