By Heather Blanchette
The favorite snack of our Alien friend, E.T., was introduced in the US in 1980. Reese’s Pieces are made with no chocolate whatsoever, instead consist of a peanut-butter filling with a candy shell. Manufactured by the Hershey Company, Reese’s Pieces are colored yellow, brown and orange - designed to match the packaging (yum?). Read the rest of this entry »
By Heather Blanchette
This Marathon Monday, while the runners spend hours sweating, kick back, relax, and surround yourself with food (Yea, yea, alcohol too). Here is one of my favorite party dip ideas!
Nacho Dip:
My mom makes this all the time, and it’s super easy! Layer a package of cream cheese on the bottom of a oven or microwave safe dish, then spread salsa over the cream cheese, next pour in a can of the beans of your choice and sprinkle cheese over the top. Bake in the oven until the cheese melts, or nuke it in the microwave for a few minutes!
Let us know your favorite Marathon Monday dishes, even if it’s just Kegs ‘n’ Eggs!
By Heather Blanchette
Red Bull’s advertising exists primarily in the fields of guerilla marketing and word of mouth advertising rather than more traditional media channels. Red Bull has avoided advertising in the form of taxicab ads, banner ads and billboards, “Even its TV spots…serve more to amuse than to educate or entice consumers.” 1 Because Red Bull targets high-school and college students, 2 the company has to be careful to not turn off this fickle segment of the consumer market: “Generation Y no longer responds to commercial messages from big business America…college students have become Red Bull’s ambassadors because they carry the most credibility with cynical consumers.” 3 Read the rest of this entry »
By Heather Blanchette
Ok, ok, get your head out of the gutter - we’re talking about the tongue-numbing, red-hot candy balls you got at the penny candy store as a kid.
Each Fireball begins with a single grain of sugar, and then the candy is whirled with additional sugar until it reaches its perfect size. Surprisingly, 720,000 Atomic Fireballs can be packaged daily, and each truckload shipped from the factory holds 2 million Atomic Fireballs. That’s a whole lotta hot! Read the rest of this entry »
By Bob Dinsmore
I noticed a recent colleague of mine wrote an interesting, yet surprisingly un-tasty, entry that dealt with “peanut butter.” I thought this made for an opportune time to make my case for the age-old peanut butter debate, which was only touched upon briefly in the article in question: Smooth vs. Chunky. Read the rest of this entry »
By Heather Blanchette
Owned by Nabisco, Nilla Wafers (short for Vanilla Wafers - how creative, right?) are round, shortbread cookies with a hint of vanilla flavor. Other brands of cookies similar to Nilla Wafers are often called “Nilla Wafers” regardless of their actual name because, like Kleenex Tissues, the brand name has become synonymous with the product. Read the rest of this entry »
By Heather Blanchette
While Snickers beats out both Milky Way and 3 Musketeers in terms of the most controversial Superbowl ad (2007), what we all care about most is which of these three candy bars is the tastiest.
By Heather Blanchette
Red Bull has announced their new all-natural cola drink, which will be sold in grocery stores and bars as well as in natural food stores. The company hopes to corner the energy drink market in health food stores, which until now only one energy drink has been allowed into. Read the rest of this entry »