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Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
This week Leah and Jocelyn are sitting around a firepit with Rayne, Mike and Kenny. Mike and Kenny live upstairs and Rayne is Leah's twin sister. Together they try Taco Truck jelly beans, Spiced Jelly Beans, Candy Cotton Crickets and choose their funeral candy.
Candy we try
Brach's Taco Truck Jelly Beans
Key Lime Kit Kat
Mocha Kit Kat
Mint Kit Kat
Cotton Candy Crickets
Girl Scout Mocha
See Kenny in At the Vanishing Point presented by Gift Theater in Chicago. May 1 to 22, 2022
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Leah and Jocelyn continue their march through April's jelly bean haul and compare notes on Passover, Jackass Forever, and problematic Christian seders. It's a wild ride, folks.
Candy We Try
Reeses Mallow Top
Ass Kickin' jelly beans
Jelly Bellys: Snapple, Soda Shop, Krispy Kreme, Coldstone Creamery, Fiery Five
Fannie Mae Buckeyes
Show Links
Oral History of Jackass
Steve O on Three Questions
Jackass Forever: friendships
Parks & Rec: Bachelor Party
Boyhood (not The Boy)
Before Trilogy
Christian Seders are appropriation
Say No to Christian Seders
Who put Moses in the river as a baby?
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Jocelyn Geboy and Leah Jones are back in time for Easter and Passover with the ultimate Jelly Bean taste test including the Fiery Five from Jelly Belly which came with a very serious warning. Spoiler alert: they are very very very very very spicy beans and one host is too wimpy to try them all.
Brach's Spiced Jelly Bird Eggs
Brach's Classic Jelly Bird Eggs
Jelly Belly Bean Boozeled Fiery Five
Peeps in Coffee, Cotton Candy and Party cake
How do you eat Jelly Beans?
Other stuff we talk about
Hot Ones Talk Show
Pacqui One Chip Challenge
Easter
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
This week we try everything else in the care package that Jamie sent us from Germany, which means that this episode is all about Haribo gummy candies. We also discuss the history of the Ferris Wheel, exploding whales, and pelvic floor therapy Tok.
Candy We Tried
Sweet Sour Bears
Haribo Baerchen Paerchen
Haribo Saure Pommes
Haribo Sour Sghetti
Haribo Fraise Tagada
Haribo Saft Goldbren
Haribo Spaghetti Fizz Sour
Spaghetti Fizz Cola
Fruit Salad
Other Stuff
Oregon Whale Explosion - 50th Anniversary
Exploding Whale Footage on YouTube
Ambergris
Youtube - Dangerous Cow Bloat
Squat Toilets in Japan
Pelvic Floor health on Tik Tok
Why pee shivers
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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Jamie and Leah share a love of the podcast How Did This Get Made and when Jamie found out about Candy Chat Chicago (and Leah's breast cancer), she promised to send a care package of sweets. Boy oh boy, did Jamie deliver!
In this episode Leah and Jocelyn do an international candy inventory and then start sampling their way through the box of sweets from Germany, Netherlands and England.
Candy we sample
Girl Scout Adventureful cookies
Girl Scout Peanut Butter Bear
Girl Scout English Toffee
Chomp
Fudge
Randoms
Dutch Coffee Candy - Hopjes Coffee Candy
Candy Paper
Kinder Bueno Heart
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Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Jasmine came over for dinner and stayed for a podcast, then Ezra came down for a bit. Together Leah, Jocelyn, Jasmine and Ezra tried some Girl Scout candy, were disappointed by Uber Eats, and laughed over the idea of Kosher candy cigarettes.
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Show Links
Best Countertop Ice Makers
Dylan's Candy Bar
Andale Market
Soda in a bag
Kum and Go
Wally's
Kyle Scheele's fake prank with Kum and Go
Flaco's Tacos
Brandless
Bubble Gum Cigarettes
Tootsie Fruit Chews
Cancer screenings for the over-40 folks listening
Martin Short and Steve Martin's colonoscopy party
Irish funeral prank
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Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Leah and Jocelyn have international candy to try from Daliah and Lily, Unreal Chocolates from GoPuff, and RIPS from the Dollar tree. In addition, we talk about menopause, tattoos, obstacle course reality TV and period candy. Leah also tries voiceover acting.
Candy we try
Turron Sticks
Nutresa Mui Bon
Unreal: Coconut, Peanut butter, fake Snickers
Rips
Stuff we talk about
Jimmy Fallon That’s My Jam
Wipe Out
Talk Soup
Wordle
Jessie Graff
American Ninja Warrior: Celebrity Edition
Decoder Ring Podcast: Tattoo Flash
It's not worth the calories (bullshit)
Chocolate First
Perimenopause
Menopause: A Comic Treatment
Hypeman Rommate Fast Car Cover
Thank you to Daliah of My Small Business Pro and Lily of Friday Night Movie Podcast for this week's gifts!
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Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Ezra Butler joined hosts Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy to try a whole pile of candy from the Dollar Store and the stash. We dip into some organic Halva, try Hot Tamales, debate the taste of banana candy and the role of peanut butter in sweets.
Stuff we talk about
Marvel Movies
Chris Pratt is problematic
Chris Pratt to voice Garfield
Chris Pratt and Mario
Banana Plagues and Candy flavors
Nougat
Tahini Dressing/
OCD in Tel Aviv
the Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant Ever
Gadabout in Chicago
HDTGM Reese's Pieces and Jason Mantzoukas
Snickers Cake
What is Aerophagia?
Candy we tried
Runts
Hot Tamales
Bit O’Honey
Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll
Outrageous
Halva Heaven
Gelt
Other candy we talked about
Peanut M&Ms
Reese’s Pieces
Cat Tongues
Kraft Caramels
Smint
Toblerone
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Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Leah and Jocelyn are determined to finish the Trader Joe's Caramel Taste Test in 2021! We talk about Christmas nostalgia candies, managing chemo farts, and the classic SNL ad for Colon Blow.
Things we tried
Jelly Belly Apple Cider
Jelly Belly Pumpkin Pie
El Almendro Duro, Yema and Chocolate
Kit Kat Fruity Cereal
Trader Joe's Caramel Taste Test
Things we talked about
Brach's Christmas Nougat
Ribbon Candy
Salmon Jerky
Catfish Vesuvio
Candy Cane Straws
Colon Blow
Bob Dole & Trainspotting
Salud, Dinero, Amor
Tamago Egg
Hello Kitty candy
A surprisingly long chat about realizing long after the fact that everyone else was on cocaine when you weren't.
CW for drugs, alcohol
Shout out to Lily from Friday Night Movie Podcast for the treats from Spain
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Jocelyn and Leah are going to finish those Trader Joe's chocolates in 2021! Plus we made a GoPuff order to get holiday themed candy and we try a Scottish soda that Leah's Secret Santa sent to her. (We also talk about poop, death, and farting).
Bike Aid returns in 2022!
What we tried
Scottish soda - Irn Bru
Trader Joe's Caramel Taste Test continues
Twix Santas
Smartfood Popcorn with Cap'n Crunch Merry Berries
SweetTarts Twisted Holiday Punch Rope
SweetTarts Candy Canes
Other stuff we talked about
Signs of that someone is coming to the end of their life
What is pastry?
What is candy?
Salt Dough
Is toast sweet or savory?
Waitress the movie
Horehound Candy
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