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Peanut butter and pretzels are a good combination. The crisp dry crunch of the pretzel is perfect for cutting through the creamy, sticky texture of the nut butter, and the fact that the whole combination is a bit salty makes the pair dangerously addictive. Synder's of Hanover is introducing a new product that is going to make the temptation that much stronger: Chocolate Fudge Coated Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwiches.

The bite-sized sandwiches are about the size of mini Ritz crackers, so in each bite you'll have rich chocolate, crunchy pretzel and creamy peanut butter. Synder's actually suggests serving these with ice cream for a "fancy dessert dish" - and though that doesn't sound like the epitome of gourmet presentation, they would make a fantastic "mix-in" when crushed up with vanilla ice cream.

According to their website, Snyder's will only be selling these snacks from October through December of this year. After that, you'll have to get a bag of their plain, but tasty, peanut butter pretzel sandwiches and chocolate dip them yourself.

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Cadbury Schweppes is putting its money where its mouth is, as I learned while skimming Confectionery News this morning. The company has plunked down $40 million for a gum laboratory that it just opened in  Hanover, N.J. The candy powerhouse, whose gum brands include Dentyne and Bubblicious, is aiming to maintain the growth in global gum sales, which Cadbury now pegs at seven percent a year. The press release on its Web site is filled with a lot of stat-based marketing puffery: it takes up to 70 ingredients to make each of the 65 billion delicious pieces of gum Cadbury churns out. Scrolling down revealed a wad of truth from a bona fide expert, gumologist, Jessie Kiefer. "We've come a long way since the Greeks chewed on resin from the bark of the mastic tree to sweeten their breath."

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