CONFESSIONS OF A PRISON COOK: A FUSION OF FOOD & CRIME

  A batch of peppermint lozenges, which were a type of hard candy, was accidentally made with arsenic instead of powdered gypsum. The sweets were sold in Bradford, England, leading to the deaths of at least 20 people and sickening more than 200.

Bribes of Twizzlers, Swedish Fish  candy  and Fiji water are leading to prison time for a former Massachusetts Police sergeant. Cederquist was charged in a 74-count indictment along with five others.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts alleged that Cederquist gave passing scores to multiple applicants from a water company who actually failed the CDL skills test , as well as others who only took a partial test. In exchange, Cederquist received free water, energy drinks, coffee and tea products, as well as Twizzlers and Swedish Fish candy.

  "Xanny Tarts":  In 2017, police in Indiana and Florida issued warnings about "Xanny Tarts," which were Sweet Tarts candies laced with liquid Xanax. An Indiana man was arrested for manufacturing and distributing these candies, which were found to also contain substances such as heroin and methamphetamine. LSD:  In 2013, police in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Greenwich, Connecticut, seized LSD tabs disguised as Sweet Tarts. An undercover detective noted the danger of the hallucinogen, as it could be absorbed through the skin by someone unknowingly handling the loose candies. Fentanyl:  In 2022, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies and DEA agents seized thousands of fentanyl pills that were packaged inside candy boxes, including boxes of Sweet Tarts In October 2022, a suspect at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was found attempting to travel with fentanyl pills inside boxes of Sweet Tarts, Skittles, and Whoppers. Marijuana:  In August 2024, ...

White chocolate contains no cocoa solids, only cocoa butter, sugar, and milk. This could make it more difficult to mask the bitter taste of common poisons like strychnine, which was used in the Christiana Edmunds case.   Christiana Edmunds, a British murderer, poisoned confectionery she bought from a local shop with strychnine, then returned the laced sweets to be sold to the public.

  In October 2020, police in Emporium, Pennsylvania, found pills coated with benzodiazepines that were made to look like Pez. In 2021, Barrow County, Georgia, investigators warned the public about narcotics that were disguised to look like Pez candies. In 2021, the McKinney Police in Texas reported seizing Ecstasy tablets made to look like Pez candies. In 2020, a Mississippi sheriff warned parents that a synthetic form of Xanax was being produced to resemble Pez.   Oct 21, 2022 —  A new documentary, "The  Pez  Outlaw," chronicles the story of Glew, a man from a small town in Michigan who made millions of dollars smuggling rare  PEZ  candy. PEZ  began in Vienna as a mint meant to help people quit smoking.

  Myriam Ducre-Lemay, 20,  died  from an allergic shock when she kissed her boyfriend after he ate a  peanut  butter sandwich in 2012.

  1971's Circus Peanut Manifesto, in which the banana-flavored, peanut-shaped marshmallow treats admitted they are ``a vile, barely edible creation'' and ``an insult to the very concept of peanuts.''