What was your favorite school supply as a child? Mine was a Crayola box of 64 crayons. Boy did I love choosing from all the colors to create coloring-inside-the-line masterpieces. (Yes, I was quite good at coloring inside the lines. Don’t be hatin’—it’s not too late for you to master the skill of coloring.) I did have a crayon color I cherished above all the others, though: Cornflower. I would use this light-blue crayon for special pictures, sharpening and unpeeling its paper wrapper only when necessary.

I know that these days, school supplies have changed. They come in more colors, shapes, sizes, brands, uses, etc.

And school supplies can be edible.

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I searched. I sniffed. I searched and sniffed. All the while asking myself, as I walked from one candy display to the next, “What do I get my favorite candy sniffer who’s turning four?” I got Olivia this. Because not only is it candy and in green, her favorite color, but it’s also a Thomas the Tank Engine candy. Olivia is a girl of many obsessions. Must be why I adore her so much.

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Hellooooo! ¡Hola! Ni hao? I know I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. But I’ve hopefully been doing good, good things. I got another job working after work and on the weekends, for a small but growing company that’s affecting futures of kids…kids like Olivia, my one-and-only Candy Sniffer Extraordinaire.

Speaking of that nearly four-year-old candy addict, she was who instantly sprang to mind when I sniffed these candies. They smelled fruity!

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I went to Vietnam the other day. There, I stumbled upon a market selling treats by the bag and pound, and got so excited that I promptly smacked a friend on the arm and told him to, “Look at the Shredded Coconut!”

This familiar snack is as fun for me to eat as cotton candy. And the fun just continued from there…

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