#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $600: An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean saltwater taffy |
#8464, aired 2021-08-12 | "CON" GAME $1600: It's another name for a candy store that also sells other sweets confectionary |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS $1600: "Toot Sweets" & "Truly Scrumptious" were 2 of the tunes in this 1960s musical about a magical flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
#8016, aired 2019-06-17 | VIRAL CHALLENGES $400: In the Chubby Bunny challenge, you say the title phrase with as many of these fluffy sweets in your mouth as possible marshmallows |
#7956, aired 2019-03-25 | -"GRAM"S $2,100 (Daily Double): In 1959 Western Union began this service that included sweets with the message candygram |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | EASTER $400: Along with yellow rabbits, this purveyor of fluffy sweets offers blue marshmallow chicks for Easter Peeps |
#7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $400: "Similar to absconding with the sweets of one tot" "Like taking candy from a baby" |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $600: Gregory Keller, a Catholic priest, invented a machine to automate the process for making these Christmas sweets candy canes |
#6711, aired 2013-11-18 | OPERA & BALLET CHARACTERS $400: In "The Nutcracker ", this fairy rules the kingdom of the sweets the Sugar Plum Fairy |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $400: Kaiser Wilhelm II & Albert Einstein were fans of these chewy "ursine" sweets gummy bears |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | BALLET $400: In this ballet a little girl named Clara meets the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Kingdom of Sweets The Nutcracker |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | I, FOR ONE, WELCOME $1000: Altars called ofrendas, with flowers & sweets, welcome back souls on this Mexican holiday in November the Day of the Dead |
#5566, aired 2008-11-17 | BALLETS THAT TEENS LIKE $400: In many versions of this classic 1892 holiday ballet, Clara rides off to the Kingdom of Sweets in a magical sleigh The Nutcracker |
#5484, aired 2008-06-12 | TRAVEL FUN $400: You'll want to munch on petha & gazak, signature sweets of this Taj Mahal city Agra |
#4797, aired 2005-06-14 | AT THE BALLET $800: Act II of this classic ballet takes place in the Kingdom of Sweets The Nutcracker |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $400: Red Vines come in raspberry & this flavor, also the chewy type of candy it is licorice |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $800: This American classic has been around for over 100 years candy corn |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $1200: A jingle should say, "Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Finger of" this candy bar (its segments are called fingers) Kit Kat |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $1600: For toffee lovers Hershey makes the Heath bar & this similar bar with a 4-letter name Skor |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SWEETS $2000: A clucking bunny advertises this company's Creme Eggs, an Easter-time favorite Cadbury |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $800: If you're sugaring off, you're taking advantage of natural sweets from this tree maple |
#4183, aired 2002-11-06 | "P.B." $1200: You can use this utensil to apply a glaze to breads & sweets before or after baking pastry brush |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $200: These "chewy cinnamon flavored candies" sound like a spicy Mexican dish Hot Tamales |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $400: This Middle East confection of ground sesame seeds & honey is sold in bars & slabs Halvah |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $600: If you're looking for a chocolate bar chock full of peanuts, try this one introduced in 1925 Mr. Goodbar |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) Made from nut paste, it's the colorful confection seen here marzipan |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | SWEETS $1000: From the French for "lightning", it's an oblong cream- or custard-filled pastry an eclair |
#3704, aired 2000-10-12 | -GRAMS $200: A trademarked delivery of sweets & a message Candygram |
#3697, aired 2000-10-03 | BALLET $800: "The Nutcracker" often features a pas de deux by the prince & this fairy who rules the Kingdom of Sweets the Sugarplum Fairy |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SWEETS $100: This pale-color "chocolate" contains no chocolate liquor & therefore is not true chocolate White Chocolate |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SWEETS $200: Chocolate-covered boysenberry squares are a specialty of this theme park in Buena Park, CA Knott's Berry Farm |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SWEETS $300: Schnecken are spiral-shaped sweet rolls; their name is German for these gastropods Snails |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SWEETS $400: This "trivial" English dessert is made with sponge cake, wine, jam & custard Trifle |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SWEETS $500: Mascarpone, a rich type of this dairy product, is an ingredient in tiramisu Cheese |
#2831, aired 1996-12-16 | GERMAN CUISINE $600: In Germany, these sweets are known as kokonuss-makronen Coconut macaroons |
#2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $100: These chewy Nabisco sookies come in apple & strawberry flavors as well as the ever-popular fig a Newton |
#2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $200: This dessert may be cabinet, nesselrode or tapioca pudding |
#2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $300: These chewy cakes named for a type of elf may be butterscotch instead of chocolate brownies |
#2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $400: Name shared by Hershey's milk chocolate & crunchy peanut butter bar & a chic Manhattan street 5th Avenue |
#2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SWEETS $500: Popular in the Middle East, Rahat Loukoum, or "rest for the throat", is better known as this "delight" Turkish delight |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SWEETS $100: This type of taffy was made famous in Atlantic City in the late 19th century saltwater |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SWEETS $200: These baked puddings go back to Civil War days & "apple brown" is the most popular kind betty |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SWEETS $300: This fruit, whose name comes from Greek daktylos, "finger", may be 55% sugar before drying a date |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SWEETS $400: Attar of these flowers is the traditional flavoring of Turkish delight roses |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | SWEETS $500: This gelatinlike substance is used to make jams, jellies & preserves jell pectin |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SWEETS $100: Tootsie Roll makes Dots, fruit-flavored gumdrops, & Crows, black gumdrops in this flavor licorice |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SWEETS $200: Popular in the South, Lane cake is a layer cake that contains this shredded tropical fruit coconut |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SWEETS $300: Joy of Cooking says the unsulfured type of this sticky sweetener is the best for cooking molasses |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SWEETS $400: Coeur a la creme is a chilled dessert molded in this shape & served with berries or other fresh fruit heart |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SWEETS $500: Kulich is a cylindrical Russian cake traditionally served on this holiday Easter |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SWEETS $200: In names of thin, crisp cookies, this word follows brandy & ginger snap |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SWEETS $400: Yogurt Gone Crazy is a low-fat treat from this company famed for its 31 flavors Baskin-Robbins |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SWEETS $600: This crystalized candy that looks like chunks of quartz may be used to sweeten coffee rock candy |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SWEETS $800: Nesselrode pudding contains a puree of these nuts that the French call marrons chestnuts |
#2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SWEETS $1000: Baklava is made from many layers of this paper-thin pastry whose name is Greek for "leaf" phyllo |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $100: These may be caramel, hot cross or sticky buns |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $200: Legend says Polish king Stanislaw I named the baba for this storybook hero Ali Baba |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $300: Panettone is a sweet Italian bread traditionally served during this holiday season Christmas |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $400: It's the flavor of the bottom layer of black bottom pie chocolate |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $500: Calissons are Provencal sweets made from crystallized fruit & these blanched nuts almonds |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | WORLD OF SWEETS $200: Zabaglione Italy |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | WORLD OF SWEETS $400: Gateau Saint-Honore France |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | WORLD OF SWEETS $600: Banbury cakes England |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | WORLD OF SWEETS $800: Schaum Torte Austria |
#2253, aired 1994-05-25 | WORLD OF SWEETS $1000: Kulich Russia |
#2203, aired 1994-03-16 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $600: If you say, "Sweets to the sweet", you're quoting this queen who says it at Ophelia's burial Gertrude |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | SWEETS $200: The secret ingredient in Joy of Cooking's Mystery Cake is this condensed red soup tomato soup |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | SWEETS $400: Some say this pastry's name is a corruption of "Neapolitan"; others say it was named for an emperor a Napoleon |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | SWEETS $600: Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream is this fruit flavor with walnuts and chocolate chunks banana |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | SWEETS $800: This simple dessert that's thickened with eggs is the base for Bavarian cream custard |
#2156, aired 1994-01-10 | SWEETS $1000: The name of these spicy cookies is German for "pepper nuts" pfeffernüsse |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | SWEETS $100: In France this flaming dessert is called cerises jubile cherries jubilee |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | SWEETS $200: Canned squash can be substituted for the main ingredient in this popular Halloween pie pumpkin Pie |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | SWEETS $300: Devonshire cream, which is used in desserts, is a specialty of this country England |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | SWEETS $400: Madeleines are shaped like these objects you might find on the beach seashells |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | SWEETS $500: Strudel dough resembles these thin leaves of pastry whose name is from Greek for "leaf" filo |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | SWEETS $100: These bog berries can be candied in a simple syrup made of sugar & water cranberries |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | SWEETS $200: A small pie, or an adjective that means agreeably sharp or piquant tart |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | SWEETS $300: Dessert whose name is French for "Russian Charlotte" Charlotte Russe |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | SWEETS $400: Hermits are chewy ones that contain chopped fruit & nuts cookies |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | SWEETS $500: The "cabinet" type of this dessert often contains dried or candied fruit pudding |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $100: In 1990 a blueberry poppy seed brunch cake was the top prize winner in this famous bake-off the Pillsbury Bake-Off |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $200: Little Brownie Bakers is 1 of the 3 companies that make this organization's famous cookies the Girl Scouts |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $300: The traditional New Orleans pastries known as beignets are cooked this way deep-fried |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $400: This dessert named for an Australian opera singer is topped with raspberry sauce Peach Melba |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SWEETS $500: This Canadian province is the world's largest producer of maple syrup Quebec |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | SWEETS $100: The last step in making peanut brittle, it can't be done until the candy has cooled breaking it |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | SWEETS $200: Hollow figurines shaped like blackbirds are sometimes stuck in these to let the steam escape pies |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | SWEETS $300: Party decoration a blindfolded Mexican child hits with a stick to get candy piñata |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | SWEETS $400: One variation of this meringue & ice cream dessert is called "igloo" Baked Alaska |
#1062, aired 1989-03-28 | SWEETS $500: A "floating island" is one of these milk-based desserts, often topped with whipped cream custard |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWEETS $200: This traditional Christmas dish contains suet, currants & raisins but no plums plum pudding |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWEETS $400: The 3 major types of this are sulphured, unsulphured & blackstrap molasses |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWEETS $600: It was a song title by itself, followed "My boy..." & was paired with roses "Lollipops" |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWEETS $800: The name of this custard dessert with a caramel glaze is French for "burnt cream" creme brulee |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | SWEETS $1000: This fruit is the main ingredient in the sauce served over peach melba raspberries |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $100: It's easier to make taffy & other pulled candies if you do this to your fingers grease them |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $200: This crystalized treat is made from just sugar & water, not from boulders rock candy |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $300: Shredded fruit most commonly found in macaroons coconut |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $400: From the Greek word for "leaf", these leaflike sheets of pastry are used to make baklava phyllo |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $500: These desserts can be Indian, cottage, cabinet or rice pudding |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $100: Joy of Cooking"s recipe for these makes "about 8 5"-long fat men or 16 thinner ones" gingerbread men |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $200: Traditionally, the crisscross designs on peanut butter cookies are made with this utensil a fork |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $300: Pastry chefs know these are the 2 main ingredients in meringue egg whites and sugar |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $400: Pralines are most commonly made with this nut pecans |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $500: The part of Great Britain best known for its shortbread Scotland |
#934, aired 1988-09-29 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $800: Saying "Sweets to the sweet," she strews flowers on Ophelia's grave Hamlet's mother (Gertrude) |
#754, aired 1987-12-10 | SWEETS $100: It's believed a Phila. druggist created this ice cream treat soon after carbonated water was marketed the ice cream soda |
#754, aired 1987-12-10 | SWEETS $200: A member of the rose family, this "nut" is used in marzipan an almond |
#754, aired 1987-12-10 | SWEETS $300: Perhaps the best known brand of this type of jam is "dundee" from Scotland marmalade |
#754, aired 1987-12-10 | SWEETS $400: This tree, "Acer saccharum" takes 40-50 years before its trunk is tappable a (sugar) maple tree |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | SWEETS $100: This sweet treat was originally made from a marsh plant called the mallow a marshmallow |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | SWEETS $200: In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", the "queen was in the parlor eating bread &" this honey |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | SWEETS $300: Sweet role played by Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like it Hot", or a sweet island crop Sugar Kane |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | SWEETS $400: This chocolate substitute is also called "St. John's bread" because it's said John the Baptist ate it carob |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | SWEETS $500: The type of molasses produced after several boilings is known by this "dark" name blackstrap |
#465, aired 1986-09-19 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $300: Until 1985, giant packs of these multi-flavored sweets were ready to "rescue" you along N.Y.'s Rte. 1 Life Savers |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | SWEETS $100: Though really a legume, it's the most popular "nut" used in U.S. candy the peanut |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | SWEETS $200: It's said a choirmaster shaped this candy in honor of shepherds who visited the baby Jesus the candy cane |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | SWEETS $300: Candy makers in this N.E. Italian city were 1st Europeans to purify sugar into crystals Venice |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | SWEETS $400: In early 20th c., combination candy bars were consumer-tested on crowds at these U.S. athletic events baseball games |
#308, aired 1985-11-13 | SHAKESPEARE $100: “Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral Ophelia |
#169, aired 1985-05-02 | SWEETS $200: Chewy chocolate candy named for manufacturer's daughter, not a Dustin Hoffman movie "roll" Tootsie |
#169, aired 1985-05-02 | SWEETS $600: You put this colored sweet on oatmeal, but in '71, the Rolling Stones put it on the charts "Brown Sugar" |
#169, aired 1985-05-02 | SWEETS $800: From Italian for "fine box of confections," it's almond paste in fruit shapes marzipan |
#169, aired 1985-05-02 | SWEETS $1000: From old German meaning "sacrificial cake", it's a Spanish cream custard flan |