Engaging and approachable look at candy science

Focuses on science of commercial products, not kitchen products

Weaves history and other interesting facts with science

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Through a Candy Store Window.- All Candy Expo.- Art or Science - A Brief History of Candy.- Candy Companies Big and Small.- Sugar History and Production.- The Demon Sugar.- The Sweet Tooth.- Soft Ball to Hard Crack.- Breakaway Glass - A Soft Solid.- Cotton Candy.- Rock Candy.- Candy Doctors.- LifeSavers or Jolly Ranchers.- Candy Canes - the Science Experiment.- Sponge Candy or Fairy Foam.- Dum Dum Lollipops.- Cut Rock.- Sugar-Free Candy.- Pixy Styx and Fun Dip.- Pez.- Fizzies.- NECCO Wafers and Conversation Hearts.- Wint-O-Green Mints.- Peppermint Patties.- Junior Mints.- Candy Corn.- Maple Sugar Candies - a Natural Treat?.- Caramel - Controlled Scorching of Milk?.- A Caramel Family.- Caramel Cold Flow.- Tootsie Roll Pops.- Cajeta.- The Fudge Factor.- English Toffee.- Gummies and Jellies.- The Starch Mogul.- Swedish Fish and Starch Jelly Candies.- Dots and Orange Slices.- Gummy Jigglers.- Black Chuckles.- Fruit Snacks.- Sour Patch Candy.- Where to the Jelly Beans in the Easter Basket Come From?.- Jelly Bean Flavor Development.- Panning Patience.- Everlasting Gobstoppers and Atomic Fireballs.- Runts and Nerds.- Is Licorice Good For You?.- Licorice Varieties.- The Marsh Mallow.- Nougat.- Starburst.- A Whopper of a Story - Malted Milk Balls.- Retro Candy: Bit-O-Honey and Mary Jane.- Gum Wads.- Gumballs.- Gum and the Bedpost.- Medicinal Gum.- The Vending Machine.- Snickers Bars.- Baby Ruth.- Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut.- Turtles or Cow Pies?.- Candies: Dead or Alive.- Super-sized Candies.- Goo Goo Cluster.- Candy Land.