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6:35 pm - 08/21/2012

'Breaking Bad' meth candy being sold in Albuquerque.


It turns out that Walter White’s increasingly awful behavior on “Breaking Bad” is actually good for the community, or at least small businesses in Albuquerque.
The Associated Press reports that a shop called The Candy Lady, located in the New Mexico city where the AMC drama is set, is selling what it calls “meth candy,” rock candy dyed blue to resemble the much-coveted blue meth made on “Breaking Bad” by White and his lovably loyal sidekick, Jesse Pinkman.
Debbie Hall, proprietor of The Candy Lady, tells AP that her store “supplied the show [with candy] when it first started;” indeed, the fake stuff doubles for the real thing on set. She then got the idea to sell some herself when she recently saw star Bryan Cranston on “Late Night With David Letterman” discussing the turquoise sugary prop and offering some to Letterman.
Since that interview last month, she says she’s sold 300 bags of the stuff.
Oh, this is how it starts, Debbie Hall. At first you think you’re just making a few bucks to help your family. Then the next thing you know, you’re robbing trains and arrogantly declaring that you’re in the empire business.
Actually, as enticing as the rock candy sounds, I’m more intrigued by the “Blue Sky Breaking Bad” doughnuts — which feature blue sugar rock candy sprinkled atop a fried vanilla treat — that AP also says are being sold in Albuquerque.
Mmm . . . meth-covered doughnuts.
Honestly, all this enterprising behavior makes me think that Baltimore businesses really dropped the ball by not selling “The Wire” syringe-shaped lollipops or something. Hey Charm City, there’s still time to ride a beloved TV show’s coattails.


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beshwa 22nd-Aug-2012 02:52 am (UTC)
My friend got a little teenth baggie of it at Comic-Con and it smells/tastes delicious.
gnarlsbarkley 22nd-Aug-2012 02:54 am (UTC)
getting out of this post before spoilers come out but finally starting to catch up on s5 and the first episode already killed me. aaron's tweet saying the next two episodes are insane have me anxious
ellie_andrews 22nd-Aug-2012 03:29 am (UTC)
I'm half way through season 4.

I SHOULDN'T BE IN HERE.
strahovski 22nd-Aug-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
same here!
isntdaveone 22nd-Aug-2012 02:55 am (UTC)
it's like those candy cigarettes that they don't sell anymore :(



mandramoddle 22nd-Aug-2012 02:57 am (UTC)
I looooved getting these when I went trick-or-treating. I used to open my ex-stepdad's cigarettes thinking they were the same thing, then threw them in the trash when no powder blew out.
yououghtaknow 22nd-Aug-2012 03:00 am (UTC)
they still sell them at least around were I live they do
morphine 22nd-Aug-2012 03:08 am (UTC)
they still sell them at really old family owned gas stations here. they're always 10 or 15 cents and i always buy one for the novelty.
moustacherider 22nd-Aug-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
they were called 'Fags' in Australia
ellie_andrews 22nd-Aug-2012 03:30 am (UTC)
I've seen them around but they're just called "candy sticks" now. :|
normalchick 22nd-Aug-2012 03:43 am (UTC)
lol I loved getting these. When I was little a friend and I would get tons of packs from the corner store and we'd sit on her porch and "smoke"
ar_feiniel_ 22nd-Aug-2012 12:07 pm (UTC)
i thought of those too. those were great.
mandramoddle 22nd-Aug-2012 02:55 am (UTC)
Rock candy is disgusting.
wildelight 22nd-Aug-2012 02:56 am (UTC)
they use cotton-candy rock candy in the show right?

so good
wildelight 22nd-Aug-2012 02:56 am (UTC)
well if i actually read this article...
time 22nd-Aug-2012 03:06 am (UTC)
Lol the 'also bought' section is the best.
prettyfoot 22nd-Aug-2012 03:30 am (UTC)
lol, the reviews.

"This kicks like a mule with its balls wrapped in duct tape! Blue, yellow, pink. Whatever, man. Just keep bringing me that."
bluebandit77 22nd-Aug-2012 02:58 am (UTC)
just started watching this show...all the acting gives me life<3
herosquad 22nd-Aug-2012 03:01 am (UTC)
My ex-bf brought me blue rock candy on our second date after I told him how much I loved Breaking Bad.

Too bad he was a dick otherwise 'cause that was a sweet move.
invisible_cunt 22nd-Aug-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
aww that's cute but bittersweet

i was dating a guy for two months and he got me a holga camera for my birthday, like a week and a half before he decided we are better as friends

jinnycalderone 22nd-Aug-2012 03:01 am (UTC)
lololololll, id try it. do they sell it online?

Edited at 2012-08-22 03:02 am (UTC)
invisible_cunt 22nd-Aug-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
scroll down
jinnycalderone 22nd-Aug-2012 03:32 am (UTC)
ty
aprilfunk 22nd-Aug-2012 03:09 am (UTC)
lol that's awesome.
morphine 22nd-Aug-2012 03:09 am (UTC)
i love rock candy but it would be sticky and awkward to eat w/o the wooden stick it's usually stuck to
invisible_cunt 22nd-Aug-2012 03:10 am (UTC)


peacetrains 22nd-Aug-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
LMAO
cottonseed_mew 22nd-Aug-2012 03:24 am (UTC)
This is hysterical.
la_petite_singe 22nd-Aug-2012 03:25 am (UTC)
Will never not be funny. I'm so glad Amazon left it up. :D
pamuya 22nd-Aug-2012 03:30 am (UTC)
omg this is the best
jinnycalderone 22nd-Aug-2012 03:32 am (UTC)
omgg, neeeeed!!
ellie_andrews 22nd-Aug-2012 03:33 am (UTC)
lol irl
bienenkiste 22nd-Aug-2012 03:39 am (UTC)
LMAO perfect
duchello 22nd-Aug-2012 03:42 am (UTC)
THIS IS THE BEST
banabee 22nd-Aug-2012 03:43 am (UTC)
lmao
chihaya19 22nd-Aug-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
lmaooooo

yeah you are the danger, walt...

kapuki234 22nd-Aug-2012 04:31 am (UTC)
LOL
merenwen17 22nd-Aug-2012 04:34 am (UTC)
LOL
celtic_thistle 22nd-Aug-2012 05:05 am (UTC)
I LOVE THE INTERNET SFM
treegrowth 22nd-Aug-2012 03:12 am (UTC)
ngl i'd totally buy some.
thetrustoryofme 22nd-Aug-2012 08:41 am (UTC)
im a fan of rock candy, so maybe for me.

ontd is kinda letting me down though. i was sure that, coming in late, this post would be filled with "THAT IS HORRIBLE! IT WILL MAKE DRUG CULTURE SEEM MORE APPEALING TO KIDS!"... maybe on the next page.
mynamehere07 22nd-Aug-2012 10:50 am (UTC)
Eh, drug use seems to be lower on the ONTD pearl clutching scale.

I see what you are saying, but lbr, kids who are around bags of meth have bigger problems than a candy company.
juniorquincy 22nd-Aug-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
lol i just got some blue rock candy for my friend's birthday coming up
_______awshucks 22nd-Aug-2012 03:18 am (UTC)
Honestly, all this enterprising behavior makes me think that Baltimore businesses really dropped the ball by not selling “The Wire” syringe-shaped lollipops or something. Hey Charm City, there’s still time to ride a beloved TV show’s coattails.

lol, oh hey shout out to my city
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