Face Licker – Your Candy Doppelganger

Now anyone can get a lollipop sculpted to their own likeness. And, $57 seems like a bargain for such a work of art.

Order one now at FireBox.

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A Short History of Chocolate [video]

Candy Craftsmanship – Classic Korean Confection [video]

Chocolate Now More Awesome – With Holograms

NewScientist reports –

Why settle for a bar of boring old regular chocolate when you can chow down on the holographic variety instead? Morphotonix, a company based in Lausanne, Switzerland, has developed a way to imprint holograms on to chocolate – without using additives. Morphotonix etches the required structure into a master mould made from metal. This is then used to make plastic moulds that in turn shape the chocolate. Both dark and milk chocolate can be used, though the complex physics and chemistry of microstructures means the hologram won’t form on some varieties. “We have been testing it with many types of chocolate. Sometimes it works great and sometimes no matter how hard we try it doesn’t mould,” says Morphotonix CEO Veronica Savu.

Continue reading HERE.

 

What A Difference A Day Makes [comic]

What’s Inside Your Easter Candy

Wired presents an article detailing the ingredients in three of the most popular Easter candies – Chocolate Easter Bunny, Cadbury Creme Egg and Peeps. I was disappointed that there wasn’t some truly bizarre ingredient in at least one of the candies.

Read the full story HERE.