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UW-Madison ‘candy camp’ provides sweet knowledge

It sounds like a child’s fantasy: a school with lessons that flow in sugary hard candies, gooey gums, light-as-air marshmallows and rubbery gummy bears.

Yet for this week, the basement of Babcock Hall becomes Willy Wonka’s factory, an annual ritual in which UW-Madison hosts professionals who learn all about candy in a course confectionately called “candy camp.”