After a round of voting, Dum-Dums, the perfectly portioned little suckers, have announced two new sucker flavors for the coming year: Strawberry Shortcake and Banana Split.
The new flavors are pretty self-explanatory, and I have to admit I was pulling for the Strawberry Shortcake and Chocolate Caramel, so I’m glad at least one of them made it.
The Dum-Dums site has a neat little history page about the suckers, including a bunch of fun little facts. Now, I found this very amusing (it goes without saying that I’m easily amused):
Chocolate was the tenth sucker flavor added in 1955, but it was …read more

It’s National Chocolate Milkshake Day! There are so many ways to make a good milkshake and you pretty much can’t go wrong. Here are a few that should have you busy for a few days!
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Basic Chocolate Milkshake
Place 3/4 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 3 tbs chocolate syrup, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream and 1 tsp sugar in a blender and mix until smooth.
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Double Chocolate Malted
Place 1 cup cold milk, 2 tablespoon chocolate syrup, 1 tablespoon malted milk powder and 2 large scoops of chocolate ice cream in a blender and process on high until smooth and creamy.
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Chocolate Covered …read more