I swear candy ads are weirder than those of other products (if anyone wants to run the numbers for me, let me know how they turn out). Case in point, these new…
Month: September 2010
Zitner’s Butter Krak Egg: A Not So
I got this Butter Krak confection from my friend Laurel. I don’t remember where she bought it. I think she mostly bought it because the name’s hilarious. Neither the wrapper nor the…
Milka Extra Romig
Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s Milka 2 Chocs review comes yet another review of a Milka bar that I picked up in Italy. Today, I’ll cover the Milka Extra Romig –…
Tempered good news for chocolate and hea
Here’s another study showing that chocolate can have a beneficial health effect. In this particular case, 1 to 2 servings of dark chocolate a week was found to correlate with a reduced…
Milka 2 Chocs: Cow-Spotted Chocolate? [R
Last week, I reviewed the Ritter Sport Chocolate Duo. Today, I’ll review Milka’s version of a chocolate duo, the Milka 2 Chocs, which I also purchased in Italy. The bar itself was…
Candy Filled Modern Love
Last weekend’s NY Times Magazine Modern Love column was a poignant and candy-filled memoir. If only I could write like that! I think I may consume too much candy to have such…
Labor Day Vacation
Today is a U.S. holiday that more or less marks the end of summer. I’ll be spending the day in the office (got to get cracking to my grad school applications!), but…
Hi-Chew Soda Flavors (Japan) vs Hi-Chew
Hi-Chew Soda Flavors (Japan): The Japanese?Morinaga Hi-Chew Soda Flavors?came as free samples from Tsunami. Look at the lovely effervescence on those wrappers! They came in three flavors: lemon soda, cola, and white…
Chocolate Fashion Show
The new film Kings of Pastry looks amazing – it documents an intense pastry competition, complete with gorgeous chocolate and sugar sculptures. Chocolate Fashion Show from Pennebaker Hegedus Films on Vimeo. There’s…
Ritter Sport Ciocco-Duo
Here’s another Ritter Sport bar that I picked up in Europe: the Ciocco-Duo. Aka chocolate duo (my personal guessed-at translation, thank you very much). The wrapper also claims, “delizioso cioccolato al latte…