Candy Chat Chicago

Doug Liberman returns with Coffee Crisp and other edibles (Part 2)

Montreal's own Doug Liberman is back this week with part two of our interview. We learn more about how his team developed Chocolate First, we all have a Coffee Crisp together and Doug answers more than a few questions about cannabis-infused confectionery products.
Chocolate First available on Amazon in milk chocolate: Plain, chia seeds, and hemp hearts. You can also learn more on AlwaysChocolateFirst.com
Show Notes
Why does chocolate melt in your hands?
Cannfections: Cannibas-Infused Confections
Global Food Safety Institute
I like my coffee... crisp commercial
Leaf Brands
Sweets & Snacks Expo
Pastillines
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Doug Liberman answers so many chocolate questions (Part 1)

Doug Liberman, President of Splendid Chocolates in Montreal, joins as our first expert to answer all of our questions about manufacturing chocolates, tasting candy and more. This is part one of a two part interview.
Chocolate First available on Amazon in milk chocolate: Plain, chia seeds, and hemp hearts. You can also learn more on AlwaysChocolateFirst.com
Show Links
Mock chestnut torte for Passover
The Basics of Chocolate
Video of a chocolate enrober and waterfall
Invertase
Liquid chocolate in a tanker
The Better for You category
 
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Scott Smith looks for Mr. Goodbar (part 2)

Scott Smith, aka @OurManInChicago, is back for part 2 of the Chocolate Brackets with Leah and Jocelyn. We do a rapid fire through the remaining part of the brackets and spend a LOT of time talking about movies from the 1970s that none of us have ever seen.
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Chocolate Brackets
Oh Henry! vs Cadbury Milk Chocolate
Goobers vs Mr. Goodbar
Hershey's Cookies and Cream vs Frango Mints
Heath vs 100 Grand
Caramello vs Rolo
Reese's PB vs 5th Avenue
Kit Kat vs Mounds
Cherry Mash vs Crunch
Ritter Sport vs Chunky
Andes Candies vs Take 5
Baby Ruth vs Sno-caps
Peanut M&M vs Toblerone
Show Notes
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Cherry Mash Legacy
Ritter Sport asthetic
Starbucks drinkable chocolate
Sweets and Snacks Expo
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory bloomer sale
Milk Crate Challenge
Aero
Wunderbar
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Chocolate Brackets with Scott Smith (part 1) and the Crispy Crunch!

Scott Smith, a writer and raconteur known as Our Man In Chicago, joined Leah and Jocelyn to keep working through the chocolate brackets. We had so much fun and so many tangents, that this interview will be split into two weeks and each includes a Canadian candy taste test.
With Scott, we talk about...
Banana Babies
Rainbow Cone
Rainbow Cone partnership with Buono Beef
Robert Loerzel's Curious City about Uptown entertainment district
Model Ts and Horses
Origins of Half Day Road
The Big Cookie (chocolate pollution)
We battle the brackets for
Clark Bar vs Almond Joy
Snickers vs Hershey's Bar
Maple Creme vs Ghirardelli
Mallo Cups vs Nutrageous
Canadian Taste Test
Crispy Crunch
Big R Turk
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Candy Brackets: Round One Chocolate Bars

Jocelyn loves a bracket and runs the Facebook group The Bracketeers for people who love brackets! Play along with our debate of the first 32 chocolate bars in a 64 team bracket. Plus we try the first of ten Canadian treats that Shai from Friday Night Movie Podcast sent us to sample.
Round 1 match-ups
Special Dark vs Dove Bar
Sea Salt Caramel vs Twix
Charleston Chew vs Mars Bar
Krackle vs Reese's Pieces
Lindt Milk Choco vs Junior Mints
Reese's Seasonals vs Three Musketeer
Godiva vs Pixies
Plain M&M vs Payday
Butterfinger vs Skor
Milky Way vs Symphony
Whatchamacallit vs York Peppermint Patty
Cadbury Fruit and Nut vs Raisinets
Reese's Sticks vs Pretzel M&M
Vosges vs Salted Nut Roll
Whoppers vs Cadbury Creme Egg
Zero vs Milk Duds
Show Links
Turkish Delight symbolism in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
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Canadian candy with Shai Korman

Shai Korman, co-host of Friday Night Movie Podcast, joins Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy this week to talk about hotel snacks, road trip candy, and his top Canadian candies. Do we talk about GoPuff and Combos again? Yes.
Canadian Candy that we talk about...
Crunchie
Skor
Mr. Big
Crispy Crunch
Coffee Crisp
Wunderbar
Caramilk
Aero
Oh Henry
Trypophobia is real!
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Rules for Road Trip Candy

On the first full episode of Candy Chat, hosts Leah Jones and Jocelyn Geboy get into the rules of the road. What makes good candy for road trips, what are winter-only options and then they compare their top ten lists for the ultimate road trip showdown.

The Backdoor Pilot - Finding Favorites

When Jocelyn Geboy returned to Finding Favorites to talk about candy, Leah did not realize that a new podcast was about to be born. That episode is now considered the backdoor pilot for Candy Chat!