2024-10-23
1 小时 46 分钟Licorice opinions! War chocolate! Candy corn origins, circus peanut secrets, the sourest sourballs, and your great aunt’s purse. Stay until the very end for the biggest shocked laugh I have ever had on this show. The incredibly charming author, journalist, candy historian, and Confectiologist Susan Benjamin chats about everything from apothecary origin stories, ethnobotany, having horehound on hand, the warheads that could save you, vegan candy controversy, sugar sources from beets to corn, Turkish temptations, Roman flim-flam, marzipan mini-sculptures, sugar plum ballets, what she gives out for Halloween candy. and the best way to enjoy treats if you're trying to stay healthy. An absolute instant classic.
I know I usually save my secrets for the end of the episode, but I'm going to tell you my secret favorite candy.
It's Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
It's really Reese's.
Anything but.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the thing that I'm like, have I had a bad day?
I get these.
Have I had a good day?
I get these chocolate salty peanut butter.
The textures.
I love everything about them.
Also that there's two.
So I'm like, oh, I get this one for later, which is one second later.
Anyway, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
I love you.
That's all.
If you're me, you can shop Reese's Peanut Butter Cups now at a store near you found wherever candy is sold.
And I am Google what's Ohio famous for?
And you'll probably get hits like the home of the Wright Brothers or the Rock and Roll hall of Fame or people who put cinnamon in their chili.
But there's so much more to Ohio than trivia.
Ohio is this country's sweet spot.