Taste of the '90s?

OK, so Crispy M&Ms aren't really the taste of the '90s, since they only came out in 1999 and were discontinued in 2005. But when we eventually write a 2000s-themed follow-up to "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops" and "The Totally Sweet '90s," they will have earned a page.

Crispy M&Ms are back, Jack. They're even offering coupons.

I also find it kind of funny that M&Ms demands you give them your birthdate before they'll let you look at the Crispy M&Ms site, like it's Jim Beam or something.

Candy that tastes like cake

I first noticed the "candy that tastes like cake" trend with all the red-velvet cake options out there (and birthday-cake flavored ice cream, etc). But it's gone crazy in recent months. M&Ms, Easter candy, you name it.

Bar None returns!

It's a red-letter day when a vanished product from the 1980s returns! Bar None, a tasty chocolate candy bar that existed from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, is in our first book, "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?" as an extinct product.

And now it's back! Not really sure why the cookie wafers are purplish, but I'm going to give them a pass on that. Tame the Chocolate Beasty indeed. Someone try one and report back!

Haute couture to candy-stand couture

Love this: They recreated a fancy, rainbow-toned Alexander McQueen gown in gummi bears.