The future of the volatile cacao bean (and chocolate bunnies)
With Easter around the corner, you may be dreaming of chocolate bunnies, but getting the cacao crop to make those tasty treats is becoming increasingly difficult. A third of the world's cacao crop dies...
View ArticleChange of Heart
Have you noticed how the rituals of Valentine's Day seem to be designed for children? The red hearts, the overload of candy, and that weird baby Cupid. It's all so bizarre, and may I say --...
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Spotted in Brooklyn: Mallo Cups
It was like finding the Alaska quarter from the U.S. Mint's "50 state quarters" series. A Mallo Cup candy bar! And one of the new, dark chocolate ones, at that.I spotted it at a new deli that opened in...
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How Hot Is It In The NYC Subway Today?
Note on a newsstand on the West 86th Street downtown 1 platform (photo by Kate Hinds)This newsstand is refrigerating the chocolate. Twizzlers, apparently, are impervious to heat.Temperatures on New...
View ArticleWorse than the Man who Poisons the Halloween Candy...
In honor of Halloween, I thought I’d take a moment to pay homage to perhaps one of the most dangerous things lurking out there -- FDR said it best -- our own fear.So you know those warnings about the...
View ArticlePlease Explain: Candy
Just in time for Halloween, this week’s Please Explain is all about candy! Samira Kawash tells the story of how candy evolved from a luxury good to a cheap, everyday snack. In Candy: A Century of Panic...
View ArticleWe Asked. You Answered: The Best and Worst Candy to Get on Halloween
As part of our Please Explain: Candy segment, we asked listeners on Facebook what the best candy to get on Halloween is and what the worst is. And you told us. Without further ado, the tricks and the...
View ArticleScaling the Gumdrop Mountains
From the polio ward of a hospital to the Gumdrop Mountains and Lollipop Woods, the surprising journey of a sweet little game.
View ArticleScaling the Gumdrop Mountains
From the polio ward of a hospital to the Gumdrop Mountains and Lollipop Woods, the surprising journey of a sweet little game.
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Love candy? Blame this liver hormone
Love candy? Well then, your liver may make relatively less of a hormone called FGF21, according to a new study. Photo by Sarah Lawrence/via Getty ImagesBelieve it or not, some people don’t like candy....
View ArticleWould a Chocolate MetroCard Sweeten Your Hellish Commute?
The commute of your nightmares is now worthy of a prize, courtesy of the advocacy group, Riders Alliance.The group's new contest, called Worst Commute of the Week, has its first winner: A librarian...
View ArticleA Candy Call-In
We’ll get in the Halloween spirit with deputy editor of Wirecutter and writer of the “Ask Wirecutter” advice column, Annemarie Conte, by asking listeners what their favorite—and least...
View ArticleHalloween Edition: Brooklyn Trolley Tour, CHVRCHES, 'Reprieve', Scary Movies,...
Brooklyn is full of locations that are said to be haunted... luckily there is a tour that will help you explore these locations from the safety of a trolley. Allison Chase and Matt Zaller, co-founders...
View ArticleCandy COVID Test, Ig Nobel Prizes 2021. November 26, 2021, Part 2
A More Delicious COVID ScreenerOne of the most bizarre symptoms of COVID-19—a nearly surefire way to know if you have been infected—is a loss of taste or smell. Estimates of how many people are...
View ArticleGood Things: Trick-or-Treat
The fake spiderwebs and plastic skeletons are back; Halloween is just days away. WNYC’s Amy Pearl crashed a kids' pumpkin carving party to find out this year's vibe.
View ArticleI Want Candy
Happy Halloween! Whether you're trick or treating or doling out the sweets, we want to hear from you about your favorite Halloween candy traditions. What are your favorites? What do you trade? WNYC...
View ArticleUnmasking Owls’ Mysteries | Why It Feels So Good To Eat Chocolate
Unmasking Owls’ MysteriesDon’t let owls’ cute faces fool you—they’re deadly predators. This duality is part of what makes them so mysterious to humans. And their contradictions don’t end there: Their...
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