Mostly Harmless

These guys: Shoemakers Candies, are dealers of candy so addictive it should be considered a controlled substance. The local Cub Foods store sells Divinity from Shoemaker’s, with a healthy markup, in the bakery section. It’s about $7 for a smallish package that is barely enough to last the drive home from the store. The impending dental bills will be significant as well — you can feel the cavities forming in your teeth within seconds of taking the first mouth-watering bite. But, man, it’s good shit.

I tried making my own from some random recipe… didn’t turn out nearly so well (i.e. addictive). It’s probably for the best though, since any recipe that starts out with “3 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of light corn syrup” isn’t anywhere in the neighborhood of “low cal.”