Internet Not So Sweet on Elon Musk’s Proposed Candy Company

May 7th, 2018 - 5:54 PM EDT by Matt Schimkowitz

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Elon Musk giving a speech while holding a big Toblerone

Elon Musk,the billionaire entrepreneur who wants to solve the traffic jam with a 3D tunnel system and start a Martian settlement in the next decade, wants everyone to know that he’s got some free time on his hands. After spending the last few years or so trying to squash unionization at Tesla with some free frozen yogurt, the real-life Tony Stark of our generation has been floating out some new ideas on Twitter.

Musk seems to see himself as the type of billionaire that makes decisions on a whim and whose every idea must be mined for gold. You might remember two years ago, while he was bored in traffic, he tossed out the idea to solve traffic with a “boring” idea. The Boring Company, as it would be come to be known, ended up being some sort of a flame thrower manufacturer--though they plan on building some underground tunnels in the future. Oh, and to top it all off, he also launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space earlier this year. Musk seems intent on appearing like an adult-version of the kid from the movie Blank Check.

In his latest attempt at making the world a better place, Musk tweeted that he plans to venture into candy business over the weekend. And though some of us can't help but think he is taking the wrong leaf out of Roald Dahl's classic fantasy novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At least Musk acknowledged seemed to think that the story of a deranged chocolatier, who not only nearly murdered child guests of his factory, but also exploited and enslaved of Oompa Loompas, was "a little messed up," it doesn’t seem to be discouraging him from throwing his hat in the candy ring--and we're not just talking Ring Pops.




While Musk is apparently “super super serious” about the idea, he hasn't really revealed much as to what this candy company will be like. What kind of candy are we talking about? Is he trying to reinvent the Dippin' Dots? Will it feed his Martian settlers of the near future?

Musk, riding the wave of more than 40,000 retweets, decided to ask people what they want out of his would-be candy company. Surprisingly, most people called for unionization--go figure.








Resigned to take these ideas and do nothing with them, Musk finished off his candy-inspired (and possibly fueled) tweet storm by just throwing the word “Crypto” in front of “candy” and calling a day.



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