Snacks

Wait until you see the names of some of these "snacks."

If you've picked up snacks in Illinois recently, it's urgent that you check your pantry as there is a bulletin from the FDA alerting that many widely-available candies and snacks could be fatal for children and those with compromised immune systems.

Just last year, California imposed a "Skittles ban" outlawing four different food additives that have been linked to fertility issues and cancer.

Three Wisconsin college students came up with a pretty incredible new design!

From PB Crisps to Butterfinger BBs, these are the throwback snacks Millennials miss the most.

I want to make it clear that I am a fan of anything that's a great value no matter if it's a brand name or not. The internet is advising Missouri people (because the internet knows best) to avoid 7 specific 'Great Value' foods at all costs. I do not agree with them.

I expect this will create a very hot debate. The internet 'experts' are warning that there is one cookie everyone in the state should avoid at all costs, but there's just one teeny tiny problem. It isn't really a cookie.

The state of Illinois is doing something that several other states have started. That's the quest to eliminate what they term 'harmful food chemicals' that are featured in many popular snacks. That quest is about to take on an official effort in Illinois.

There are snack bars that are so common they're arguably the most popular you'll find in Illinois or any other state in the country for that matter. There's a bulletin from Illinois alerting consumers about a recall due to a potentially fatal infection risk.

Some of life's mysteries just are not meant to be solved. Why is water wet? How did people first realize you can toast bread? Some things we just aren't meant to know. Here's another. Why did some Illinois schools get so fired up that they banned one specific snack from their lunchrooms forever? It's a mystery.