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		<title>Empty Pockets Prompt Empty Calories</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/empty-pockets-prompt-empty-calories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters blogger Jessica Wohl reported a few months ago on a Brand Keys survey whose results tell us, among other things, that men eat a good deal more chocolate when times get tough. A cursory survey of the average man&#8217;s expanding waistline could have told us as much! At any rate, the survey of 750 American [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=98&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight: Annabelle Candy Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian immigrant Robert Altshuler arrived in the United States in 1917. Working hard, Altshuler saved his money and learned all the right skills, and by 1950 he was ready to found the Annabelle Candy Company. Named for Altshuler&#8217;s daughter and dedicated to delicious, high-quality West Coast treats, Annabelle is ground zero for West Coast candy. Learning by trial and error, Altschuler arrived at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=74&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Candy Bars You&#8217;ll Never Eat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy Neatorama, another stroll through the graveyard of long-gone candy bars. These deceased treats were found in the research and Candy Bar Gazebo zine of, of course, Ray Broekel. THE AIR MAIL BAR. Introduced in 1930 to honor the first airmail flight in the U.S. &#8211; in 1918, from Washington, D.C. to New York City. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=65&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s About Four Fish</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/thats-about-four-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Confectioners Association released a statement last week trumpeting the confectionary trend toward portion-controlled candy packs. Just in time for Halloween, adults can now slyly remind fat kids that candy won&#8217;t really make them happy&#8230;I guess. Isn&#8217;t it counter-intuitive to offer 100-calorie packs of Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids when the primary goal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=57&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tainted Candy In CT</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/tained-candy-in-ct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hartford, Connecticut&#8217;s WFSB reports of Melamine-Tained Candy Found in CT You&#8217;d think that with a name like White Rabbit you&#8217;d just about expect some sort of crazy chemical to be present. Go ask Alice. In all seriousness, though, these candies are imported from China and do not reflect the candy making efforts of American companies. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=55&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sugar Boost</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/sugar-boost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an absolutely airtight alibi, I swear. Dylan&#8217;s Candy Bar, New York&#8217;s chic sugar shop, recently lost $7000 in a late-night stick-up. Sour thug robs high-end sweet shop The man burst into the store and took cash? Did he not notice the decor? Had I robbed the place the authorities would&#8217;ve nabbed me in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=53&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Help Justify Unhealthy Snacking</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/dutch-help-justify-unhealthy-snacking/</link>
		<comments>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/dutch-help-justify-unhealthy-snacking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s always fruit in my apartment, but of course there&#8217;s always candy too. More often than not the fruit gets tossed. I almost always run out of candy. Dutch researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands can help explain this Grand Canyon-esque gulf between my intentions and what I end up doing. Why we simply [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=51&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>George Costanza Candy ID Quiz</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/george-costanza-candy-id-quiz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mental_floss, the preeminent purveyors of trivia/crack, have posted the George Costanza Candy Identification Quiz on their site. For shame. I admit with a heavy heart that I switched the Milky Way and 3 Musketeers bars. I forgot that 3 Musketeers are larger; they don&#8217;t have caramel and accommodate more fluffy, delicious nougat.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=49&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Martian Science</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/martian-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cocoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists from Mars, Inc.&#8217;s research arm Mars Botanicals say that cocoa flavanols can be used to develop medical treatments to improve blood flow and other blood vessel functions. Read here. This is great news. Almost as great as when they announced coffee was actually very good for&#8211;well, I don&#8217;t know. I didn&#8217;t need to hear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=43&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Wax, Now Vegetable Oil</title>
		<link>http://confectionarium.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/first-wax-now-vegetable-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC News reports Chocolate Lovers Pained By Candy Changes Citing rocketing price costs and insinuating that &#8220;lesser&#8221; candy bars deserve lesser ingredients, Hershey has been replacing traditional cocoa butter with less expensive vegetable oil in many of its products. In other cringe-worthy news, The Consumerist noted that Hershey&#8217;s Kissables can no longer be considered milk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=confectionarium.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4860032&amp;post=41&amp;subd=confectionarium&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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