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
  

Show Links

• Whatever happened to tan M&Ms?

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

In an episode that defines "come for the candy, stay for the chat," Leah and Jocelyn have a long talk about aasking someone, "are you okay?" when they obviously are not. We talk subscription snack boxes, the art of drinking a slushie, refilling ice trays and ADHD and the difference between Twizzlers and Red Vines. We also tried a number of "pick & mix" candies from Sweets & Snacks Expo 2022

Topics

• Aunt Mame

Candy we tried

• Tropical Smarties

Leah and Jocelyn recap their biggest adventure of the year - going to the Mahomet Soda Festival with Jasmine - then sample an Idaho care package of Huckleberry candies. We talk about Spidey's end of life care, the worst drink at McDonald's ever served and a collapsing Tik Tok stool.

• Mahomet Soda Festival

Jocelyn and Leah talk about Top Gun way too long considering only Leah had seen it at the time of the record. This epsiode is dedicated to the Fruit & Chewy bag of candy from Sweets & Snacks Expo 2022.

Candy we try

• Jones Soda carbonated candy

CW: we also talk briefly about the overturn of Roe V Wade, because we recorded a few days after the decision.

After meeting the team from Pearson's Candy at Sweets & Snacks 2022, Jocelyn received a very special delivery from Sandy. It was like Christmas morning and the best Halloween rolled into one when we unboxed a huge surprise including t-shirts, Pearson's Salted Nut Rolls, Pearson's Mint Patties, and Pearson's Maple and Vanilla Buns.

PSNR on the Appalachian trail as a treat for vegetarian hikers.

We also tried

Jackson's Sweet Potato Chips

Three Amigo's Elote Snack Mix

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

Chipventory

• https://www.marettibakery.com/ 

Other notes

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Music,_Arts_and_Dance

Melted Chocolate Inventory

• https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en  

Jocelyn spent two days walking 13,000 steps around the Sweets & Snacks Expo 2022 and she came back to report after each day.

Top Trends

• Socially responsible companies

Day One Companies

• Pearson's

Day Two Companies

• Food Fight

The night before Sweets & Snacks 2022, Leah and Jocelyn previewed the agenda, tried to plan parking, talked about Bibles and reality TV. They also tried some candy.

Things we tried

• Laff Bites

Thank you to Doug at Chocolate First for letting us join your team during Sweets & Snacks!

Leah went to see the Doughboys live in Boston and has a lot to say about the trip, hanging with Doughmies and meeting Mike Mitchell's hometown friends. Jocelyn and Leah try Goo Goo Clusters (thank you Kevtron), Cinna-Dragons from Trader Joe's and some terrible candy from TJ Maxx.

Candy we tried

• Goo Goo Clusters

Show Links

• https://candychat.tumblr.com/

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Just as Leah and Jocelyn sat down to record, news that the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe V Wade and destroy what is left of women's body autonomy in the United States. So first they talk about politics and eventually they try some candies.

Candies we tried

• Red Vines

Why don't we say Judeo-Christian?