Edible Memo Pads

Hoch Fun-Food, the German confectioner that's refining the art of edible paper, is now marketing it's latest offering, an edible memo pad, under its Monster brand.

Distributed to the USA by Chicago Importing Co., the package contains a food coloring ink pen and Hoch's edible wafer paper. Kids can now pass notes to each other in class, and eat the evidence before the teacher confiscates it.

Perhaps we're not that far from the days when kids can finally proclaim with confidence, "My dog ate my homework".

Hoch Fun-Food is the same company that makes the Edible Easter Grass we covered previously on our sister blog.

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Love and Quiches Peanut Butter Brownie

Love and Quiches Desserts, based in Freeport, NY, has a new Peanut Butter Brownie made with real Reese's Peanut Butter Chips.

Each 3oz brownie is described as being moist, fudgy, and loaded with the great taste of Reese's peanut butter.

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Mrs. Freshley's Snack Away Cakes

If a Twinkie happens to be your poison of choice, you might try comparing them to Mrs. Freshley's new Snack Away Cakes.

It's billed as a healthier alternative to the real mccoy, offering 140 calories per cake, as opposed to 150 calories. Not much of a change.

But it does claim to include no added sugar.

What's interesting is that the name, "Snack Away" seems to suggest that you can scarf down several of these with the comfort of knowing that you're eating something better. Better? You may as well eat a real Twinkie.

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Frankford's Make Your Own Gummy Candy

Philadelphia, PA-based Frankford Candy and Chocolate Co. is now offering a line of "Make Your Own Gummy" candies.

You don't actually make the gummy candies, but rather, they give you gummy candy pieces that you combine together to make things. For example, this Ice Cream variety gives you gummy ice cream scoops, gummy ice cream cones, and gummy ice cream toppings. You put it all together for extreme gummy madness.

They also offer "Pizza" and "Cookies" in the same line.

I'm still waiting for someone to come out with Gummy Gumby.

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Boy Girl Beef Sticks

Gone are the days when fathers handed out cigars in celebration of their new born baby. These days, they hand out sticks of mechanically separated beef.

Actually, I don't really know if these Boy Girl Beef Sticks are from "mechanically separated beef", but considering they're labeled as "beef sticks", I'm guessing they are. Besides, I wouldn't have it any other way!

But since it's no longer politically correct to hand out cancer sticks, handing out sticks of rendered left-overs is perhaps the next best thing to celebrating the miracle of life in a manly way.

You can order a 24-count jar for just $19.95.

Thanks CandyAddict.

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Icee Slush Bars

The Jel Sert Co. of West Chicago, IL recently introduced new Icee Slush Bars.

They contain the same Icee flavor and coloring that we all grew up with, but are made with a unique texture that freezes to a slushy consistency.

The 2 oz. Icee bars are available in Blue Raspberry Freeze and Cherry Freeze varieties. You can get them in an 8-count box.

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Hawaiian Punch Freezer Bars

A new item on the market are these Hawaiian Punch Freezer Bars. Package copy says they contain "extra fruit solids" to bring out the unique Hawaiian Punch taste. Not sure what that means, because the ingredients says they're artificially flavored.

Varieties include Fruit Juicy Red, Berry Blue Typhoon, Green Berry Rush, Orange Ocean. You can get them in 18-count and 100-count boxes.

These are distrubuted by Jel Sert Co., a company that owns several frozen confection brands, including the Otter Pops.

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Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick

The Jimmy Dean brand of breakfast food won my nod of approval when I found this lovely new entry.

Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Chocolate Chip pretty much takes what my wife often eats at IHOP and puts it all on a hand-held form factor, allowing junk-foodies like us to revel in frozen food fanatacism.

Better yet, these are microwaveable, so just nukem and pukem.

Via Cabel Sasser

More Jimmy Dean products we talked about...

• Jimmy Dean Skillets, Jan 4, 2006

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Jolly Rancher Double Blasts

Hershey recently began distributing its new Jolly Rancher Double Blasts candy.

The Double Blast is the same Jolly Rancher hard candy but hollowed out with powder candy inside. The outer hard candy has a different flavor than the inner powder candy.

It comes in two varieties, "Chorange" (cherry and orange), and "Raspilime" (blue raspberry and lime).

More Jolly Rancher stuff we talked about before...

• Jolly Rancher Limited Edition Flavors, Jun 6, 2006


• Jolly Rancher Ice Pop, Jan 23, 2006


• Jolly Rancher Soda, Dec 13, 2005

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Kellogg's Fruit Flavored Snacks - NASCAR

Jumping on the NASCAR co-branded bandwagon is Kellogg's and its line of Fruit Flavored Snacks.

Their new NASCAR version features fruit flavored gummy candy in shapes of race cars, flags, wheels, and helmets. Flavors include Strawberry, Grape, Orange, and Cherry.

Each box includes a "cut out car kit" printed on the inside.

It retails for $1.98 and includes 10 pouches per box.

The Fruit Snack Spectator has a review of these.

For more NASCAR-branded yummies, check out...

• NASCAR Sour Speed Strips


• NASCAR Frozen Burgers


• NASCAR Speedway Sundae


• XLR8 Energy Chews

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Pringles Prints - Rand McNally

Proctor & Gamble added a new variety to its line of Pringles Prints potato crisps, the Rand McNally edition.

This one contains trivia questions relating to traveling on the road. Now your wife and kids and torture with mindless facts during the next road trip.

The Pringles Prints line is the same Pringles potato crisps but with trivia questions printed on the chips in edible ink.

More Pringles on JFB:

• Pringles Prints - Guiness Book of World Records edition


• Pringles in a Bag


• Pringles Light Aromas

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Bubble Gum Bandages

Toronto, Ontario-based Morris National Inc. is now distributing this "Bubble Doctorx Sour Bubble Gum Strips" in the USA under their Just for Fun brand.

The individually-wrapped Blue Raspberry & Apple Flavor gum strips resemble adhesive bandages and are presented in a hinged, metal tin.

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Candy Handcuffs

From the Spencer & Fleetwood line of candy novelties comes new Candy Cuffs. Try to eat your way out of this one.

It's actually made by the same company that brought us the Candy G-String.

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Crick-ettes - Sour Cream and Onion

These are real, honest-to-God, crickets, roasted and seasoned with sour and cream and onion flavoring.

Made by Hotlix, the company famous for its scorpion lollipops, they're also available in Salt n' Vinegar, and Bacon & Cheddar Cheese flavors. The company claims they'll satisfy your urge for crunch.

You can buy them online from Hotlix, for $1.95 per 1.4gm box.

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Charms Blow Pop Minis

Tootsie Roll is now offering these Blow Pop Minis under their Charms brand.

Described as a "Blow Pop with no stick", it's the same bubblegum-filled lolly, but takes a step closer to being environmentally-friendly since it appears to save a few more trees.

A 2 oz. bag contains Blue Razz, Cherry, Sour Apple and Watermelon flavors and retails for 65 cents.

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