Hedonist Artisan Chocolates made a goat cheese collection that I really enjoyed. The tangy creaminess of goat cheese worked really well mixed with chocolate in truffles. The funky stank of camembert, on the other hand, does not sound like a natural fit for pairing with chocolate. But The Creative Pot thought they’d be a good…
Month: February 2013
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Marshmallows
I had been eyeing these trapezoid-shaped boxed of chocolate-covered marshmallows at Whole Foods, but I’d never pulled the trigger. When I spotted a similarly shaped box of dark chocolate covered marshmallows at Trader Joe’s but for a dollar less than Whole Foods’s version, it was enough for me to add the box to my cart….
Make Your Own Mints
Via Lifehacker, the blog One Good Thing has instructions for how to make your own mints out of gum paste and essential oils. It looks like a fun project that I wish I’d known about when I was in high school and saved all my Altoids tins.
Trader Joe’s PB&J Milk Chocolate Bar
I made a Trader Joe’s run over the weekend, so this week will be all about some new candies I spotted there. We’ll start with the PB&J Milk Chocolate Bar, which Trader Joe’s has smartly positioned as a $1 impulse buy at the cash register. After Hammond’s PB&J Sandwich bar took a top prize at…
Hi-Chew Fanta Flavors: Don’t You Wanta?
These Hi-Chew Fanta flavors were found and purchased at an Asian grocery store in my hometown. I think this is the first time that Hi-Chew has partnered with another brand for their chews! From the outside, the Hi-Chew Fanta looked like standard Hi-Chew fare – rectangular prisms of a colored center enveloped in an off-white…
Cookie Colosseum
Via Serious Eats, check out this post from an Australian who made a?Colosseum?replica entirely out of Tim Tam cookies. It looks epically delicious. Every toga party should have one.
Moonstruck Chocolate Bar – Dark Chocolate Chile Variado
On Monday, I reviewed Moonstruck’s Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Toffee bar. Today, I’m covering the Dark Chocolate Chile Variado, which is the other bar that I nabbed at the movie theater. According to the Moonstruck website, the Chile Variado is a dark chocolate that’s infused with ancho and chipotle chiles. In this case, the dark…
Delicious Belgian Stamps
While the U.S. Postal Service is having a rough time, Belgium’s post office has decided to get whimsical. They’ve launched a line of stamps with images of chocolate that smell and taste like chocolate too! The BBC has a fun video that shows how they’re made, along with some people who take their stamp-making jobs…
Moonstruck Chocolate Bar – Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Toffee
I first came across Moonstruck Chocolate Co. via their truffles. When I saw a selection of their chocolate bars at my local independent theater?going for $3.75 (a bit?less than their usual price),?I snatched up the Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Toffee and the Dark Chocolate Chile Variado to try. I’ll cover the former today and the…
JinJu Chocolates – Akoya Collection
Today’s JinJu Chocolates’ Akoya Collection came in the same dual-layer swivel box as the Fleur de Sel caramels that I reviewed on Wednesday. The collection consisted of 5 gorgeously painted/airbrushed molded dome truffles in mostly fruity flavors. Berry Mascarpone was a magenta truffle decorated with red speckles and a brown X. It was a “summer…