CANDY
REALLY EATING A twist on chocolate turtles
Sometimes, you just want a bite of dessert. To me, it's not even sometimes, it's usually. It's the reason I makeOatmeal Powerballs and Chocolate Date Truffles. I'm always on the lookout for something ...
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:36 AM
COURAGE IN THE KITCHEN Muriel's Peanut Brittle
Driving the church van, I got to know some wonderful people who rode to worship on Sunday mornings. Hazel Olson was one, who gave me the cookie cutter that I used this week to make my grandmothers dat...
Posted on 12/15/12 at 10:58 AM
BEST FRIENDS ND Needed: Santa Photo volunteers
Best Friends is looking for two volunteers for this Saturday, December 15th, 11am to 4pm, to help with Santa Photos at the mall. Volunteers will be recording the names of customers getting their photo...
Posted on 12/14/12 at 11:38 AM
CHEF JEFF Sea Salt Caramels
Generations of people have been enjoying satiny-smooth homemade caramels during the holiday season. And the reason is simple: They taste so good. I remember the caramels my Uncle Fritz and Auntie Don...
Posted on 12/10/12 at 4:57 PM
THE DIRT: THE REAL DIRT ON GARDENING FROM A MASTER GARDENER IN MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA Candy-mania
I have a little hobby on the side (when I'm not gardening or cooking). I make scrapbooks. Yes, it's probably a frivolous hobby. . . it can be kind of expensive and it's time-intensive. But, man, is i...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 8:48 AM
Slice of Willy Wonka at St. Paul's Pearson Candy 
Anyone hoping to visit Pearson's Candy Co. in St. Paul has been out of luck. The famed candymaker on West Seventh Street hasn't offered tours for decades, preferring that its Nut Goodies and Salted Nut Rolls tell its story. Until now.
By Tom Webb , April 15, 2013
Right at Home: getting creative with candy corn
One of the most enduring of Halloween icons, candy corn is now over 130 years old.
By Kim Cook , October 28, 2012
Mike and Ike, of candy fame, announce split in social network ad campaign
They've been together 72 years, but it's not clear whether Mike and Ike will reach their next anniversary. The colorful candy characters are going their separate ways, and using Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr to announce the split.
By Maryclaire Dale , April 15, 2012
Halloween doesn't have to be gorge-fest to be fun
For most kids, Halloween wouldn't be fun without candy. But health experts say there are other ways to keep trick-or-treating from turning into a gorge-fest. The president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry says to let your kids have candy — but with some limitations.
By Lindsey Tanner , October 28, 2011
Spotlight follows candy sales reps on trip to Fargo
It’s a safe bet that tourists don’t pose in front of movie theaters in Hawaii while wearing winter bomber caps. But what Fargo lacks in palm trees it tries to make up for in hospitality, as Josh Halpern and two dozen of his sales representatives from the Just Born candy company have discovered after missing a sales goal that would have sent them to Hawaii instead.
By Patrick Springer , December 14, 2010
Missed sales goal leads company to hold convention in frigid Fargo
The Pennsylvania-based Just Born candy company gave its employees an ultimatum last year: Meet annual sales goals, and the company’s 2010 convention would be in tropical Hawaii. But if they failed to meet the goals, they’d be shipped off to Fargo.
By Kristen Daum , December 14, 2010
'Pure chocolate'? No such thing, European Union court rules
The court said if a product is made from 100 percent cocoa butter, that fact must be listed on the ingredients table only. It also said the EU's 1999 chocolate labeling rules make no room for a "pure chocolate" reference like the one Italy enacted in a 2003 law.
By Robert Wielaard , November 25, 2010
Kraft Foods, Cadbury agree $19.5 bln deal
British candy company Cadbury agreed to a fattened $19.5 billion takeover offer from U.S. food group Kraft in a deal that would create the world's biggest chocolate maker.
By Robert Barr , January 19, 2010
CHEF JEFF: Fudging It
Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman has a sweet tooth for fudge, and at Chef Jeff, the Red River Valley's newest food blog of fun, at Chef Jeff, he shares a recipe for one from a third-generation chocolatier.
By Herald Staff Report , December 23, 2009
A monument to the marshmallow
Just Born, store devoted entirely to marshmallow Peeps, opens Thursday near Washington D.C.
By Associated Press , December 09, 2009
SMORGASBORD: Candy field guide . . . Better bacon . . . Lookin' sharp
Whether bought or homemade, candied sweets now will be found in homes through the December holidays.
By Herald Wire Reports , November 11, 2009
Green M&Ms getting "greener"
A New Jersey candy company is turning to solar power.
By Associated Press , November 09, 2009
AROUND THE REGION: GF prayer event today ... Dorgan offers pilot legislation ... Traffic fine claims cutoff ... more
GF prayer event today: Valley House of Prayer, open to anyone to pray together for the community and nation, will join Revolution Prayer at 7 p.m. today in New Life Foursquare Church, 321 Cottonwood St. Info: 772-3933.
By Forum Communications, Associated Press , November 06, 2009
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