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18 Jan

Voice Your Choice: No. 1 Valentine Phrase 0

Posted by Sue Gillerlain | Tags: Contest, Heart, Valentine, Valentine's Day

Update: Contest winner announced! Congrats to Donna Anderson, who won the $25 Candy.com gift certificate with her Valentine candy heart phrase: RAWR! Thanks to all who participated. Candy.com fans are sweethearts!

We got an avalanche of responses to the contest question: “What Sweet Saying Would You Place on a Valentine Candy Heart?”

After a careful and top-secret review process, a Top 25 list has emerged.

From the 25 Valentine phrases below, tell us your favorite after this post or on Facebook. The phrase with the most nods wins the $25 Candy.com gift certificate. Here goes …

YOU SWEETEN ME
MEOW
LUV U MORE
SMOOCH
KISS MY …
SUGAR RUSH
SHORE THING
SUGAR LIPS
LUCKY CHARM
LUV U MORE
CUDDLE BUG
URS 4-EVA
LIKE
MY 1 & ONLY
KNOCKED UP
EAT YOUR ? OUT
SNUGGLE BUNNY
KISS MY …
LOVE SICK
SWEET BUNS
SQUISHY HUG
SUGAR BOOGER
RAWR!
U + ME = ?
GLEEK

I’ll post the winner tomorrow.

P.S. There were quite a few entries that ran a bit long for a tiny candy heart, but these three deserve an honorable mention …

I’D CATCH A GRENADE FOR YA
I TASTE BETTER THAN THESE ANTACIDS
LIKE COOKIES AND MILK, WE BELONG TOGETHER

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15 Jan

Contest! What sweet saying would you put on a Valentine Candy Heart? 0

Posted by Sue Gillerlain | Tags: Candy, Contest, Heart, New England Confectionery Company (Necco), Sweetheart, Valentine, Valentine's Day

Last year, the New England Confectionery Company (manufacturers of Sweethearts) discarded its previous candy heart phrases and asked the American public to submit fresh new ones.

The 2010 Sweethearts featured the winners.

In 2011 (yesterday), I picked up two boxes of NECCO Sweethearts to see what Americans came up with.

I’m a little disappointed.

In my two boxes, the most original phrases were:

JUMP 4 ME
FRIEND ME
FAB
BABY DOLL
DRAMA QUEEN (good one!)
HEHE
BFF
WILD CHILD (my kids could relate)
FREAK OUT (I could relate)

I think the American public can do better. More specifically, I think the Candy.com fan base can do much better. Prove me right!

Submit your short-and-sweet phrase(s) and you’ll automatically be entered to win a $25 Candy.com gift certificate. Early next week, I’ll post the top 10 phrases and let Candy.com fans vote for the favorite.

I’ll start and stir the pot with TOMMY BOY.

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8 Nov

12 Sweet Stocking Stuffers 0

Posted by Sue Gillerlain | Tags: Candy, Chocolate, Christmas, Jujyfruits, Nutcracker, Snowman, Stocking, Stocking Stuffer

There’s something about the Christmas stocking that is magical.

When I was growing up, my brother and I would climb down the stairs on Christmas morning and see our stockings filled with sweet little surprises. My mom’s hand-knit red and green wool stockings were always stocked with colorful foiled chocolates, a candy cane, a handful of small, heartfelt gifts … and a toothbrush.

To this day, my favorite gifts to buy for my own family are stocking stuffers. I love finding small, simple treasures with no expectations attached. The mini Peanut’s Woodstock character plush toy that my son found in his stocking a few years ago has received more love than any of the bigger gifts he’s found under the tree. The full-size Nestle Crunch bars that peek out the top of our stockings every year always get squeals of delight. (Like my mom, I have been known to throw in a toothbrush. Apples don’t fall far from the tree.)

Take a peek at Candy.com‘s new and enormous selection of sweet stocking stuffers. Here are a dozen that caught my eye (click on each image for detailed product information):