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- Claudia samples Pearson‘s Salted Nut Roll (part 2)
The second half of our epic taste test with Claudia. We taste three different versions of Pearson's Salted Nut Roll, talk about marching band, and the difference between an oboe and English horn. Claudia also divulges her top three chocolate and non-chocolate candies.
Claudia's pup Hubbell is a treat to follow Instagram.
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44 min - Candy Corn, Cherry Mash and Court Warming with Claudia (Part 1)
Jocelyn's good friend Claudia, a defender of Candy Corn and bringer of Cherry Mash, joins us for part one of a marathon candy test taste. In this episode we have a variety of candy corn products, try Missouri's own Cherry Mash and talk about the regional differences in our Midwestern high school proms. Next week we continue with Claudia and finally taste the Pearson's Salted Nut Roll.
Claudia's pup Hubbell is a treat to follow instagram.
Show Links
- Fiestaware color history
- Reese's Pieces Eggs
- Marshmallow test
- Cherry Mash
- Pony Express
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1 hr 1 min - Doug Liberman returns with Coffee Crisp and other edibles (Part 2)
Montreal's own Doug Liberman is back this week with part two of our interview. We learn more about how his team developed Chocolate First, we all have a Coffee Crisp together and Doug answers more than a few questions about cannabis-infused confectionery products.
Chocolate First available on Amazon in milk chocolate: Plain, chia seeds, and hemp hearts. You can also learn more on AlwaysChocolateFirst.com
Show Notes
- Why does chocolate melt in your hands?
- Cannfections: Cannibas-Infused Confections
- Global Food Safety Institute
- I like my coffee... crisp commercial
- Leaf Brands
- Sweets & Snacks Expo
- Pastillines
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46 min - Doug Liberman answers so many chocolate questions (Part 1)
Doug Liberman, President of Splendid Chocolates in Montreal, joins as our first expert to answer all of our questions about manufacturing chocolates, tasting candy and more. This is part one of a two part interview.
Chocolate First available on Amazon in milk chocolate: Plain, chia seeds, and hemp hearts. You can also learn more on AlwaysChocolateFirst.com
Show Links
- Mock chestnut torte for Passover
- The Basics of Chocolate
- Video of a chocolate enrober and waterfall
- Invertase
- Liquid chocolate in a tanker
- The Better for You category
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1 hr 3 min - Scott Smith looks for Mr. Goodbar (part 2)
Scott Smith, aka @OurManInChicago, is back for part 2 of the Chocolate Brackets with Leah and Jocelyn. We do a rapid fire through the remaining part of the brackets and spend a LOT of time talking about movies from the 1970s that none of us have ever seen.
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Chocolate Brackets
- Oh Henry! vs Cadbury Milk Chocolate
- Goobers vs Mr. Goodbar
- Hershey's Cookies and Cream vs Frango Mints
- Heath vs 100 Grand
- Caramello vs Rolo
- Reese's PB vs 5th Avenue
- Kit Kat vs Mounds
- Cherry Mash vs Crunch
- Ritter Sport vs Chunky
- Andes Candies vs Take 5
- Baby Ruth vs Sno-caps
- Peanut M&M vs Toblerone
Show Notes
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar
- Cherry Mash Legacy
- Ritter Sport asthetic
- Starbucks drinkable chocolate
- Sweets and Snacks Expo
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory bloomer sale
- Milk Crate Challenge
- Aero
- Wunderbar
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1 hr 26 min - Chocolate Brackets with Scott Smith (part 1) and the Crispy Crunch!
Scott Smith, a writer and raconteur known as Our Man In Chicago, joined Leah and Jocelyn to keep working through the chocolate brackets. We had so much fun and so many tangents, that this interview will be split into two weeks and each includes a Canadian candy taste test.
With Scott, we talk about...
- Banana Babies
- Rainbow Cone
- Rainbow Cone partnership with Buono Beef
- Robert Loerzel's Curious City about Uptown entertainment district
- Model Ts and Horses
- Origins of Half Day Road
- The Big Cookie (chocolate pollution)
We battle the brackets for
- Clark Bar vs Almond Joy
- Snickers vs Hershey's Bar
- Maple Creme vs Ghirardelli
- Mallo Cups vs Nutrageous
Canadian Taste Test
- Crispy Crunch
- Big R Turk
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1 hr 13 min - Candy Brackets: Round One Chocolate Bars
Jocelyn loves a bracket and runs the Facebook group The Bracketeers for people who love brackets! Play along with our debate of the first 32 chocolate bars in a 64 team bracket. Plus we try the first of ten Canadian treats that Shai from Friday Night Movie Podcast sent us to sample.
Round 1 match-ups
- Special Dark vs Dove Bar
- Sea Salt Caramel vs Twix
- Charleston Chew vs Mars Bar
- Krackle vs Reese's Pieces
- Lindt Milk Choco vs Junior Mints
- Reese's Seasonals vs Three Musketeer
- Godiva vs Pixies
- Plain M&M vs Payday
- Butterfinger vs Skor
- Milky Way vs Symphony
- Whatchamacallit vs York Peppermint Patty
- Cadbury Fruit and Nut vs Raisinets
- Reese's Sticks vs Pretzel M&M
- Vosges vs Salted Nut Roll
- Whoppers vs Cadbury Creme Egg
- Zero vs Milk Duds
Show Links
Turkish Delight symbolism in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
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1 hr 6 min - Canadian candy with Shai Korman
Shai Korman, co-host of Friday Night Movie Podcast, joins Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy this week to talk about hotel snacks, road trip candy, and his top Canadian candies. Do we talk about GoPuff and Combos again? Yes.
Canadian Candy that we talk about...
- Crunchie
- Skor
- Mr. Big
- Crispy Crunch
- Coffee Crisp
- Wunderbar
- Caramilk
- Aero
- Oh Henry
Trypophobia is real!
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1 hr 17 min - Rules for Road Trip Candy
On the first full episode of Candy Chat, hosts Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy get into the rules of the road. What makes good candy for road trips, what are winter-only options and then they compare their top ten lists for the ultimate road trip showdown.
1 hr - The Backdoor Pilot - Finding Favorites
When Jocelyn Geboy returned to Finding Favorites to talk about candy, Leah did not realize that a new podcast was about to be born. That episode is now considered the backdoor pilot for Candy Chat!
1 hr 20 min
About Candy Chat Chicago
From the publisher's feed
Jocelyn Geboy and Leah Jones bring you sweet talk from the windy city all about candy. Candy Chat Chicago is a weekly podcast where candy isn’t just a treat, it’s the main event.