Have a coworker who is always bringing candy and cookies to work? What a bitch! Because according to the Wall Street Journal, that kind gesture could actually make you physically incapable of not eating candy, and...

Flickr user Vivienne Gucwa You can get a lot of press with a study title like, "Candy consumption was not associated with body weight measures, risk factors for cardiovascular disease, or metabolic syndrome in US adults,"...

Kids selling candy on the subway (Flickr user kenyee In October, PATH conductor Michael Wilson took the no-food-on-the-train rule into his own hands, taking down two teens who were trying to sell candy on his train....

Via Cake Wrecks If you're waiting to pop by the Duane Reade on the way home from work to pick up a $5 heart-shaped box of Russel Stovers for your sweetheart, you might be out of...

Who is the cover boy for the first transversal style mag? It's James Franco, of course... who really does not represent well as a woman. The Candy magazine cover was shot by Terry Richardson, and the...

In 1964, Roald Dahl's instant-classic children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published. Seven years later, in 1971, Paramount Pictures released the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, which Dahl is said to have loathed...

Customs Dept. A Connecticut man was caught at JFK Airport with $500,000 worth of cocaine stuffed in chocolate truffles and pistachio shells. Robert Lopera, a seemingly unemployed US citizen, flew into JFK from Medellin, Colombia, (best...

Cops want your help finding a bald man who may have been involved in the killing of former Brighton Bazaar owner Vladimir Tolstykh last year. In March two hooded thugs beat the purveyor of salty salads...

Two sweet-toothed men are bitter after being mistakenly arrested for possession of crack cocaine. "I spent five days in jail for possession of coconut candy," said 33-year-old dad Cesar Rodriguez, who works as a plumber's assistant....

Gothamist HQ inexplicably only has vibrator "candy" bars Have you been asking yourself: where is all this candy coming from? So has the New York Times, and what they found may shock you: It is leftover...

It's not quite '80s Manhattan, but the Club Animals troupe are tapping in to the vibe of old, drug-laden New York by bringing a crack rock delivery service to your front door. Okay, so maybe furry...

For some reason the NY Times' new Local blog recently did some leg work to find out what exactly is behind the uninviting doors of the Putnam Candy Store, located at 10 Putnam Avenue and Grand...

Besides the sickening amount of mass-produced prole candy available this time of year, there's also an abundance of higher grade Halloween eating and drinking options. And so it begins; the long, downward holiday flab spiral that reaches...

Three women who were training to be tasters at a Cadbury's research office in NJ are suing the British candy conglomerate. According to the Star-Ledger, the women were tested an "experimental high-intensity sweetener" that allegedly "left them...

The original Chocolate Bar was priced out of the West Village back in April, but that hasn’t taken the wind out of owner Alison Nelson’s sails as she expands across the chocolate seas as far away as...

Green M&Ms have held this mythic place in many people's candy-eating consciences, whether due to fables, Van Halen's concert riders or advertising. And now green M&M's will be associated with a very real place in New York - Central Park. Tomorrow, M&M's World Store in Times Square will start selling a special new color, Central Park Green, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Central Park Conservancy. These M&M's have a mottled...

What can you say about the Vernon NJ Police Department except that they like Hanna-Barbera? Because they created a "WANTED" poster with Yogi Bear's likeness, after discovering a black bear had stolen a minivan. Well, maybe "stolen" is overreaching, but Patrolman David Dehardt noticed that a Mazda minivan was parked in an odd spot, and when he approached the car, it had the classic signs of bear presence: "mashed window, paw prints, smudge marks on...