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07.21.07 by Widge @ 4:46 am  Aw, man. That ain't right. Junk Food Blog gives us the headsup about Ben and Jerry's plans to tie-in to the Simpsons movie. For one day only, in the town of Springfield, Vermont (which won the bragging rights to host the premiere of the film), there will be Duff and D'oh Nuts. They report it's "a combination of chocolate and cream stout ice creams with glazed chocolate donuts." It sounds like it's only going to be in Springfield, if I'm reading this article right. Dammit. Want. Of course, I don't have a Kwik-E Mart anywhere nearby, so I can't even get Buzz Cola, much less that stuff. Suck factor is high! Categorized as: Food
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07.15.07 by Widge @ 7:33 pm  The guys at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have figured out a way that even I could learn about circuitry and might walk away with a bit of knowledge: make edible models of actual electronic bits. Nice. Now all we need is for somebody to figure out how to make them work for real, sort of like a mad cross between Lego Mindstorms and Willy Wonka. Categorized as: Food
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07.08.07 by Widge @ 12:47 am  One thing you have to give the Japanese credit for: they'll experiment with some crazy flavors of things. Slashfood points out that Kit Kats have exploded over there. Inventor Spot mentions several flavors, including the one pictured, which is green tea with milk. There's also a "Red Azuki Bean" variation, as well as cherry-flavored white chocolate. Rinkya Blog makes mention of kiwi and orange, to name a couple. Japan Newbie from a while back showed packaging for melon and passion fruit. They point out the Wikipedia article as well, which lists a crapload of different varieties, including pumpkin and white chocolate with maple syrup. And here in America we get...chocolate. White chocolate sometimes. Dark chocolate if we're lucky. Bah. Categorized as: Food
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07.07.07 by Widge @ 1:05 pm  We cannot tell you how impressed we are with the folks at the BevNet BevBlog. Why? Because we like how their minds work: they decided to cook with energy drinks, spawning "energy drink can chicken." Check this out: Categorized as: Food
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05.05.07 by Widge @ 1:58 am  I must concur: this is a great idea. The West Virginia Surf Report is taking the pics of fast food items as they appear in advertising and putting them side by side with what they look like when actually purchased. No doubt the fast food PR flaks are preparing to tell us that exposure to our grubby little hands makes the sandwiches look like they've been deflated. I mean...Jesus, look at that Arby's Beef n Cheddar there. It looks like it's going to either come lumbering after your children or try to attack Steve McQueen in the basement of a diner, one of the two. Categorized as: Food
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04.15.07 by Widge @ 10:09 pm  Well, Neatorama showed us Nostalgic Candy's website, which purports to sell scads of candy that we all enjoyed when we were, you know, sitting around watching Saturday morning cartoons and such. And this got me thinking...which is always a scary proposition. You know what I miss? Marathon Bars. And I'm not talking about what was sold in the UK and eventually renamed Snickers, I'm talking about these. And no, I don't remember the commercials (and, sadly, nobody seems to have posted one online anywhere where I could find it), but I do remember those were some damn fine candy bars. Looks like I'm going to have to check out these soon. Just to see if it comes close. Categorized as: Food
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04.13.07 by Widge @ 1:55 am  Here's something fairly disturbing: making pancakes in the style of preparing heroin. Probably not coming soon to your local IHOP. Where does it end? Muffin spliffs? Categorized as: Food
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04.12.07 by Widge @ 4:11 pm  I don't know why the maniacs who post at Pimp That Snack amuse me so. Maybe it's just because they truly embody the principle "Nothing exceeds like excess." Take for example this version of a Cadbury Creme Egg, so big you'd think it was filled not with creme, but that stuff from Food of the Gods. I mean, seriously, look how the regular sized creme eggs worship it like a god. That's just freaky, man. Categorized as: Food
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02.01.07 by Widge @ 8:57 pm  Over at Cotton and Sand, they've turned their twisted headspace into a candy factory from hell. Sure, the idea of Seafood Gumbo Reese's Cups is extremely nasty (but we can't prosecute them for that!), but you start to get to true genius when they reveal the Hershey's Breast Milk Chocolate: ...we can either choose to merely suckle at the teat of life or dive headfirst into the cleavage of this world and let it knock us around with its giant breasts and enjoy the ride. Uh-oh. I just woke up B-Naut. Categorized as: Food
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01.17.07 by Widge @ 4:37 am  This is insane. I mean truly certifiable. Somebody went and recreated the battle of Helms Deep in candy. Gummy Bear orcs, Tootsie Pop siege engines, and blood and carnage provided by red Nerds and licorice rope. And finally, just like he said he would, Gandalf comes to the rescue. If you look closely you can see him with a wizard's staff just wrecking shit in the middle of orcs who are getting fucking pwnt. Pwnt is Ent-speak for owned. Pure tooth-rotting genius. Plenty of pics for you to marvel at here. Categorized as: Food
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