An online candy store stationed in Mississauga, Ontario is hiring for a job that would pique Charlie Bucket's interest. Candy Funhouse is hiring "candyologists" to taste test different candies and chocolates. The company said that candidates should be enthusiastic and eager to try confectionary as it's looking for "honest and objective opinions" on the products. "Candidates will be responsible for tasting and reviewing from the 3,000 products we currently carry," the posting read in part. "The candidates will also play an integral role in selecting the candies that will be a part of the first ever Candy Funhouse branded candy line." If you are over 18, and reside in North America, (the positions are remote), get your application in by February 15 (the day after Valentine's Day) and are willing and able to test candy, that's all the qualifications you need. And to make the job even "sweeter", it pays $30 an hour! Does this sound like a job you would enjoy?

For those of you who may not know (or remember) Charlie Bucket is the protagonist of the 1964 Roald Dahl book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and related films, and his name is synonymous with candy and chocolate. The idea of chocolate and candy has long been tied in with joy and childhood. Here are just a few of the quotes on the sweet subject -- which of these do you like?

My daughter and her girlfriend have been doing social media promotions for the above mentioned Candy Funhouse for several months now, shooting promotional fun videos, mostly posted on TikTok. They get paid for the videos, and get the added fun of sampling any of the candy they use in their videos. Did you enjoy this video?

At first they were paid in candy (not too bad if you were just doing them for fun), but now they are being paid on a contract, which is actually quite good money. Candy Funhouse has seen their business go up by leaps and bounds since they started shooting their videos. Of course, with her background in film editing, my daughter's girlfriend edits the videos on her own, so she has the advantage, but it's still a lot of work. (Just watch the first twenty seconds or so of this video, if you want to watch it, not the whole video). Do you think this kind of "out of the candybox" thinking is creative marketing?