Have you heard of the Blogathon? The Blogathon is a yearly event where hundreds of bloggers from around the world stay up for 24 hours straight, updating their blogs every half an hour for a charity of their choice. This year’s Blogathon starts Saturday, July 25th at 6:00am PDT.
I’ve participated every year that it’s been open to the general public and am an admin this year. This means I won’t actually be blogging for a charity (the theory is that I’ll have enough to do already!) but I do get to stay up for the 24 hours anyway.
The event …read more

This is probably one of the easiest reviews I’ll ever do, because the tweaked version of the product tastes exactly like the original! If you’ve ever had a Butterfinger then you know what Nestle’s new Butterfinger Buzz tastes like too.
I was sent some king-sized packs to try out, and each pack has two separate bars in it, each bar about 3 inches long. It’s been a long time since I bought a king-sized Butterfinger, but I do know the last time I did it was one gigantic bar, which I could never finish in one sitting. Having two separate bars …read more

It’s no secret that I like caffeine being added to my favorite treats. There’s no particular reason, I just don’t always feel like a soda or coffee in the middle of the day, but am always in the mood for chocolate!
So imagine how stoked I was when I got an email recently that Nestle is launching a new caffeinated candy bar — Butterfinger Buzz! I adore Butterfingers and can’t wait to try this one out.
The new bar will have “the caffeine kick of the leading energy drink along with the delicious taste of a Butterfinger.” It’ll be available through April …read more

In a groundbreaking (there’s that facetiousness again) study, it’s been determined that chocolate could maybe, possibly, potentially keep you awake at night if eaten too close to bedtime.
As most people know, chocolate contains very small amounts of caffeine. As the article points out, 1.5 ounces of milk chocolate contains about three times the amount of a cup of decaf coffee, and dark chocolate weighing the same amount is equal to about a cup of instant tea.
So basically if you’re sensitive to caffeine don’t have any before you go to bed.
Does the caffeine in chocolate affect you? I have …read more

Below are the winners of the Snickers Charged! If I don’t hear from a winner within the next 24 hours or they live outside the U.S. I will re-draw tomorrow and update here.
I used a random number generator for the drawing so without further ado:

I’ve been looking for these everywhere and finally found a box last week!
Snickers Charged is a limited edition 1.83oz bar that includes 60 milligrams of caffeine as well as taurine and B-vitamins in addition to the milk chocolate, peanuts, caramel and nougat of a regular bar.
The packaging, which I assume is supposed to portray power and energy, is silver with a charging rhino. My first impression was that it was leaning a little too much toward a power bar look, something I’m not interested in, so it didn’t appeal to me much at all. If it weren’t for …read more

Years ago I bought a caffeine molecule t-shirt from ThinkGeek.com and just thought it was the cleverest thing ever (I didn’t get out much then). This past weekend I came across my next molecule t-shirt, theobromine. It looks like they only have them in a women’s style (I can’t imagine why that would be).
ThinkGeek’s description says:
“Caffeine is our favorite stimulant. It is easy to get and comes in many forms. But did you know that Caffeine has a sexy younger cousin. Her name is Theobromine, and she’s the tasty little number who puts your mind in a happy place while …read more