Editor's Note: Every morning in October, we'll have something to put you in the Halloween mood! Candy corn is a love or hate situation, but some people just really really love it. If your ears are cold and you're on the pro side of the candy corn debate, then here's a free hat pattern through Reenie at the yarn site Material Whirled. [via Craftzine]... More

Photograph by Robyn Lee. Ikea recently launched their own line of chocolate bars, all German-made with three different varieties: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and hazelnut. Coming in at 99 cents per 100 gram bar, Ikea even sweetens the deal by offering three for $2.70. At that price point, you really can't have high expectations, but we were pleasantly surprised. The milk and dark chocolates were distinctly German, tasting similar to Kinder, but had an aftertaste that was subtly reminiscent of cheap Easter chocolate. The hazelnut variety was the clear winner, a resounding favorite in the Serious Eats office. All three would do well in, say, chocolate chip cookies. They're also good on their own, beating the pants off of grocery... More

Photograph from cakespy on Flickr That salad is sweet. Literally. Merckens brand green mint chocolate "lettuce," cake "croutons," and cookie tomatoes. How an eight-year old might dream up a salad. Cakespy even teaches you how to make your own.... More

As a Peeps hater, I don't approve of special edition Peeps, let alone the traditional Easter ones. But this has gone too far: Sugar-free Pumpkin Peeps, made with Splenda. Trying to create a "sugar-free" Peep is like attempting "vegetable-less" cabbage. Even if you're limited to a sugar-free diet, this is not worth it. Splenda may be 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, but this tastes like foam. A foamy mattress, to be exact. To make it worse, the set of three pumpkins was $1.99. Three orange, fat circles with nubs—bearing mattressy undertones—for two-bucks! And if you need one more reason to avoid this, the package says: EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION MAY CAUSE STOMACH DISCOMFORT AND/OR A MILD LAXATIVE EFFECT. Do... More

Gum brand Dentyne's latest ad campaign features Internet lingo implying that you should stop reading this website, get off your butt, and make face time. Don't even think of hugging or kissing another person if you're not chewing Dentyne Gum. The ads are cute, but as I rarely find myself rolling in the grass with another human being or being part of a five-person pile-up, looking at these ads just reminds me how severely lonely and Internet addicted I am. Seriously though, I make most of my friends through the Internet, so this ad probably isn't targeted towards me. [via AdFreak]... More

You know what would be more fun to eat than your average, bite-sized gummy bear? A monstrously huge gummy bear! Cybele May of Candy Blog reviews the 4-inch tall, 12-ounce Big Bite Gummy Bear with surprisingly good results: It’s very soft, more like a piece of firm Jell-O than a gummy bear. It smelled great, like fresh orange juice. The texture was very smooth, melted in the mouth better, and didn’t require a lot of chewing. It was almost like a piece of intensely flavored Turkish Delight. In order to avoid eating all 1120 calories of gummy bear on her own, she did what anyone in her position would do—she decapitated it to share with her friends. As large as... More

Don't throw out all those candy wrappers, especially now that candy prices are rising; get the most out of your raging sweet tooth by turning those wrappers into a handbag! Kika*de*colores made this bag out of 792 candy wrappers, along with paper from a phone book, yellow burlap, felt, and thread (here's a shot of the bag mid-construction). [via Craftzine]... More

Not a big fan of fighting games? Try Mentos's Kissfight styled after a head-to-head fighting game where you, as Nicky 'Fresh Lips,' must out-kiss your female opponents rather than beat them up. Collect falling Mentos candies for super-charged kissing power. Just like in real life! At least, that's what they want you to believe. Related Why Mentos and Diet Coke Create Fountains 'Sushi Go Round' Game Sims Carnival Games Destroy Your Productivity (For a Few Seconds)... More

Photograph from Cybele on Flickr Licking presidential hopeful Barack Obama may seem weird, but if his face tasted like corn syrup, well, American voters might reconsider. Made by Kai's Candy Company, these lollies showcase the dying Japanese art form "kumi ame," or "rolled candy." Obama's lips aren't usually that hot pink, but it's not a bad look. [Via Candy Blog] Related If Obama and McCain Were Food, What Would They Be? Candidate Ice Cream Flavors... More

Kyle McDonald's sequencer named I Eat Beats features a "tangible and edible music interface" controlled by Skittles. I assume M&Ms and other similarly shaped candies would also work, but it's probably best to use a candy that doesn't melt too easily. You can snack while you sequence—just don't eat all the pieces! Watch the sequencer in action after the jump.... More