Elvis Cups and Sopranos Soda

This week’s mission: the King’s favorite treat and pop with a bang. (By James Norton)

Cheez-Its Still Doin' It for Me

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

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. (By James Norton)

I'll Pay You to Kill My Steer

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them? (By Jason Krause)

Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Rare Hershey’s bar spotted in the wild. (By Sarah Perry)

What’s all the fuss about slaughter? (By Davina Baum)

Hollywood stars stay slim by consuming food meant for much smaller people. (By Kara Zuaro)

The annual Paris chocolate show yields some brave new ways to consume chocolate. (By Miriam Wolf)

Global Exchange takes the unfairness (and some of the fun) out of Halloween candy. (By Traci Vogel)

Obama supporters say “Yes We Carve!” but where is McCain’s gourd we can believe in? (By Miriam Wolf)

Steve Almond analyzes your Halloween candy-giving choices. (By Miriam Wolf)

Here’s what to sip with your candy. (By Kara Zuaro)

The new website features work from the likes of Marion Nestle, Grant Achatz, and Ari Weinzweig. (By Joyce Slaton)

Nutella experiments from fiendish (and probably now nauseous) fans. (By Nicholas Day)