We saw a lot of familiar faces at this year’s All-Candy Expo, which took place at McCormick place last Tuesday-Thursday. While we saw lots of cool products that made our mouths water, the most striking thing about Candy Expo always seems to be the sheer number of unspeakable horrors that make it onto the market. For each and every one of these products, whole teams of people had to agree that it was a good idea - an image that makes us scratch our heads in wonder. We’ll be profiling some of the better candies (especially local ones) over the coming weeks and months. At the opposite end of the spectrum, unmediated by PR gloss and returning for a second year , come the WORST products of 2009. more ›

1) Jelly Belly “Bean-Boozled.” Jelly Belly unveiled a number of really cool products at the expo, including new flavors inspired by Cold Stone Creamery. Bean-Boozled, however, wins the prize for the most disgusting product to be created by a candy company. Jelly Beans flavored like skunk spray, rotten eggs, baby wipes, pencil shavings and vomit co-exist with normal flavors like berry, peach and banana. The gimmick? Each “normal” bean has the same coloration as its disgusting counterpart. It’s a game! Hope you don’t lose. more ›