Facts about Food Friday – Candy hogs
FAF #2In 1980, Americans consumed 16.1 lbs. of candy *per person.* In ’93, that jumped to 21.9lbs. The candy industry actually set a goal for “25 by 95,” but it didn’t meet it. By ’98, though, it was up to 25.2lbs per person, though.
Seriously? That was back in 1998, so I can’t even imagine what it is now. That’s the most updated statistic I can find, though. That works out to be roughly 195 candy bars a year.
The thing is, I know I don’t eat a candy bar every other day. I don’t even eat one every week. There are a lot of other people who eat even less candy than I do. You know what that means? There are tons of people who eat waaayy more than I do to average that number out. Holy cow.
Cupcakes or TV dinner?
I love that these cupcakes were made to to look like TV dinner food.
After some hunting and link following, I’m pretty sure this is the original source, and a commenter there said at first, he/she thought it was really tv dinner food made to look like cupcakes instead, hehe.
Either way, this is right up my alley and makes me start thinking of similar things I could make. If you go to the link, the photo is tagged with what the ingredients are (like starburst carrots).
Edible chocolate sculpture – Axe meets Old Spice?
Everybody is fully aware of all the Old Spice stuff that’s gone on for quite a while now. The original was like this:
Do you remember the chocolate Axe commercials?
Well that’s what this edible chocolate head sculpture reminds me of. Think of it as an Axe Old Spice mashup. :P
You can find more Paul Wayne Gregory art here.
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