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Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Children's Fantasy & Magic Elementary-school kids love Jeff Brown’sPerhaps you remember The Marathon, Oompahs, Bit O Choc, or Kit Kat Dark. Where did they go? Driven by his obsession, stubborn idealism, and the promise of free candy, self confessed candyfreak Steve Almond takes off on a quest to discover candy's origins in America, to explore little companies that continue to get by on pluck and perseverance, and to witness the glorious excess of candy manufacturing. Part candy porn, part candy polemic, part social