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Leah and Jocelyn are back to talk about Christmas traditions and try some Secret Santa regional treats from Robert Persinger (AKA The Drop King).
We try...
Chukar Cherries
Fran's Park Bars
Aplets and Cotlets 

Happy birthday, Jocelyn! We are working on bringing Candy Chat Chicago back with weekly episodes. Here's an episode recorded in September with treats from Spain and Sweden thanks to Lily, Shai, James and Abby!

In August, Leah and Jocelyn took a road trip to Rochester, Minnesota where they bought a lot of candy. Then our friend Jamie in Germany sent a care package. Jocelyn's friend Matt went to Korea and brought us back candy.
We have so much candy, friends.
We're trying candy from Germany, Korea and Minnesota. We're talking sad documentaries and highway signs. Fast 9, AMC movie pass and so much more.

In July - JULY - Shai Korman from Friday Night Movie Podcast was in Chicago for 24 hours and he dropped into the Candy Chat Chicago HQ for a quick record. Then we sat on the file for months, because... life is hard sometimes.
It was worth the wait - Shai tells us about how our mutual friend Justin Korda changed campaigning at their high school in Montreal, his favorite parts of a nuero-psych exam and how a good joke means love.
July was when our second care package from Jamie in Germany arrived, so we started trying some treats from Europe!
Listen to Shai and his sister's on Friday Night Movie Podcast  and
Shai's first episode with us
 
 

In this extra-special episode, Leah visited her friend Caroline to interview her eight-year-old daughter about candy hierarchies and taste some classic treats. Now that Shira is 9, we decided it was time to share the conversation! Special guests Neil and Eli. (Jocelyn was very sad to miss out on this recording)
Candy we tried
Watermelon Jelly Belly
Twizzlers
Sunkist fruit gems
Twix
Snickers
M&Ms
Crunch
YooHoo chocolate
Dum dum lollipops
Tootsie rolls (small)
Milky Way
3 Musketeers
Kit Kat Duo - Strawberry and Dark Chocolate
Reese’s Cup
Show Links
Whatever happened to tan M&Ms?
Candy Squared
Windy City Sweets
Caroline was previously a guest on Finding Favorites talking about how to prepare for Passover.

In an episode that defines "come for the candy, stay for the chat," Leah and Jocelyn have a long talk about aasking someone, "are you okay?" when they obviously are not. We talk subscription snack boxes, the art of drinking a slushie, refilling ice trays and ADHD and the difference between Twizzlers and Red Vines. We also tried a number of "pick & mix" candies from Sweets & Snacks Expo 2022
Topics
Aunt Mame
Mahomet Soda Fest
Universal Yums
Mascot Mixes
Candy we tried
Tropical Smarties
Frooties
Julia Fazer
Karl Fazer
Fazer Mint
Daim (Fazer)
Choco Jello