Perhaps you remember the whipped splendor of the Choco-Lite, or the luscious Caravelle bar, or maybe the sublime and perfectly balanced Hershey's Cookies 'n Mint. The Marathon, an inimitable rope of caramel covered in chocolate. Oompahs. Bit-O-Choc. The Kit Kat Dark. Steve Almond certainly does. In fact, he was so obsessed by the inexplicable disappearance of these bars-where'd they go?-that he embarked on a nationwide journey to uncover the truth...

Charlie and five others draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy factory that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.

"A lively cultural history that explains how candy became more like food and food more like candy"--

"PEZ is an American classic and a staple of many childhood memories. Yet it originated in Austria, where PEZ began in 1927 as compressed peppermint tablets marketed as an alternative to smoking. Upon arrival in the United States in 1952, PEZ quickly took a new direction, adding fruit flavors and three-dimensional character heads to top the dispensers. Now produced in Orange, Connecticut, the iconic PEZ brand is available in over eighty countries,...

Provides a brief history of a variety of candies and chewing gum. Includes recipes for sugar paste, fudge, and taffy.

"Caring family and friends, tranquil streets--ex-prosecutor Willow Lamont wishes these could make her feel truly at home. She's back to help her grandfather manage Chocolate Haven, a long held dream come true. But she's struggling to make their unique fudge--and to cope with a secret trauma that haunts her. Yet when she finds an abandoned baby who breaks her heart wide open, she wonders how long she can hide her emotions--especially from warm, handsome,...

"The beloved candy bars of your childhood have finally grown up. Using high-quality chocolate, creamy homemade caramel and nougat, crunchy nuts, and lots and lots of sugar, these recipes raise the (candy) bar to new levels of sweet sophistication."--p.[4] of cover.

A comprehensive technique guide with more than 80 time-tested recipes.

"Tong Tong could never have imagined what everyone around him was thinking. But when he gets hold of some magic candies, suddenly there are voices everywhere.... It turns out, these voices in Tong Tong's life have A LOT to say! Is Tong Tong ready to hear it?"--