There's a bowl of fun-size candy bars in the news director's office.

I've always been of the opinion that "fun-size" chocolate bars are anything but.

But who gets a fun-size Snickers and who gets a rock?

She was rather dejected, but choosing a selection of fun-size real cheeses perked him up.

Fun-size chocolates are added to these over-the-top s'mores bars.

Whether you're eating wings at a tailgate party or fun-size candy pre-Halloween, everything is bite-size this season.

The formula is possibly known only by atomic physicists, aerospace engineers and the inventors of the fun-size candy bar.

Pair a small fun-size bar with fruit, or opt for chocolate-covered fruit, to keep your snack from getting too sweet.

The product is currently produced by Tootsie Roll Industries, and is packaged in varying amounts from the fun-size box to the much larger 12.0 oz.

Not that success has made her starry - the rider for her 2011 tour included a packet of Marlboro Lights and some fun-size Twix bars.

Mr Ayers also spoke out after his son had a fun-size pack of Maltesers confiscated by teachers after it was spotted in his lunch box.

Junior Mints are sold in various amounts from the fun-size boxes to the movie theater-size boxes, since the product continues to sell well in movie theaters.

We equate each new scandal, whether extra-large or fun-size, with Watergate, and by willfully misremembering President Richard Nixon's crimes, we dilute them.

The heavily patented invention that's crucial to the Pogo's operation – and may prove to have applications far beyond a fun-size printer – is the paper the machine uses.

“We have a guy talking about anchor babies, about Syria, about emerging technology in North Korea, and you and I are going to talk fun-size candy?”

Matthew Hernley said he found a one-inch blade in a fun-size package of M&M's on Sunday, during his town's sanctioned period of trick-or-treating in Scottdale, Pa.

It's just that they object to random attacks on non-execs and debates conducted with all the finesse of a toddler on a supermarket floor denied a bag of fun-size Mars bars.

The allergists also suggest keeping an eye on so-called "fun-size" treats, which may not be made with the same ingredients or in the same facility as the full-sized treats that are allergen-free.

While we all may crave a Snickers, Milky Way or package of Sweet Tarts every now and then, the fact is, despite some clever marketing, these fun-size snacks are rarely satisfying.

But for those times when your sweetheart and your running shoes are out of reach and your next volunteering gig is a few days off, uplift is also available in instant fun-size packets.

Now through Oct. 21, Kmart is offering two free bags of fun-size candy to kick off the trick-or-treating when customers purchase $40 of Halloween costumes or Halloween and harvest décor.

On Nancy, E4's official Hollyoaks website say: "they say good things come in small packages and that's definitely the case when it comes to Nancy, the feistiest fun-size female in Hollyoaks."

Those who had exercised before working consumed on average half the amount of chocolate as the other, around 15g - the same as a "fun-size" bar - compared with 28g consumed by those who had not exercised.

It's more what you shouldn't do: don't give out fruit or pencils; don't criticise children for slapdash or inappropriate costumes; don't hint that 19 is slightly too old to go about begging for fun-size Mars bars while dressed as a burglar.

Admittedly, his three young charges – a Little Miss Sunshine, a Salvadorean firestarter, a pill-popping worrywart – are no picnic, while the director, David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), has the uphill task of persuading us they're fun-size charmers.

So put down the pepper spray, and stock up on fun-sized Mars bars.

After my children have had their fill of fun-sized candies, they will attempt to go to sleep.

Also, although upstairs is fun-sized, there are a pair of huge dining rooms in the basement.

Jasmine is about eight feet tall, and Virgil is totally fun-sized.

We sat down rather disconsolately on a rock to eat a couple of fun-sized Mars bars while pondering out next move.

Running with the tag line real life, fun-sized, the production features five writers and an ensemble of seven players under Wongs direction.

A fun-sized legend was born.

Smaller, or "fun-sized" variants of the chocolate fish are colloquially referred to as "sprats".

By making possible the heating of handy, fun-sized living quarters it would strike at the very centre of communal existence, the great hall and its open fireplace.

The gimmick for this fun-sized contribution to the pop-etymology shelves is that it selects and glosses a handful of representative words for each generation.

After that Halloween episode, the only thing that lingered was a feeling of tension in the locker room and maybe some fun-sized KitKat wrappers.

The move comes in direct response to widespread abuse of generic terms of measurement, such as "fun-sized chocolate bar" and "a tumour the size of a grapefruit".

I survived on a mix of soups, fun-sized Snickers and Mars Bars from the Mazda support car, and 450ml tins of Red Bull.

A generation of kids that has been spoonfed knowledge in fun-sized pieces at school seems ever more reluctant to apply itself to the repetition and hard work that learning an instrument demands.

Centro like a homecoming The fun-sized Palm Centro felt like a kind of homecoming because at one time, I was a Palm PDA girl.

Another is still scarred by the fact his mother would put a stick of celery in his lunch box, and made him and his sister share a fun-sized Mars bar for their lunch-time treat.

In an increasingly app-centric world, with a recent count of some 185,000 third-party applications officially available on the App Store, and over 4 billion total downloads, these fun-sized icons are how many people are going to access the Internet.

Let us know how you get on BEN CLANCY Select February 2000 Club of the Month-Track & Field 21st century Londoners are this month treated to three consecutive nights at this fun-sized club.

We have a tin in our house with a great selection in it, and I myself enjoy a fun-sized Twix with my cup of coffee every morning, and most days after lunch Mr Walsh and I share a KitKat.

Each has a housekeeper, a chef borrowed from the Michelin-starred Chabichou hotel in 1850, an outdoor hot tub, countless charming design touches – and a fabulous scented bootroom with cushions, slippers, little bottles of water, and baskets of L’Occitane lip balm, hand cream, and fun-sized chocolate bars.

But given that the products were also shipped to duty-free retailers, this might yet turn into a global recall that's far from fun-sized.