"ribbon candy" news and stories

When I found out that today is Natijonal Hard Candy Day, I realized that hard candies are something I don't eat anymore (unless you count cough drops as a hard candy). It wasn't any conscious decision to stop eating them, I just sort of drifted away from them. I used to eat them a lot, usually Jolly Rancher candies (watermelon was my favorite) or sometimes the pillow candy above during the holidays.

One of my favorite crafty bloggers made this deliciousness and photographed it. The swirly sweet colors, the closeup on the sugar, the physics of it all - both my foodie and photographic selves are drooling. Photo on flickr uploaded by Jess Hutch.