wait. what's updoc? oh. i get it.

so. i went home for a little visit with the family this weekend. it was nice to see everyone. however, i'm pretty sure that my hometown is like a black hole of never getting things done as i got no homework finished. eep! however, i did get some delicious candy, a wig for halloween, and i made some white chocolate covered pretzels, which brings me to my next point.

i know that most people consider chocolate a candy, but i can't bring myself to think that way. i know this sounds weird, but most of my thinking is weird, so bear with me here. i don't see a chocolate bar, or pieces of solid chocolate, or box chocolates as being "candy." chocolate candy bars are different, ad they have other things added to them so they're more candy-like. but if you hand me a hunk of chocolate, i see it more as a baking ingredient. it's kind of in a class of it's own...in that, there's candy (which can include but is not limited to: jelly beans, sour gummy things, regular gummy things, skittles, starburst, juju beans, dots, chocolate candy bars, etc) and then there's chocolate. i know that i'm strange. i would make a chart to help you understand this concept better, but i have no time for that nonsense.

and in the candy spirit, and since it is halloween, i give you...

MY FAVORITE CANDY / CHOCOLATE SWEETS: a lesson in yum

5. twix.
cookie bar, caramel, and chocolate. sold. i love this candy bar. it may be the only one that i truly love, as i've never really been a huge candy bar person.this breaks the rules, thoug. it's not too big, not too full, and doesn't dry out like reese's does. perfecto.

4. bubbilicious strawberry splash gum.
huge, sweet, juicy, and never too sticky, this gum is the perfect gum for bubble blowing. i can get some as big as my head. which is huge. and delicious.

3. fannie may trinidads.
these amazing little chocolates give new meaning to the word decadence. i adore these white chocolate covered chocolate cremes all the way through, and they always bring back great memories of getting chocolates from my mom and dad on valentine's day. they are so good! not so good for you, but hey, what can you do? that's life. eat more trinidads.

2. strawberry sour belts.
a close second to my favorite. we have a love hate relationship...i love them, but they hate the roof of my mouth. thus, i can only have a few at a time. but as they say, distance makes the heart grow fonder, an i am indeed fond of these delicious treats. i guess i could go ahead and throw sour patch kids in on here too since they're practically the same thing and i love them as well.

1. skittles.
my fail safe, my life force, my absolute favorite. i could eat skittles for the rest of my life and be happy. i probably will. the original red package is the best, no matter what anyone says. i even have a special method of eating them. that's love.


other loves: kit kat, shocktarts, pop rocks, hershey's milk chocolate bar, mounds, starburst, candy buttons (!)


some of my least favorites include: smarties, peppermints, bottle caps, wax candy, pixie stix chocolate and mint combinations, cherry and chocolate combinations (ewwwww), peanut brittle, butterscotches, after dinner mints (most older candies, as you can see)


all this candy blogging makes me wish that i was little again so i could run around the neighborhood, pillowcase in tow, racing from house to house to get as much candy as possible before we had to go home and count the stash.

which reminds me of the best pete and pete episode ever: halloweenie.

watch and enjoy.