What holiday boasts the highest candy sales?

Cooking Trivia / May 24, 2025

Halloween. In the USA, some 65 percent of candy companies have been around for at least half a century.

How many different animal shapes were there in the 2002 100th-anniversary Nabisco "Animal Crackers"?

Cooking Trivia / May 23, 2025

18. The box for Nabisco's "Barnum's Animal Crackers" was originally meant to be hung on a Christmas tree.

Which of these fruits does not grow on a tree?

Cooking Trivia / May 23, 2025

Strawberry. Strawberries are actually considered a "false fruit".

What fruit is St. Nick's nose like?

Cooking Trivia / May 22, 2025

Cherry. Clement Clarke Moore described Santa's nose as "like a cherry" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" from 1823.

The advertising slogan "Where's the beef?" was first used by which fast food chain?

Cooking Trivia / May 22, 2025

Wendy's. "Where's the beef?" commercials for Wendy's featured two elderly ladies, a giant bun and a tiny burger to advertise Wendy's larger burgers.

Of the following, which is a term referring to the melting and cooling of chocolate to make candies?

Cooking Trivia / May 21, 2025

Tempering. Tempering results in chocolate that sets firm and shiny when it returns to room temperature.