Giant Peep

Okay, I know this is out of date since it’s so long after Easter, but it was too creative to not share. Apparently last Easter you could get a single giant marshmallow Peep! Serious Eats found one?and had some fun…

See’s Assorted Chocolates Week 2 – Day 1

Back in 2009, I devoted a whole week to See’s Chocolates as I reviewed an assorted box that they sent me. This week will be another week of See’s Chocolates reviews, only this time, I’ll be reviewing a box that I bought and picked out myself in Seattle. Today, I’ll go through the four Truffles…

Chocolati Truffles

While I was in Seattle last week for a conference, I stayed an extra day to do some sightseeing, which included a whirl around their awesome Central Library. It had crazy cool architecture, a spiral stacks, and, most importantly for this blog, a Chocolati stand. The lady running the Chocolati stand was the nicest chocolate…

Jelly Belly infographic

Apparently this past Monday was National Jelly Bean day (oops! How did I let that slip by?). To honor the occasion, Jelly Belly made a jelly bean infographic. It’s mostly Jelly Belly-centric, but the tidbit about Christmas being the second-biggest jelly bean season was pretty surprising. I definitely don’t associate jelly beans and winter holidays….

Guest post: Viba Mandel-nougat

Here’s another guest review from ex-pat Neil while I try to catch up from being out of town for most of last week. ~Rosa Recent trips to Germany & Austria have refilled the never-empty pantry here. I’ve tried the Viba Mandel-nougat which came from one of those countries (sorry, I should take better notes while…

Robyn Lee taste tests Pockys (and knockoffs)

Serious Eats’ Robyn Lee wrote up a verrrry thorough blind tasting of Pocky and its various chocolate-covered biscuit stick imitators. To give away her punchline, Pocky came out on top! Robyn, I am in awe of your Pocky photography skillz, as the above was the best that I could do. Also, I hope someday someone…

Serious Eats with a Charles Chocolates tour

I was at a conference last week, so I didn’t have time to get a full review up today. Sorry guys!?Instead, check out the chocolate porn from Serious Eats’ tour of Charles Chocolates in San Francisco. Also, you can see my past reviews of their products here and here and here and here and here?and…

Kit Kat Art

Via AdFreak, Australia celebrated its limited edition white chocolate Kit Kat by having an illustrator melt them down and paint them into posters. The effect was quite stunning, as you can see in the below video. The full set of all 50 posters can be found in this Facebook album from Kit Kat Australia.

Trader Joe's Laceys Cookies

Trader Joe’s Laceys Cookies – Dark Chocolate Almond

Cookies? Why am I reviewing cookies on my?candy blog? Because these Laceys Cookies are more or less made out of almond brittle and chocolate, so they’re basically candy. Plus they’re freakin’ delicious. What they look like: The Laceys were two rounds of thin almond brittle cookies, about 2.5 inches in diameter, sandwiching a generous layer…