I just saw on the news a woman was stranded on a road with a rental car and survived days by eating candy!!Ok this was in Idaho and I’m not sure why she opted to stay stranded in the car. She survived on peanut butter M&M’s..

Lynn S. Keesler, 61, of Houston, was evaluated by emergency medical technicians but refused to go to the hospital, saying she just wanted “a warm bed and a bath,” The Times-News reported Tuesday.

The Cassia County report said Keesler believed she had been stranded for three to five days, but the sheriff’s log shows a deputy gave her directions to the hotels in Burley on Jan. 15. She walked to a nearby house for help on Jan. 22.

Keesler told deputies that after getting directions, she saw water by a dairy and thought it was the Snake River. She told deputies she tried to drive around the outside of the water but got stuck in the mud.

The first night she was stranded she flashed her headlights all night until the car’s battery ran down. Keesler told officers she also honked the horn a couple times when the battery would power up enough.

She lived on peanut butter M&Ms and water and told officers she stayed in the car because she had been told not to leave her vehicle if she became stranded. Keesler finally went for help Sunday after the settling pond started filling with water.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/25/texas-woman-stranded-for-days-in-car-in-idaho-dairy-pond/#ixzz1kWVMcQY3

Check out the video!!

So my nephew liked the Orange, but I haven’t tried any other flavor than Cherry and it is ADDICTING. Although my throat is bothering me, I’m popping Ludens like Skittles. This is what sets them apart from other throat drops.

Flavors include:

• Wild Cherry
• Wild Honey
• Licorice
• Sugar Free Wild Cherry
• Orange

The newest flavor is the Orange in fact and the bag that I received is priced around $1.79 in stores. You can of course find them anywhere. Ludens has been around for over 130 years! I knew it was an old company but never imagined 130 years!!

Thanks so much for sending me a few to review. I’m sure with the change of the weather, I’m problematically sure to get sick again..

Check out their website: http://www.ludens.com

P.S. The TodoCandy App is finally being updated!! I’ll write about it once it is published

View the website to check out more toffee by Enstrom: www.enstrom.com

P.S. Happy Holidays!!

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We all know that learning numbers are necessary to kids and we all know one thing that kids love besides toys, “CANDY”. To help make learning fun we are sharing with you Candy 1 to 20 By Laurie Wolf and Pam Abrams with photos by Bruce Wolf. This book is designed to help teach children the basic numbers 1 through 20 using candy to form the numbers such as, 2 sour strips to make the number 2 or 19 Peanut M&Ms to for the number 19 and so many other candy combinations to make numbers 1 through 20.

The idea of using one of a child’s favorites (candy) to teach numbers is a great way for children to learn. Candy 1 to 20 using the combination of candy and education is the perfect way to help teach kids using their favorite yummy treats to learn their numbers.

Of course for me as a candy addict the photos were mouth drooling because well.. I didn’t have the same stash at the house during that time. Afterwards, it made me go out and buy a couple of sour strips!

Check out some of photos from the book!

This makes a nice gift for any child.

Purchase online for only $8.99!

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• Consumers can log onto either the M&M’s, Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers or Milky Way Facebook pages on Sept. 8, to secure a free coupon of their choice, as well as the opportunity to give a free coupon to one of their Facebook friends (while supplies last);
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After the video, my family and I tried the Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Beans by Jelly Belly and let me tell you… it was an experience!! I’ve never tasted any candy so bad and so good ever!

Here the list of flavors in the “cute” Harry Potter Bertie Bott’s Beans with my comments

• Banana – nice to wash the others down
• Black Pepper – clearly tasted like black pepper and of course as a candy GROSS
• Blueberry – nice like always
• Booger – although I’m not a Booger expert, my brother said it tasted like the real thing!! GROSS
• CandyFloss – nice flavor
• Cherry – nice like always
• Cinnamon – i don’t think my box contained cinnamon at least I didn’t taste it
• Dirt – YUCK! I spit it right out
• Earthworm – not a bad flavor
• Earwax – it was good to wash down other flavors
• Grass – wow… this tasted like the real thing
• Green Apple – refreshing to eat this after the others
• Marshmallow – not a very strong flavor
• Rotten Egg – OH MY GOD.. DON’T TRY UNLESS YOU ARE BOLD!!! I SPIT IT OUT BEFORE IT HIT MY TONGUE. SMELLS HORRIBLE
• Sausage – It tasted exactly as flavored — aiii
• Lemon – again nice flavor
• Soap – honestly it tasted like soap so after that disgusting Rotten Egg I washed my mouth right out
• Tutti-Fruitti – Very nice! one of my favorites
• Vomit – Seriously.. who even thought of this and test tasted the flavor.. I tasted verbatim exactly exactly like disgusting VOMIT.. I will never try again!!
• Watermelon – GOOOD

Those flavors are incredibly exactly like the name. That is a great Halloween gift to give the kids. They can be purchased from JellyBelly.com, Amazon, Wal-Mart and of course your local CVS or Walgreens etc.

So I’ve finally created a Todo Candy Android App for you android users! You can finally follow me with your phone as the iPhone/iDevice users have been doing! Awesome right?

Well I hope you enjoy. Make sure to give it a rating. Download from the Android Market!

I loved the Melon Denytne Pure and actually the Herbal Flavor was good but started to get very minty. But that’s good if you’re having a bad breath moment! Of course you can purchase these anywhere, Amazon, local Walmart etc!

You can buy these on JellyBelly.com by searching carrots! The bag is around $2.25 and the collector tin $5.50. I will keep it and add my own “veggie” candy or gumballs!

Here are some closer photos of the Jelly Belly Carrots and Peas Candy.

My nephew’s “only” words were, I want peas and carrots!!!

I love the spoon with the veggies on the bag!

Receive $0.50 off any 2 packs of Extra gum. If you are a dessert freak check out the flavors:

• Strawberry Shortcake
• Mint Chocolate Chip
• Key Lime Pie

The Extra Brand is offering everyone a chance to download a free pedometer app for smart phones such as iDevices and Androids to walk off those dessert pounds, haha… No seriously, I’ve started two weeks ago doing the Beach Body Insanity Program and it Rocks, so using this app you can track the number of steps taken throughout the day. It will log workouts to help you “stick with” your healthy lifestyle goals, along with eating a little candy.

COUPON: Get some sweet savings on your next Extra Dessert Delights gum purchase!

I haven’t yet.. They look so yummy!! They are little candy blocks like the shape of LEGOS..I know just from reading the descriptions online that this would be a favorite.

Candy Blox, Concord look and play just like the classic building block toy, you can eat your delicious candy buildings when they’re finished. Hard candy treats that look just like Lego’s. You can actually stack them like blocks and then eat them. They are fruity flavored and slightly tart.

Based on the reviews from Amazon.com,  I bet they are yummy because I love tart and sour like candy.

The kids at my son’s 7th Birthday loved these sweet-tart flavored, stackable, Lego-like candies, perfect for kids parties.

My Son had a Lego themed B-day party and as the kids stragled in I sat them at the table and gave them a bag(labeled with names) of these block candies. They busied themselves with building and eating. When everyone arrived I set a timer and had them build the talest stack of candy they could by the time the buzzer went off. The party started off with the apparent Lego theme, an activity, a game, and leftovers for the goodie bag! I would buy them again….I did not buy from this particular company.

As Valentines is coming up there are so many fun things that you could do with these blocks! Just like the LEGO pieces, your imagination is key to a nice construction. I wonder if they have little action figures!!

If you’ve tried them let me know! Have a Happy Tuesday