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Jewelry inspired by food is nothing new, but Tiny Hands took things one step further by adding another dimension to their necklaces: the delicious smell of breakfast.

The necklaces are available in a wide variety of scrumptious designs, from waffles and pancakes to smores, cinnamon rolls, and shortcakes. Not only do they look like miniature replicas of the real thing, but they also smell like it, too.

It might not be a good idea to wear it when you’re on a diet though, for obvious reasons.

The Food Necklaces are available from Tiny Hands for $21 to $38 (USD) each. Or, for $25 a month, you can sign up for their Necklace of the Month club, and be rewarded with a delicious pendant every month.

[via Incredible Things via FoodBeast]

I’ve never been in the military before, but I know a few people that have been. They have all commented at one time or another how gross most of the MREs (“meals-ready-to-eat”) they have to eat are. Each year researchers at a military lab in Massachusetts put out a survey asking soldiers what they would most like to see in a MRE in the future. The top answer is typically pizza.

The researchers have been working on making a MRE pizza for a long time, and it is considered a Holy Grail for food researchers at the lab. The challenge is to create a pizza that will last on the shelf for at least three years with no need to be refrigerated. One reason pizza has taken so long to make it to the battlefield is that the moisture in the cheese and sauce makes the pizza a soggy breeding ground for mold and bacteria.

The scientists think they may have finally licked the MRE pizza problem by making tweaks to the acidity of the sauce and other ingredients to stave off bacteria. The researchers also say that using humectants like salt, sugar, and syrups help keep moisture from messing things up.

The result is a prototype pizza that is said to taste like a deep dish pizza with a less crunchy crust. The pizza is still in the prototype stage and hasn’t yet been tasted by soldiers – which will obviously be the true test.

[via Phys.org]

Valentines day is upon us. It is time to once again prove your love by buying sweets and flowers. Why not put those sweets directly into a cake and make your valentine fall into a sugar induced coma?

This cake is shaped like a candy heart and it has actual candy hearts inside. I can’t imagine a more heartfelt Valentine’s gift. It was made by Beth Jackson Klosterboer and is basically a cake piñata, but don’t whack it with a stick.

Just cut a slice and your candy hearts will all spill out. This is some serious sugar here though. I’m getting a sugar-high just looking at it.

[via Neatorama]

Pizza is one of the awesomest things made since sliced bread. I’m still somewhere in the middle though, when it comes to these pizza-scented fragrances from the Demeter Fragrance Library. While the idea is completely fun and out there, I’m not sure I want to go to work smelling like a freshly-baked pie.

The scent is described as containing notes of “tomato sauce, creamy mozzarella, [and] a touch of oregano.” In short, it will probably leave you smelling like your average pizza pie.

The cologne is just one of Demeter’s many pizza-themed offerings. Others include roll-on perfume oil, body lotion, shower gel, massage oil, atmosphere spray, and atmosphere diffuser oil. You can find pricing info on Demeter’s site.

[via Gothamist via Laughing Squid]

As cool as this Star Wars centerpiece is, I have to be honest. The texture of that chocolate looks a bit off-putting. At first I thought that the Falcon was trapped in an Imperial turd trap of some kind. Anyway, despite the unfortunately lumpy look of the chocolate, it is a cool piece.

Besides, chocolate never looks so bad that you won’t eat it right? This edible centerpiece was made by Cakes Cove. It has X-Wing Fighters on it too. I don’t what they are doing flying around this thing, but I’m sure it looked good on the center of the table.  It needs some TIE Fighters though. Give those rebels something to shoot at.

You’re all clear, kid! Now let’s eat this thing and go home!

[via Between the Pages]