Dear Yumsters, What Do You Think?

It's the most wonderful time of the year! School supplies are disappearing and shelves are being stocked with preliminary Halloween candy. I went to Target yesterday and scored 12 gluesticks for .98 cents, but no candy. The Candy Corn Kisses and Caramel Apple Kisses are out again this year. Will Hershey's have a new flavor again?
In other news, the countdown to my 21st 30th birthday has begun. I've loaded up on candy for a buffet that only Oompa Loompas could dream of. Although I have yet to decide what the featured candy-- the centerpiece of it all-- will be. It should be something chocolate, since the rest of what I have is all gummy and sugary. What do you think? What would look stupendous in the middle of it all?

Breakfast of Champions and the Lost Files

Here, ladies and gentlemen, we have a ginormous Whoopie Pie that was a gift to Memaw for her birthday. And here is the Baron enjoying a piece of it for breakfast, along with a chocolate muffin, a buttered croissant and a glass of milk. (But it's all good; he's doing PX90, after all).
I was fortunate enough to discover two pictures from my candy buffet: a jar of Mike & Ikes and a vase of gumdrop kabobs.

The Baroness' Birthday Bash!

This weekend we celebrated the Baroness' 40th birthday. (And, oh yeah, the Baron's 40th, too.) The wee Von Schokolats put together a birthday bash for their parents worthy of the most extreme sweets' lover. (Oh, that would be me, wouldn't it?)
I assembled my first-ever candy buffet; not too shabby if I do say so myself. There were red Twizzlers, purple Mike & Ike Jolly Joe's, yellow Lemonheads and various colors of M&M's, Cadbury Mini Eggs and jelly beans. And those pretty lollipops, too.
Of course, what's a party without a chocolate fountain? I brought two Trader Joe's Pound Plus Milk Chocolate bars up with me and we melted that shizz down to create a yummy dip for strawberries, pretzels, pineapple and yes, even potato chips. The Sugar Baby was quite funny. He pulled up a chair in front of the fountain and just watched its cascading beauty.Here's the thing though. Everyone was hanging out talking and eating, doing the usual party thing and there was one guy there who was just hysterical. He was totally cracking me up with his stories of questionable business trips and such. It was only AFTER he left that the von Schokolats thought to tell me that, oh yeah! He's a candy distributor. Say what?! I was so bummed. I could've asked him so many questions. What's the most popular candy? How about the least? What's new that you've tried? What does the Easter Bunny bring their kids?
Unbelievable. Such an opportunity wasted. Well, in any case, we'll be visiting them again another twenty or so times throughout the summer, so perhaps I'll get my chance then. In the meantime, just stare at that chocolate fountain. Such a thing of beauty.