Brain Candy Meaning

Example : 1982 Feb. 10, "Capsule Reviews," Daily Times (Ohio, USA), p. 16 (retrieved 2 Oct 2012):  Venom is spine-tingling brain candy about a deadly snake on the loose in a London townhouse during a kidnapping attempt.1992 Feb. 19, Ron Alexander, "Metropolitan Diary," New York Times (retrieved 2 Oct 2012):  After years of chewing on murder mysteries as my form of “brain candy,” I thought I'd sample westerns for a change of pace.2003 June 9, Bryan Walsh, "Movies: Enter The Animatrix," Time:  Matriculated, my favorite, is written and directed by Peter Chung. . . . The result is electric-Kool-Aid brain candy, with a twist of unexpected pathos.