SF News Jelly Belly, Iconic Bay Area Candy Maker, Sells to Midwestern Candy Company Jelly Belly, which is headquartered in Fairfield and one of that city’s largest employers, announced the bittersweet sale to Chicago-based Ferrara Candy Company Wednesday.
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Where Are All The Trick-Or-Treaters? Photo of the author, ca. 1983, in her "Halloween III" mask, and her aunt and cousin as terrifying clowns Dear Rain, I've lived in San Francisco for over 10 years, and every Halloween
SF News DPH: Mysterious Gummy Candy Eyed In Outbreak Of Illness At SF Quinceanera Might Be Edible Marijuana At least 19 people fell so ill they had to be hospitalized Saturday, after consuming candy at a Mission District quinceañera party that authorities believe contained edible cannabis. According to the San Francisco
SF News Roving Candy Bandits Menace Madrid Street A man's life got a little less sweet Wednesday evening, when two men jumped him and stole his bag of candy. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 49-year-old man was walking
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy? Oh my god, shut up. I know, multiple studies say that sugar is bad for you, and 48-year-old Halle Berry attributes her glowing good looks to a sugarless life. That's great. But it's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jelly Belly Introduces Draft Beer Jelly Bean, Will Not Get You Drunk Over the weekend at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, massive Fairfield, California-based jelly bean purveyor Jelly Belly tapped into a new market of people who like candy that tastes like
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Would You Pay $11 For A Candy Bar? We Did. Candy bars are meant to be consumed during your walk from the liquor store to your apartment's front door. Typically after having too many beers. But what about an $11 candy bar? When
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What's The Nastiest Halloween Treat? In 2010, SFist readers selected Reese's Peanut Butter Cups as their favorite Halloween candy. (We should point out that the noted peanut butter-chocolate orgasms are also French Laundry master chef Thomas Keller's favorite
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Red Vines Black Licorice Recalled For Actually Being Poisonous Finally, definitive proof that black licorice is gross and will most likely kill you if you eat it. [Ed note: "Some of us find black licorice nothing short of heavenly!"] The California Department
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Open Wide: World Biggest Lollipop To Be Unveiled In San Francisco See's Candies will celebrate National Lollipop Day on July 20th. How so? Well, the candy company will reveal a 7,000-pound lollypop in the city of San Francisco in an attempt to break
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dear Jelly Belly, Please Do Not Make A 'Santorum' Flavored Jelly Bean Locally based, but nationally beloved gourmet jelly bean maker Jelly Belly is hosting a rally for Rick Santorum at their Fairfield, CA factory today. Why is a GOP presidential hopeful holding a $1,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Name Thomas Keller's New Candy Bar Lauded French Laundry and Ad Hoc chef Thomas Keller recently revealed a new candy bar that, according to Inside Scoop, is only available in New York. For now, anyway. What's in it, you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink S.F. Ranked No. 1 for Trick or Treating On Thursday, real estate site Zillow will officially announce that San Francisco ranks tops when it comes to trick or treating. San Francisco climbed to 2nd on the 2010 list, trailing behind Seattle,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Valentine's Day Treats: Droga Confections' “Put your Money on Honey” Keep an eye out for more tasty V-Day treats in the coming weeks! by Aislinn Fletcher Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and the obligatory heart shaped candy boxes are on the shelves
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Gift List: English Candy at Fiona's Sweetshoppe Okay, this might not be exciting for those of you who hail from Britain or Canada, but that's because you've been living in Candbury heaven. See, English candy is treat not to be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink And Your Favorite Halloween Candy Is... By a landslide, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ranked highest as your favorite Halloween candy. Created in 1928 by Harry Burnett Reese (H. B. Reese), a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Poll: Halloween Candy Showdown Final Four Yesterday's Halloween Candy Showdown semifinals proved fatal for some, victorious for others. In the Chocolate/Caramel/Coconut/Peanut Butter/Nougat category, sweet-on-salt tastes proved too irresistible for readers. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups creamed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Poll: Halloween Candy Showdown On Sunday night, costumed children with makeup on their faces and murder in their eyes will come knocking on your door begging for high fructose sustenance. Unless you want an egg-covered door or
SF News Jury Acquits Man in Snickers Theft, Air Fresher Assault, Urine Intimidation Case Tamara Barak Aparton, current Communications and Policy Assistant with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, writes the best crime press releases. Take, for example, the case of residential motel resident Willie Smith,
SF News Pez Panic at Peninsula Museum by Chris Jones Did you know that the Bay Area is home to one of three museums dedicated to Pez, the candy treat that tastes so neat and teaches kids that popping "dolls"
