Category: Media Coverage

From the San Jose Mercury News, June 24, 1999. (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Thursday, June 24, 1999 San Jose Mercury News Silicon Valley Life Mike Cassidy Silicon Valley Dispatches “There are chocolate covered ants so why not chocolate Y2K bugs?” We’ve all heard it. Silicon Valley streets…

From the San Jose Mercury News, Friday,June 11, 1999 (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) Silicon Valley Life Lee Weimers Then there’s Silicon Valley Confection Company, which is dealing with the Y2K bug problem by bringing out, you guessed it, a ladybug-shaped chocolate bar labeled Y2K. They’re available now…

From The Argus of Fremont, Newark and Union City, California Thursday June 10, 1999 (Click the image to open it.)

From Y2Kculture.com, June 7, 1999. (Click the image to open it. Scroll down for the transcribed text) y2kculture.com The Official Candy of Y2K by Declan McCullagh June 7, 1999 What is it with the year 2000 in chocolate? First we saw M&Ms and Mars duking it out for the honor of being the official candy…

From the Contra Costa – Tri-Valley Business Times, June 4, 1999. (Click the image to open it. See below for the transcribed text) The Business Times. June 4th, 1999. Knudsen’s takes bite out of Y2K bug By David Goll Hayward candy maker Dave Knudsen is trying to turn what some regard as one of society’s…

From Professional CandyBuyer magazine, May-June, 1999 Millennium Products (Click the image to open it. See below for the transcribed text) Year 2K bug appears from Knudsen’s Candy. Silicon Valley Confection Company and Knudsen’s Candy have introduced the Year 2K Bug, a 1.9 ounce ladybug shaped milk chocolate bar. “This is a perfect novelty candy to…