Sweet as Sin "She is obviously passionate about her mission to place candy in an historical and cultural context." "Portland Book Review" wrote: "The book is full of research and black and white photos, but lacks much in true substance." Sweet as Sin Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became America’s Pleasure is a 2016 nonfiction book written by Susan Benjamin. It focuses on the history of candy and its importance in American culture. The book details the history of the birth of sweets from the harvesting of the marshmallow plant in ancient Egypt to the mass-produced candy innovations of
Dodol Dodol Dodol is a sweet toffee-like sugar palm-based confection commonly found in Southeast Asia and South Asia. It is popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, South India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma, where it is called "mont kalama". It is made from coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour, and is sticky, thick, and sweet. In Muslim majority countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, dodol is commonly served during festivals, such as Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as sweet treats for children. The Betawi people take pride in making homemade dodol during the Lebaran (Eid ul-Fitr), where family members