Candy Chat Chicago

Leah and Jocelyn continue their march through April's jelly bean haul and compare notes on Passover, Jackass Forever, and problematic Christian seders. It's a wild ride, folks.

Candy We Try

• Reeses Mallow Top
• Ass Kickin' jelly beans
• Jelly Bellys: Snapple, Soda Shop, Krispy Kreme, Coldstone Creamery, Fiery Five
• Fannie Mae Buckeyes

Show Links

• Oral History of Jackass
• Steve O on Three Questions
• Jackass Forever: friendships
• Parks & Rec: Bachelor Party
• Boyhood (not The Boy)
• Before Trilogy
• Christian Seders are appropriation
• Say No to Christian Seders
• Who put Moses in the river as a baby?

In this extra-special episode, Leah visited her friend Caroline to interview her eight-year-old daughter about candy hierarchies and taste some classic treats. Now that Shira is 9, we decided it was time to share the conversation! Special guests Neil and Eli. (Jocelyn was very sad to miss out on this recording)

Candy we tried

• Watermelon Jelly Belly
  
• Twizzlers
• Sunkist fruit gems
• Twix
• Snickers
• M&Ms
• Crunch
• YooHoo chocolate
• Dum dum lollipops
• Tootsie rolls (small)
• Milky Way
• 3 Musketeers
• Kit Kat Duo - Strawberry and Dark Chocolate
• Reese’s Cup

Show Links

• Whatever happened to tan M&Ms?
• Candy Squared
• Windy City Sweets

Caroline was previously a guest on Finding Favorites talking about how to prepare for Passover.

Leah and Jocelyn continue to eat their way through the Sweets and Snacks 2022 Expo. In this episode, they do a Chipventory to see what savory snacks lay ahead, were sad to realize that the cool weather was still too hot for chocolate to be in the car all day, and had a heated debate about firework safety.

Show Notes

• Hot Tamale Peeps
• Mike & Ikes Mega Mix Sour
  
• Jolly Rancher Gummies
  
• Squashies by Sweettarts
  
• Face Twisters
• https://foreigncandy.com/
• https://foreigncandy.com/rips/
• https://clickamericana.com/topics/culture-and-lifestyle/school-education/vintage-fundraisers-kids-selling-earn-money-scouts-school-clubs
• https://www.postcrescent.com/story/life/food/2019/04/02/frozen-pizza-made-wisconsin-satisfies-pepperoni-cheese-supreme-hunger-across-state-nation/2776334002/

Chipventory

• https://www.marettibakery.com/
• https://lilliesq.com/collections/chips
• https://815eats.com/
• https://www.pringles.com/us/products/scorchin.html *
• Three Amigos Elote Snack Mix
• https://www.spudsy.com/
• https://jacksonschips.com/
• https://paqui.com/
• https://www.naturescrushpopcorn.com/

Other notes

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Music,_Arts_and_Dance
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.O.R.D.E.
• https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/07/01/bowmanville-neighbor-wants-city-to-be-more-strict-about-stopping-unofficial-fireworks-event-at-winnemac-park/
• https://www.nsc.org/home-safety/tools-resources/seasonal-safety/summer/fireworks
• https://www.kopps.com/

Melted Chocolate Inventory

• https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en
• https://annabellecandy.com/
• https://www.blissfullybetter.com/
• https://www.ritter-sport.com/
• https://stuffedpuffs.com/
• https://www.cqc.com/
• https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/almond-roca-toffey-canister/ID=prod6046974-product

Jamie and Leah share a love of the podcast How Did This Get Made and when Jamie found out about Candy Chat Chicago (and Leah's breast cancer), she promised to send a care package of sweets. Boy oh boy, did Jamie deliver!

In this episode Leah and Jocelyn do an international candy inventory and then start sampling their way through the box of sweets from Germany, Netherlands and England.

Candy we sample

• Girl Scout Adventureful cookies
• Girl Scout Peanut Butter Bear
• Girl Scout English Toffee
• Chomp
• Fudge
• Randoms
• Dutch Coffee Candy - Hopjes Coffee Candy
• Candy Paper
• Kinder Bueno Heart

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Leah and Jocelyn have international candy to try from Daliah and Lily, Unreal Chocolates from GoPuff, and RIPS from the Dollar tree. In addition, we talk about menopause, tattoos, obstacle course reality TV and period candy. Leah also tries voiceover acting.

Candy we try

• Turron Sticks
• Nutresa Mui Bon
• Unreal: Coconut, Peanut butter, fake Snickers
• Rips

Stuff we talk about

• Jimmy Fallon That’s My Jam
• Wipe Out
• Talk Soup
• Wordle
• Jessie Graff
• American Ninja Warrior: Celebrity Edition
• Decoder Ring Podcast: Tattoo Flash
• It's not worth the calories (bullshit)
• Chocolate First
• Perimenopause
• Menopause: A Comic Treatment
• Hypeman Rommate Fast Car Cover

Thank you to Daliah of My Small Business Pro and Lily of Friday Night Movie Podcast for this week's gifts!

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