Remember the Jelly Belly Dream Bean Contest from back in July? Tomorrow they’ll reveal the five finalists in the running to become the next Jelly Belly flavor. Make your voice heard and…
Month: August 2008
Terry’s Chocolate Orange Segsation
For most Americans, Terry’s Chocolate Orange is associated with Christmas. Or at least, for me it is. I think they used to run an ad campaign during that time with the tagline…
If I could find a man made of chocolate&
Adfreak blogs about a new rather trippy Hershey commercial. The charming commercial, which can be seen on? YouTube here (I wish I could figure out how to embed YouTube videos on my…
Riesen: The Review You’ve Been Wai
Riesen is one of those candies that I’d often seen on store shelves and in commercials but had never bothered to try. When I was in England on my toffee binge, I…
Mars Revels
I thought I’d follow up Wednesday’s review of Mars Planets with a review of Mars Revels, a similar UK offering. Revels are like the Planets in that they’re chocolate covered spheres (more…
Das Caramels in NY Times
The NY Times dining section’s weekly Food Stuff from a couple of weeks ago featured news on New York sweets. Florence Fabricant was a bit late on the scoop of how great…
Mars Planets
Mars Planets were a UK treat I had high hopes for mostly because they included what looked like malted milk balls, and I loooove malted milk balls. I could (and have) eaten…
Win free chocolate for a year from NewTr
NewTree is running a search for the Great American Text Story. Grand prize is free chocolate for a year and an iPhone. From the contest website: Tap into your imagination, flex your…
Whoops – a belated happy birthday!
Not one who’s great at being overly sentimental, I managed to miss ZOMG, Candy!’s first birthday! My first post was back on August 02, 2007. At the time, I didn’t know how…
Daim
Every time I go to Ikea, I see bags of Daim chocolates and consider buying them. But I never do because they’re good-sized bags, and it seems like too much candy for…