Via Taxgirl.com: in Iowa, a Milky Way Dark candy bar is taxable, but a classic milk chocolate Milky Way is not.
What? Yeah, I know.
The confusion apparently stems from Iowa’s definition of candy, sales tax laws, and the inclusion (or exclusion) of flour. You can read the whole thing at Roth & Co. (And while you’re there you can read about Iowa getting themselves in a bunch over taxing pumpkins: for carving or for food.)
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b5media will be at Blog World Expo November 7th, 8th and 9th. As a special feature, b5media is going to be hosting some special games during event, including the b5media Poker Game! And, if you happen to be a winner at poker, you’ll walk away with some pretty grand prizes such as iPhones, Wiis, iPods and Xboxes.
Attendees of BlogWorld Expo can collect b5 poker chips throughout the conference in several ways:
Be seen wearing a b5media T-shirt – $1000 chip
Answer b5media trivia – $500 chip
Tell us our secret password – $500 chip (see below)
Awesome swag trade – (depends on how …read more

Arr! Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Guess what I did? If you said dug up a bunch of pirate-related chocolate stuff you would be correct!

Chocolate Pirate drink
Pirate Treasure Chest Full of Gold
M&M’s Pirates of the Caribbean
Milk Chocolate Pirate
Pirate’s gold
Pirate ship chocolate mold
Pirate cupcakes (vesus ninjas!)
White chocolate sugar skulls
Chocolate pirate ship cake

1. If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.
2. Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.
3. The problem: How to get two pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.
4. Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It’ll take the edge off your appetite and you’ll eat less.
5. If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don’t they actually counteract each …read more

Did you know National Chocolate Milkshake Day is coming up on the 12th? Or that chocolate custard gets an entire month? I didn’t either, but now we do!

American Chocolate Week — March 14-20
National Chocolate Day(s) — October 28, December 28, December 29
National Milk Chocolate Day — July 28
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day — November 7
National Chocolate Mint Day — February 19
National Chocolate Chip Day — May 15
National Chocolate Eclair Day — June 22
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day — December 16
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day — March 24
National Chocolate Custard Month — May 1-31
National Chocolate Pudding Day — June 26
National …read more

I’m interrupting the chocolate love to pimp out my fellow Home & Dining Channeler Julie’s contest over at Declutter It: The Most Improved Room Contest. “Send in before and after pictures of a room that you have recently organized.” How easy is that? You even have plenty of time to take a before picture now and work on it throughout September – the contest ends September 30.
I actually have a few ideas in mind… our master bathroom , living room and laundry room could all be in the running, it’s just a matter of digging up the before pictures …read more

I’m very happy to announce that my second blog here at b5 has officially launched on the Home and Dining channel! The Food Bowl is all about pets – cats and dogs, hamsters and rats and everything in between!
Now, I’ll make this chocolate related by telling you this: Do not mix chocolate and pets. There!
Also! Jennifer from Offbeat Homes also launched a new blog this weekend: Treehugging Family. Make sure you check her out as well!

The winner for August’s contest for the theobromine t-shirt has been picked!

In the last contest update every entry was assigned a number. If you had two entries your number went in twice.

All the kids in the pool!
And the winner is: