Candy Bars Worth Crossing State Lines For

A field guide to great American treats.

Tricked-Out Caramel Apples

Creative stuffings and coatings take this Halloween staple to a new level.

Elvis Cups and Sopranos Soda

This week’s mission: the King’s favorite treat and pop with a bang.

Cheez-Its Still Doin' It for Me

This week’s mission: candy-bar themed cookies, and new cheese flavors of Cheez-Its.

Elf Ladies Like Mint Candy

This week’s mission: a mintier old-school candy bar, and a candy bar that’s actually an energy bar.

Holiday Central

Recipes, menus, gifts, and entertaining tips for all your celebratory needs.

Mum's the Velveeta

Keep your secret ingredients secret.

Frozen Summer Treats

These are worth running after the ice cream truck for.

See Recipe on Back

Concoctions cribbed off the back of a box that are good enough to pass as your own.

Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

10 Ways to Eat More Bacon

Elvis, Metallica—everybody loves it!

Making Roux

A nutty-flavored thickener used in gumbo and several other New Orleans–style dishes.

Garden Harvest Toasted Chips and Hemp Bliss Organic Hempmilk

This week’s mission: Quasi-healthy chips containing fruit, and nondairy “milk” that tastes like rancid nuts.

10 Mail-Order Treats

Stuff we want to eat right now.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn