I bought this Lindt Croquant de Caramel bar in France. It’s “lait aux ?clats de fin caramel”, or milk chocolate with caramel (toffee) bits/chips. I swear, French makes everything sound better. Check out the description from the back of the box: “D’abord un plaisir pour les yeux avec sa belle teinte blonde ou l’on devine…
Month: September 2009
Another overblown health study
Via the NY Times Health section, a piece about a new study that finds a correlation between chocolate consumption and increased survival after a heart attack. Now that I’m getting paid to work in cognitive/neuroscience lab, I think I can call myself a professional scientist of sorts and thus can declare with great authority that…
REVIEW: Reese’s Whipps: A Total Sugar Bomb!
This Reese’s Whipps bar had been sitting around my stash for a while. I bought it ages ago when it was new-ish and on sale at Walgreen’s, but I never dug in earlier because I wasn’t that excited about it. The wrapper calls it “light and fluffy peanut butter flavored nougat.” It’s actually peanut butter…
Nestle Yorkie
I often came across Nestle’s Yorkie bars during my summer in England, but I never bought them because they’re “NOT FOR GIRLS!” It wasn’t that I was intimidated by the tagline or the red-slashed purse-toting icon; it was that I believed any candy company misogynistic enough to have such a slogan, even if only tongue-in-cheek,…
Vroom Vroom!
Via Chocolate Bytes, news that the first chocolate powered car, a Formula 3 racer, is hitting the track soon. It runs off the waste leftover after making chocolate. And it’s steering wheel is made of carrot! Check it out in action below:
Vere Mint + Nibs
I bought this Vere Mint + Nibs bar at my local food co-op. They were buy one, get one free, and I’m never one to turn down a chocolate deal! If you’re curious, the other Vere that I chose was a Raspberry + Lemon one. It’s currently languishing, unopened, in my chocolate stash, though I…
If David Lebovitz likes it…
It must be good! Check out this post where he melts over Bernachon Chocolate. I’ll have to add that to my list the next time I go to France. Another thing for the list – go back to France!
Qra Qra – Milk
Back when I reviewed the Qra Qra Lemon, I pointed out the weirdness of the name. The Qra Qra Milk sees the Lemon’s unpronounceable Qras and raises it an inexplicable flavor. What exactly is a milk flavor, any way? Milk flavored candy is actually a common find in Asian markets (I’ve reviewed a hard milk…
Ritter Dark Chocolate with Marzipan
Here’s yet another Ritter Sport bar to wrap up the week. I saved my favorite for last, the Dark Chocolate with Marzipan. The bar promises that it’s “made with 100% finest marzipan”. With a claim so lofty, they’d better deliver! I do love the neat 4X4 square of Ritter Sport bars. It looks tidy and…
UK Candy Poll results
Here are the results of a rather unscientific poll conducted by the UK’s Marks and Spencer on people’s favorite candies. Fizzy cola tops the list, which contains a plethora of distinctly UK treats that are rare in the US. I’ve tried rhubarbs and custards (beautiful, but I don’t get the appeal), pear drops, chocolate limes,…