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According to a recently published study in Nutrition Journal, frequency of candy consumption is not linked to obesity. If that's not a shocker, they also suggest it isn't linked to other health risks such as heart disease. In related news, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is any correlation between interacting with water and getting wet. Feel free to eat as many Snickers in your bathtub as you deem fit, safe in the knowledge that you are the pinnacle of health and dryness.

Creating a domino-style chain reaction from candy boxes is the least efficient way we can think of to throw something in the trash, but it also has the virtue of being the most efficient way we can think of to get fired from your part-time job at a movie theater. So...partial credit? Watch and decide for yourself if it's just stupid, or so stupid it's brilliant.

If the best way to someone's heart is through their stomach, then why bother spending bundles of cash on gifts and flowers when you could just make your special someone a dish sure to impress? When it comes to Valentine's Day treats though, remember that presentation is just as important as flavor. Fortunately, we've got you covered there, as these tasty snacks and sweets can make you look like a serious Casanova regardless of your culinary skills. Even if your idea of a great home-cooked meal is Chef Boyardee, you're certain to find something you can master here. Chef don’t judge, and neither will we.

Halloween is the best night of the year, end of story. Costumes are applied, tricks are played, horror movies are snuggled up in front of, but most importantly, children will go door to door adorably threatening to start doing property damage unless their demands for a sugary ransom are met swiftly and surely. Whatever else happens tonight, from ice storms to hurricanes to the raising of the dead, kids are going to get a lot of candy from people just like you. How much, exactly, though? Well, we don't know precisely how much candy we'll give kids tonight, but we've run some numbers on this matter, and you can find our conclusions after the jump.

The summer's record-setting drought is causing a spike in prices of commodities like corn, forcing farmers to get creative. When farmers get creative, lucky cows get sweet, sweet candy in their diets. Joseph Watson's cows do, at least. Watson is the proud owner of 1,400 head of cattle in Mayfield, Kentucky who used to get corn in their diets. Now, they get delicious candy instead.

Fact: There is no situation in life so bleak that it can't be improved, if not entirely solved, by a liberal application of candy. For proof of this statement, look no further than a recently developed chemical that promises to use the ingredients in peanut butter and chocolate to clean up oil spills, like the one that resulted from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Because like the Planeteers, when chocolate and peanut butter combine their powers, there is pretty much nothing they can't do -- including save the environment.

Here at Geekosystem, we love big candy, but there aren't many sugary treats that top this world record breaking sucker cooked up by See's Candies. This is not a lollipop to be trifled with. I would love to see its calorie count! Read on for more about this marvel of human candy-neering.

Researchers Jose Cordova of Yale University and Erich Astudillo of Chile's Universidad de Santiago discovered a molecule they call Keep 32 that kills the bacteria responsible for all the trauma you suffered as a child, lying down blinded by the light as a masked man poked bits of metal in your mouth. Sometimes you don't feel anything. Sometimes you feel funny.

Available for pre-order over at Firebox, these habanero chili-infused gummy bears are basically the most perfect candy if you like spicy food, and can't live without gummy bears. So, if you're me, you've already spent the eight or so bucks on the pre-order. Also, if you dig fun and extremely odd flavor text, these gummy bears have an origin story, and it involves them climbing down into hell. Check that out after the break.

Acid isn't very good for your teeth. Go figure. But you never cover your teeth in acid. Or do you? The Minnesota Dental Association has released a list of popular sour candies and their acidities, showing how many of them can damage teeth. Spoiler: All of them. But blah blah blah, dental health. Boring, right? Not if you throw in battery acid as a point of comparison. Those dentists know how to get some attention. Keep in mind, acidity is measured on the ph scale, which is logarithmic, meaning that a ph score of 2.0 is 10 times more acidic than something with a score of 3.0. It gets more acidic as you go down. Battery acid is a 1.0. Wonka Fun Dip power? 1.8.

Check out the full, terrifying list after the jump.

Back in 2003, Andrew Bell created a quirky image that featured a zombie candy corn, its mouth dripping with what one can only assume is melted, sticky sugar. Fast forward eight years later and Bell got around to making his zombie candy corn a reality, bringing the adorable little fella to unlife, displaying him inside a small glass dome with a wooden base. A magnet hides inside the corn's foot, so it can stick to the mound that seems to be some kind of chocolate chocolate chip cookie. Head on past the jump for some more pictures to remind you what happens when you leave candy corn uneaten for too long.

Oh, sweet, sweet heaven. Beer and marshmallows. Surely someone has thought of this before, but thought it might only appeal to stoners when (obviously) this is something that could benefit the entire human race. This is the kind of thing that could bring people together on religion, politics, cats versus dogs, anything you can think of. I'll bet you're wondering how you can find a way to put this in your mouth and eat it.

Candy that looks like rice and seaweed? A little weird, but we can accept that. Candy that looks and behave like raw fish? Now it's pretty weird. Roe from a dropper!? OK, you win this round, Japan. (via Reddit, WTF Japan Seriously)

For the sake of science, a man named Robb Posch recently ate nothing but Christmas candy for an entire week, documenting his hunger, mental stability, and enjoyment of candy as the week progressed. Unlike the nutrition professor who ate a Twinkie every three hours for ten weeks (losing 27 pounds in the process), who at least took a vitamin pill and ate some vegetables, Posch ate 100% candy, nothing but. Unsurprisingly for an experiment in which "mental stability" was one of the variables graphed, Posch's sanity was tested:

I like gummies just as much as the next person (probably more, since I don't like chocolate and so possess a correspondingly large sweet tooth), but this otherwise charming video detailing the features of a two foot long, three pound gummy worm leaves me very torn. So delicious looking... and so gross looking... at the same time. (via Geeks Are Sexy.)