Sometimes, a viral marketing campaign dies before you even know it exists. That could be the case with the Mentos Kiss Cam. What is the Mentos Kiss Cam? My peeps at Endless Simmer break it down for you:
The concept of the Mentos Kiss Cam is pretty bizarre: a busty blond in a skimpy [...]

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Serious Eats has a comprehensive recap of last night’s Top Chef.
Restaurants in NYC must now post calorie counts on their menus.
Domino’s and Pizza Hut engage in smack talk.
Top 10 most disgusting candies ever.
As Coca-Cola profits soar 19%, shareholders are upset about their Olympic sponsorship.
Slashfood shows you how to make hot fudge salsa.
The Bitten Word makes [...]

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The Wall Street Journal looks for America’s top hot dog.
College Candy lays out the Top 3 fast food flubs.
Endless Simmer has a cool new feature called “Who Cooked it Better?” Up first, Rachael Ray vs. Giada De Laurentiis.
Candy Addict reviews Reese’s Whoppers.
Pizza Hut claims they are renaming themselves Pasta Hut. Yep, I’m sure that’s not [...]

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My favorite DC falafel joint, Amsterdam Falafel, is now accepting Euros.
Eva Longoria has opened her own restaurant.
Heat, Eat, Review tries Honey Crunchy Chicken Corn Dogs.
Candy Addict reviews a Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg.
Portland now has a vegan strip club.
A long interview with Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef.
The Red Hook taco vendors issue in [...]

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I just discovered a great new site called College Drinker, who writes that Vermont is considering lowering the drinking age to 18.
Adam from Serious Eats, reviews delivery pizza for Yahoo Food.
Burger King is going to start serving Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung has been named Executive Chef of Solo, a Mediterranean-Asian [...]

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Tabloid Baby follows up on So Good’s coverage of who actually invented the cream cheese filled bagel.
Eater reports on the AV Club taste test of the Cheeseburger in a can.
Washington Post looks at late-night food options in DC.
AdAge thinks Starbucks closing for 3 1/2 hours the other day was a “brilliant marketing stunt.”
Five Guys is [...]

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Can I interest you in a ten-pound chocolate bar?
Heinz wants Angelina Jolie to be the new face of their Heinz Salad Cream.
The NY Times has a new food blog called Bitten, which will “use food as a window into the world.”
Joey Chestnut won the Philadelphia wing bowl with 241 wings.
Diet soda may be a factor [...]

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I was checking out what was new over at BuzzFeed, and saw some interesting stuff about bubble gum sculptures and bubble gum art. Such as this one featured over at Giant Monster.

Or this one from Random Good Stuff, which is part of the Gum Blondes collection by Jason Kronewald. Yep, that entire “painting” is made [...]

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In the past week, I’ve read about two new candy bars from Snickers.  Candy Addict writes about, and reviews, the limited edition Snickers Adventure Bar. The candy bar is a tie-in with the Indiana Jones movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  So what makes this an adventure bar? Well according to [...]

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A class action suit has been filed against Dannon Yogurt for false advertising.
Best Bites DC reports that the new Cafe Trope features jerk chicken lollipops.
Mike Bober at DC Foodies looks at upcoming DC area cheese tastings.
Candy Addict notes that PEZ is - gasp! Austrian.
Now available: Jalapeno Cheddar Chex Mix.
Apple juice prices are on the rise.
Yesterday [...]

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DC Food Blog has a new “mega search” tool which will search 21 different DC food blogs for you at once. No idea if So Good is included.
Candyblog reviews Snickers Nut ‘n Butter Crunch.
Hooter’s has an energy drink.
DC Foodies looks at the coming end of Dr. Dremo’s Taphouse.
Time Out picks their ten best burgers.
Kevin Pang [...]

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The Impulsive Buy reviews Kellogg’s Special K Red Berries Waffles.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks has some awesome ways to combine cookie dough and candy.
DCist tells you how to make some gourmet hot chocolate.
Best Bites Blog gives their Foodie In/Out list for 2008.
Crunchy Con looks at the food policies of Mike Huckabee, but makes no mention of [...]

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We talk a lot about fast food here at So Good. This is despite the fact that I do not eat fast food on a regular basis. However, it is an extremely competitive industry and I am fascinated by the new food creations these companies come up with, and the strategies they employ when marketing [...]

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Readers of So Good know that I work in marketing, and I love to examine and critique the various marketing campaigns of different food manufacturers. This Skittles ad has been out for a few months now, but I was not made aware of it until I saw this post over at Candy Addict today.

I’ll [...]

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Why? Because of their “Milky Way 2 to Go” bar. What is that you ask? Why it’s the same as a king size Milky Way, except it’s split into two parts!

Hey Milky Way, this just in: IT’S A FREAKIN CANDY BAR!
Since when is a candy bar NOT “to Go”? Unless you are in the [...]

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Candy Addict has an interesting post up about the PMS Support chocolate bar.

Head over there are check it out if you’d like to know more.

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Slashfood reports on a recent study showing sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
Remember Atomic Warheads? Hot Sauce Blog reviews a similar candy called Torture Scorcher.
Cork & Knife interviews Heather Lauer the author of Bacon Unwrapped.
Burger King’s CEO says their Transformers promotional campaign helped contribute to 4th quarter sales that were 11% higher than last year.
James [...]

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