Aka "Caffeinated Candy"....
I've been buying my caffeinated candy (mints, chocolates, chocolate mints, etc.) from ThinkGeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com). Then, ThinkGeek started to offer caffeinated chocolate mint truffles, which are really chocolate coated soft chocolate mint candies, but very tasty, and two of them can keep me going all morning. So, I started researching the makers and distributes of the tasty buzz bites, and found them on http://www.xtz.com , where you can order chocolate, orange, peanut butter, and other flavors of caffeine goodies.
Last night, I found some caffeinated candy in the CVS store - it a package called "LifeFitness Instant Energy Beans". Two chewable tablets have 40 mg of caffeine, which is a little less than my normal mug of coffee. They're not as good as chocolate (what is ?), and they have a slight aftertaste, which might be due to the vitamin B-12, or just random chemicals. Anyway, they come in a blue bag; my CVS has them located in the vitamin aisle. They're instantly available and very handy when you don't want to make/ buy/ consume coffee. One advantage of the "Energy Beans" over the truffles is: they don't melt in the heat, which makes then a better choice when traveling, biking, or just storing in your pack. The other advantage is that 2 'beans" only have 10 calories.
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I recently found these myself. That's how I found your blog, because I'm trying to find them online! WHy? BEcause here in Alaska we don't have CVS or Wallgreens or anything like that. The closest we have for this sort of thing is the GNC store or possibly that comparable area of Walmart. Sadly - I cannot find these - so far - locally. I do prefer these little energy "beans" over the chocholate - because as a freak of nature - I'm not very fond of chocolate.
After years of taking Stacker2s & 3s (useless as a fat burner as advertised, but great for the morning pick me up), ever since they took the active ingredient off the market (ephedra) and changed the formula, they don't work anymore. So I've searched high and low for my morning jolt. When home I drink that single mug of coffee, but would rather not. I tried the 6hr energy drinks when I was 'in the States' on vacation, but couldn't really tell if they helped much. The Energy 'Beans' work! *But* I have to take 4-5 of them. [an 18oz mug of 'strong' instant coffee contains about 200mg of caffeine]. The 'Beans' taste isn't too bad, though the after taste is a little annoying, but it's not too bad if flushed out with some nice water or crystal light or whatever.
Anyhow - I thought you might want to know that my search returned only two results - both are blogs - one of which is yours =) Do you know if CVS is online? I'll Google it - never tried them before - but I hope they ship to Alaska if they are!
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