As 2016 comes to a close, we dive into the delightful world of flavored popcorn! None of that savory stuff here, it’s all sweet. We end the year with the same flavor we started with, and thus close out this crazy year we’ve called 2016.
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
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The holidays are here, and what better way to celebrate than with candy shaped like a cane! We try another Brach’s item, but can we find it in our hearts to forgive them? Will other candy makers steal our hearts first? Only one way to find out…
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
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We treat ourselves, and become a real review show in this episode! We sample the handy work of Canadian Candysmith Sarah Foy over at Shhugar. Don’t worry, next week we go back to eating garbage. If you want to check out Sarah’s work for yourself (and you should) find her at Shhugarcandy.com
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
Special thanks to: Sarah Foy
This week we send our taste buds on a vacation! Alex brings Australia’s favorite cookie to the table with limited edition Tim Tams, while Chris spends the whole episode dressed as a koala. Afterward, Chris was shot by poachers. Also we find out if the fabled Tim Tam Slam is a real thing or just a crafty tourist trap.
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
This episode’s sponsors: Linear time
In a Wellsian escapade, we travel back to 1893 to see what soda was like for our great grandfathers. For full time period authenticity, Chris contracts black lung and is crushed by a horse, while Alex just wears a hat. Also there’s mailbag.
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
This episode’s sponsors: no one
We recreate a (mostly) traditional thanksgiving dinner in soda form! Is this the wave of the future where humans get together and drink their Thanksgiving meal, or is it a Soylent Green style dystopia? Either way, there will probably be food riots. Join us as we see if Lester’s Fixins can dethrone Jones Soda: the king of disgusting holiday sodas!
Spoiler alert! We don’t find out.
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
This episode’s sponsors: shattered dreams
We take a trip down memory lane to the halcyon days of early 2016. Our friend David Cohen drops by the studio with some vintage Ghostbusters Twinkies, and we lift our long standing ban on pumpkin spice in the studio. Will we regret our decision? Always.
Also, weirdly, we get into Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince spoilers.
Music by: Chris Lyons and Alex Arbit
Edited by: Chris Lyons
Logo by: Alex Arbit
Special thanks to: David Cohen
This episode’s sponsors: nostalgia
We accidentally find an apple theme in our foods today as we try snacks that taste like other foods and Chris obsesses over proper cookie presentation. Can these snack cakes possibly live up to the foods they are trying to emulate? Spoiler alert: no.
We’re joined in studio by our first guest and we play chocolate limbo to see how dark we can go. Also we feel the firm backlash of the pro-candy corn community. As it turns out, some candy corn lovers know to use computers; we called that one wrong.
Break out the wax lips and check for tainted apples, because it’s time for Halloween candy! Sort of. We dive into the world of off-brand candy and questionable marketing tactics with bagged cotton candy and a gumball stuffed with nerds!