Hi everyone, I’m taking my usual holiday hiatus between Christmas and New Year’s. See you in 2014!
Month: December 2013
Sour Smog Balls
I got this bag of Sour Smog Balls in my free MunchPak box of assorted snacks. The bag promised?”crunchy candy with a sour chewy center” in six different flavors. Each Sour Smog Ball was a marbled sphere with a bracingly sour hard, crunchy sugar shell around a chewy center. It took a little jaw strength…
Jer’s Gourmet Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars – Pretzo Change-o
I first tried Jer’s Peanut Butter Bars over a year ago when I bought and reviewed the Cara Mella version. I loved it so much that I kept my eyes peeled for additional flavors every time I visited Cost Plus World Market, but I wasn’t able to find them again until just a few weeks…
Serious Eats mixes booze and Christmas candy
Serious Eats likes to mix candy and booze?and see what happens. For the winter holidays, they’ve come up with a number of candy-infused booze recipes making use of seasonal treats. Gingerbread Peeps and vodka, anyone?
History of Candy Canes: Why Do They Look Like That?
Candy canes are a classic Christmas treat. Just how classic? Like 17th century classic. They were invented in 1670 but didn’t get stripey until 1844. Here is a brief history of candy canes and 3 facts you probably didn’t know about the famous Christmas candy! 1. Candy Canes were created in Cologne, Germany in 1670…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Caramallows
I bought this box of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Caramallows last week. I was super excited to think that I’d caught a new product that resembled my beloved See’s Scotchmallows, but it turns out that they were around last year as well. The long, skinny box described them as “pillowy marshmallow bites with a layer…
Survey on perceived chocolate quality
If you’re looking to procrastinate for a few minutes, please take this survey about US chocolate quality for a friend of mine. He’s a business school student, and your responses will help him make his presentation better!
Serious Eats on how chocolate makers consider chocolate flavors
It’s fun to write about how fine chocolate can have hints of this and aromas of that. Serious Eats recently interviewed Valhrona Chocolate’s sourcing manager about how they consider and put together those flavor profiles.
MunchPak Giveaway [Closed]
The Sour Skittles that I reviewed ?yesterday came from MunchPak, a new snack subscription service. For $19.95, you can get a box full of snacks delivered to your door every week, every other week, or every month. They sent me a free sample of a MunchPak to review, and they’re also letting me give one…
Sour Skittles [Review]
I recently received a free box of treats from MunchPak (more details on that tomorrow), including this bag of Sour Skittles. They’re not a new addition to the Skittles line-up, but they do now feature green apple instead of lime. Sour Skittles Flavors: The other flavors were cherry, orange, lemon, and grape – the same…