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Mars Wrigley Confectionary Just Announced the Coolest Internship & I Wish I was in College Again

Mars Wrigley Confectionary is putting out a call for all candy-lovers and I heard them loud and clear. I’m not really known for being nostalgic for my college days, but I would gladly go back for their internship. 

Dubbed the “World’s Sweetest Internship”, the program is now in its second year, lasts 12 weeks, is fully paid and offers a signing bonus of one year’s worth of candy.

Ok, so what are the details of this magical job?

My sources at Mars Wrigley Confectionary tell me the job, based in Chicago, gives you a rare glimpse behind the “wrapper” so to speak, along with an opportunity to make an impact on the Chicago community at large. Some of your perks include:

-Sampling basically all-you-can-handle of chocolate, gum and fruity sweets, including flavors that the public hasn’t tried or even heard of and brand varieties that they offer in about 180 countries around the world.

-Traveling to different manufacturing sites to see how the different brands get made.

-Producing a personalized chewing gum and discovering amazing flavor combos from their product lab (side note: if one of you readers gets this internship and wants to send me gum, I wouldn’t be mad).

-Capturing your experience for their social media channels.

And that’s only breaking the surface! 

You had me at candy internship! How do I apply?

Check out this link and hurry! It starts late May and goes through August so my guess is they’ll be choosing someone quick.

My name is Ashley and I am a food-a-holic. While all my friends went through high school following shows like Gossip Girl and the OC, I spent my nights watching Top Chef and Masterchef. I am always looking for new recipes (mostly sweets to try out). That said, buying sweets is my biggest weakness. I can’t resist a good candy bar and I usually buy at least one snack food a day, be it a Hershey’s bar (dark chocolate, please!), Ring Ding, or Froyo (my kryptonite).

As a native New Yorker, I take advantage of the fact that we have a ton of bests when it comes to food. Best bagels. We’ve got em. Best black and white cookies. We’ve got em. Best Olive Gardens? Well…. Maybe we don’t have those. But I pledge to do my best to find the bests of every type of food and snack, both homemade and in stores, and share them with you.

I love trying new things and telling other people about them so they can share in my joy (and weight gain). I want to share my food finds with others to save them the hassle of sifting through the duds along the way. I hope you enjoy my writing as much as I will enjoy writing it!