The Sweetest Countdown for Tweens

Dylan's Candy Bar has created their first Advent calendar to help countdown the days until Christmas. If you and your tween celebrate Christmas - this is the coolest, ONLY age-appropriate Advent Calendar we've seen in years.

$10 from Dylan's Candy Bar

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A Sweet New Book by Dylan's Candy Bar

We LOVE sweets and were so excited to see that a new book by Dylan's Candy Bar is out today: "Unwrap Your Sweet Life". We haven't received our copy as yet, but the book is full of amazing photos, candy craft ideas, and party planning tips. As of today, Dylan Lauren has not announced any book tour dates in the D.C. area, but we'll keep you posted.

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New Gummy Bear Game!

Just for fun: In honor of Carly's new room on iCarly - complete with gummy bear chandelier - check out the Gummy Bear Burst game on iCarly.com:



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It's National Lollipop Day!

We're a sucker (let no good pun go unpunished!) for candy holidays, and today is National Lollipop Day! Grab a Whirly Pop or Tootsie Pop and enjoy!

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National Licorice Day!

Yum! It's National Licorice Day! We love licorice scottie dogs, Good-and-Plentys, colorful fruit licorice from I.M. Good, and Red Vines.

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Mad Hatter Tea Party to Celebrate Alice in Wonderland Movie Release

To mark the release of the new Alice in Wonderland movie today, MsTwixt and tweens are having a Mad Hatter Tea Party. We're having tea (of course), playing Hearts and chess, and eating tea cakes, and playing croquet with plastic flamingos. More party deets below:

Setting the scene: a lavish table (set ideally outdoors) with a "turf" tablecloth, bright faux flower centerpieces, mismatched arm chairs, mismatched tea cups, playing cards as placecards, and colorful paper lanterns dangling across the yard.

The treats: we loved the Cheshire Cat macarons and peculiar blue meringue mushrooms from BakeLab. Also "Eat Me" petit fours, Early Grey tea, and homemade pink marshmallows (recipe here).

The attire: mini top hats, character cameos, crystal bling, and Opi's Mad As a Hatter nail polish.

How would you throw a Mad Hatter style tea party? What would you wear?

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A Gummy Bear Chandelier?!?

OMG - love, love, love the idea of 5000 tiny acrylic gummy bears dancing across our ceilings. Jellio, the company famous for all things hip, cool and sweet (including our best-selling gummy bear night lights), announced that resident artist Kevin Champeny would create 10 of these amazing chandeliers. No word yet on the price, but this is definitely a sweet piece of art (and your dentist/orthodontist won't flinch).

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Happy Anniversary to M&Ms!

Our research shows that Mr. Mars, founder of the Mars candy company, received his patent for M&M's on March 3, 1941 - Happy 69th Anniversary to M&Ms!

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It's Time for the Annual Peeps Diorama Contest at the Washington Post!

Continuing our Easter theme from earlier this week, the Annual Peeps Diorama contest sponsored by the Washington Post is now open! Entries are due by March 1 (so you only have this weekend to do this project!), so get crafting.  On the Washington Post contest page you can see a gallery of past submission to get inspired, but we think a tween-theme should be easy: what about a Jonas Brothers concert scene (complete with adoring fans)? Or Justin Bieber serenading a lucky girl? What about the First Family at the White House (patriotic Peeps anyone?)?

Let your imagination go wild and send us pics of your entries! We'll post them all here, and we'll run our very first contest: readers can vote for their favorite Peeps entry. The winner shall receive a Peeps chocolate fountain party from Treats by Twixt! We'll follow the same rules as the Washington Post, but with one change: tweens only! All entries must be submitted by kids between the ages of 7 through 12. Parental help is okay, but this has to be YOUR work. Have fun!

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