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September 4th, 2012 by Rosa
Up until I read about them on Serious Eats, I’d never before heard of grilled banana boats. Apparently all that you have to do is slit a banana, shove it full of sweets and goodies, and stick it on the grill. I would like one with chocolate and speculoos spread, please!
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May 25th, 2012 by Rosa
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! After year (okay, really just months) of searching and asking every time I went into my local Trader Joe’s, after I completely gave up on ever finding one because a Trader Joe’s cashier told me that they were no longer orderable, I GOT TO EAT A SPECULOOS CHOCOLATE [...]
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Category: chocolate, cookie, OMG, review, Trader Joe's |
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March 29th, 2012 by Rosa
Serious Eats has a nice round-up of chocolate and nut treats that can be found in Brussels. I want speculoos almonds! I know that Neuhaus has US outposts in NYC, so not all of those sweets are out of reach if you can’t get all the way to Belgium.
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March 5th, 2012 by Rosa
Trader Joe’s recently introduced a new line of Belgian chocolate bars {filled with} stuff. They made a big splash on my radar because one of them was {filled with} speculoos cookie spread, which is SO MUCH NOMS!, and my Trader Joe’s didn’t carry them and probably never will. Instead, it carried the other two, caramel [...]
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Category: caramel, chocolate, OM, review, Trader Joe's |
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June 1st, 2011 by Rosa
Today I’m reviewing more European treats that were gifts from my friend Neil, this 9-piece box of Leonides Les Truffes. There were 6 kinds of truffle in the box: Classique, Noire, Cafe-Caramel, Champagne, Noisette Croquante, and Speculoos. They got a little smooshed in transit, so a few had cracked shells, but they all tasted fine! All of the [...]
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Category: chocolate, cookie, European, nuts, O, received as gift, review |
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March 11th, 2011 by Rosa
I thought it would be nice to close off nearly two weeks’ worth of Neil’s guest reviews with a review of some Dutch candy that he gave me. Presenting Nestle’s Galak Pop Ri. As best as I can tell, Nestle Galak is the white chocolate umbrella brand, while Pop Ri indicates the presence of puffed [...]
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Category: European, Nestle, O, received as gift, review, white chocolate |
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