Happy Halloween! Are you trick or treating, or handing out candy to trick or treaters? What will kiddos get if they visit your house? Maybe a gummi eyeball? If you end up with a full bounty of trick-or-treating chocolate, mayhaps you can melt it all together into a 7-layer dip, Serious Eats style. It looks…
Month: October 2013
Why this is a candy blog and not a vegetable blog
Candy is just so much better. These kids know (via AdFreak):
Halloween Salami Recipe
If you’re looking for a last-minute spooky treat to bring to a Halloween party this year, check out this Serious Eats recipe for chocolate “salami”. It’s very simple, but the results are quite visually striking.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Giveaway Reminder
Hey guys, Don’t forget that I’ve got a giveaway going for a soundtrack download of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical soundtrack! You can enter here.
Haribo Smurfs [Review]
I once bought Haribo Smurfs waaay back in 2009, when I was on vacation in France. There, they were Haribo Schtroumpfs, which was fun to say. I’m pretty sure I drove my boyfriend crazy going, “Schtroumpfs schtroumpfs schtroumpfs” for a good chunk of that trip. While they’ve been popular in Europe for a while, Haribo…
Another Dominique Ansel confection
Via Serious Eats, Domonique Ansel’s latest confection creation is a Gingerbread Pinecone filled with speculoos mousse and covered in chocolate. There are few things more delicious than speculoos and chocolate, as Trader Joe’s has taught me. Photo from Dominique Ansel’s website?because I live too dang far away to get my paws on one for myself.
Haribo Ginger-Lemon Gummis [Review]
I first saw Haribo Ginger-Lemon Gummis at the Sweets and Snacks Expo back in 2012. I got to taste a sample then, but they didn’t have any that I could take with me, so I wasn’t able to review them then. Since then, I’d been keeping an eye out for them in the wild. A…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical giveaway
When it rains it pours. Or something. I’m currently running a giveaway for a free bag of Zulka sugar, and today I’m starting yet another giveaway for a free download of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical soundtrack. It’s the only candy-centered musical that I can think of! The musical is currently playing in…
Cadbury Cola Pretzel Honeycomb [Review]
Remember when I posted about how weird the Cadbury Cola Pretzel Honeycomb bar sounded, and how I’d love to try it? Ask and you shall receive, at least when you’re a candy blogger! Sometimes… The folks at CyberCandy heard my plea and sent me a free sample of my very own Cadbury Cola Pretzel Honeycomb…
Zulka sugar skull giveaway
We all know that Halloween is coming, but did you know about the Mexican holiday that follows it? Really, it’s more correct to say that the?Day of the Dead?precedes Halloween… The Day of the Dead is all about celebrating the memories of loved ones who have died. It involves lots of skeletons and skulls for…