Dark Chocolate Camembert Truffles

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…

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

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 - Review

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…

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…

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…