Target's Premium Choxie

Target Stores is unleashing a new line of premium chocolates under its Choxie line of chocolates.

The new Choxie collection, which will be available exclusively at Target beginning in October, brings the wildest chocolate fantasies to life by creating such taste sensations as Chile Limon Truffle Tiles, Toffee Almond Crunch and Chai Tea Truffle Temptations.

The Target Choxie collection is crafted using fine ingredients, including fruit purees, exotic spices, fragrant teas and high-quality cocoa. Wrapped in whimsical, brightly colored packaging, Choxie consists of several varieties, including Truffle Meltaways, Chocolate Truffle Bars, Thins, Flakey Truffles, Artisan Truffle Tiles, Truffle Temptations, Bitesize Chocolate Tins, Boxed Chocolates and Peanut Butter Bites.

Available at Target stores nationwide beginning in October 2005, the Choxie collection is affordably priced with items ranging from $1.80 to $12.00.

Via Chocolate Runner's Blog

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Subservient Chicken Mask

Lisa keeps asking me what I'm going dress for this Halloween party we're supposed to go to (though I'm still not sure we're even invited!). It looks like it'll have to be a Subservient Chicken, because after all, it's too cool not to be, and well, because I pretty much do whatever people tell me to do, and I eat a lot of chicken, and well, ok.

If you're not sure what the big deal is, go visit Subservient Chicken and find out.

Thanks for the tip Max.

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Mint & Peanut Butter Fudge Drumsticks

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream added two new flavors to its brand of Nestle's Drumsticks, Mint and Peanut Butter Fudge.

This brings the total number of Drumstick flavors to 13 in all. It's part of Dreyer's way to celebrate 75 years of Nestle's Drumsticks.

So, which flavor which will you choose? According to Dr. Alan Hirsch of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, flavor choices can reveal some interesting personality traits...

Those who reach for the Mint Drumstick cone are loyal and dependable, devoted and true friends or spouses. Their generous and self-sacrificing nature makes them vulnerable and easily taken advantage of by people around them, including those with whom they are romantically involved. They are followers, rather than leaders, and would rather be in the background while letting others take credit for their hard work.

Peanut Butter Fudge Drumstick cone lovers are driven, success-oriented, natural leaders. They enjoy the triumphs and rewards of their success and are ruthless and unforgiving competitors. They surround themselves with only the best, both in material possessions and people, whether it is chefs, doctors, and even friends. Driven and aggressive in nature, they can overwhelm those with whom they are closest. Impatient, they frustrate easily when forced to be involved with the minor inconveniences of life, whether it's waiting in a supermarket checkout line, for a waiter or waitress in a restaurant, or even for the elevator doors to open.

It's a good thing there are so many Drumstick flavors to satisfy to such a diverse population!

The new flavors are currently available nationwide in supermarkets and convenience stores, at $3.99 for a box of four.

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Cinnamon Rolls that contain Gold Nuggets

"Search for Gold inside the Cinnamon Rolls" is the hottest campaign that Cinnabon Jordan is running during the Holy Month of Ramadan. All Cinnabon outlets in the country of Jordan are offering customers the chance to win "Gold Ounces", which are hidden in random cinnamon rolls and Cinnabon Stix.

Jana Restaurant Management, owners of Cinnabon Jordan, strategically designed this campaign intending to provide its customers with a valuable prize during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Hundreds of Gold Ounces will be rewarded in the promotion.

It's not clear yet if Cinnabon Jordan has partnered with a local dentist to fix any broken teeth.

Via Strategiy

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Cleavage Filtered Nuts

Dee's Nuts has the distinction of offering consumers the only "cleavage filtered nuts", apparently enhancing the flavor and enjoyment of millions of peanuts and cashews.

According to the company founders, the saga began when an errant nut flew between the ample cleavage of a female friend. Someone ate the nut, and discovered the hallowed journey had mysteriously made it tastier. Now Dee's Nuts, out of Charleston S.C., cycles every nut they sell between the breasts of a beautiful woman.

So how do the nuts actually get filtered? Well, they have filterers standing in old whiskey barrels. These ladies rub their breasts down with peanut oil. After the nuts are roasted, they are carried from the roaster in beer mugs, to the filterers. The ladies actually pour the nuts between their boobies, thus filtering out the impurities, adding a saltier taste, and enhancing their flavors.

They actually have one of their filterers interviewed on a radio station.

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MeierKurt Tobacco Flavored Bonbons

Billed as the world's first tobacco-flavored candy, MeierKurt "Tabak Aroma Bonbons" are sweet-flavored tobacco confections that you suck on at times when lighting up a stogie is inappropriate.

Offered in Original and Sweet Varieties, the candies are said to be free of nicotine, sugar, low in calories, and fortified with Vitamin C. Each variety is packaged in a resealable 43g flip-top box.

Tabak Aroma Bonbons thus far are only available in Germany.

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Airline Meals

Airline Meals is an online archive of meals and snacks offered by airline companies.

Click on the link labeled, "Browse thousands of inflight meals", and then scroll down to find the airline company you're interested in seeing.

Photos and reviews of the edible offerings are uploaded by actual passengers. They also have photos and reviews of what the crew gets to eat, and honestly, I'm not sure if it's any better.

Still, Airline Meals offers us another great way to waste company time.

Cool Website Ideas Via Uber-Review

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Etch-A-Sketch Lollipops

The Etch-A-Sketch Lollipop is a miniature working Etch-A-Sketch with a candy-sucker on the other end.

CandyRific continues to come out with some weird stuff, and never ceases to break the barriers.

$39.60 for a box of 12.

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Jones Candy Corn Flavored Soda

Jones Soda Co., which is quickly becoming the "Jelly Belly of Sodas", with its never-ending line of cool and unusual soda flavors, has introduced four new flavors for Halloween: Candy Corn Soda, Pumpkin Soda, Strawberry Slime, and Scary Berry Lemonade.

The guys at I-Mockery did a great job publishing their taste tests of the new carbonated concoctions. Here's what J-Dawg had to say about the Candy Corn Soda...

I gotta say at first I wasn't too sure about this flavor. It tasted kind of like the corns on my feet, but then when I was thinkin' about it I realized that the corns on my feet taste pretty uber-fantastic! The way those bodacious soda suds slamdanced on my tongue made me feel like a horny rebel biker suicide pirate and that really takes me back to the glory days!

Jones' new Halloween flavors are found exclusively at Target Stores nationwide.

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Licorice Piglets

Little pieces of red and black licorice, shaped into little pigs. I like the tin can it comes in. This would look great in an executive office.

$14.00 for 16oz can.

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Chocolate Covered Potato Chips

Oooooo! Chocolate Covered Potato Chips!

3lbs for $36.00.

Need I say more?

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Entenmann's Enten-mini's

Entenmann's Inc. introduces Enten-mini's, a new line of baked sweets.

Included in the new lineup are three cakes for kids: Roundabouts, Brownie Frosters and Chocolate 1/2 Rounds.

Four other cakes are targeted for adults: Napoleons, Caramel & Creme Squares, Carrot Cakes and full-sized Chocolate Rounds.

Enten-mini's offer multipacks of single-and twin-servings in portions sized for adults and children. They're available from grocery stores all across America.

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National Cookie Month

Did you know that October is National Cookie Month? Yup. Don't ask me who's responsible for making it that, but I have a pretty good idea who.

General Mills published a media release encouraging Americans to celebrate by baking cookies at home. They note that buying cookies from the store can cost people anywhere from $5.00 to $12.00 per bag, while baking your own cookies will cost you about $2.20 for three dozen cookies.

Of course it's worth pointing out that General Mills owns the Pilsbury and Betty Crocker brands, which are known for selling do-it-yourself cookie baking kits, namely the Betty Crocker Cookie Pouches, and the Pilsbury Ready to Bake Cookies.

Nonetheless, there's nothing like savoring the smell of cookies baking in the oven, and enjoying a hot cookie fresh out of the oven!

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Butterfinger Cheesecake from Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is making available now they're new Butterfinger Cheesecake. It's a classic-style cheesecake topped with gooey pieces of Butterfinger candy bar.

It has a suggested price of $1.69, excluding tax, at all participating Jack in the Box restaurants.

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Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Dipped Cookies

Pepperidge Farm today officially announced their newest line of cookies, Chocolate Dipped cookies.

It's effectively chocolate dipped versions of some existing Pepperidge Farm favorites. There are three offerings...

• Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chunk - a delicious crispy cookie filled with dark chocolate chunks and dipped through a waterfall of smooth, luxurious chocolate to create a delectable treat.


• Chocolate Dipped Chessmen - a delightful combination of a rich, buttery cookie bottomed in silky chocolate creating a unique and delightful contrast of flavors.
  
• Chocolate Dipped Soft Baked Dark Chocolate Brownie - a soft, chewy chocolate cookie so full of rich chocolate chunks and then dipped in more chocolate that it will satisfy the most indulgent chocolate desire.

Chocolate Dipped cookies will be hitting store shelves sometime this month, with a suggested price of $3.49.

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