Nestle Munchies and After Eight
Rosa Nestle Munchies and After 8’s are UK treats that are similar to more well-known and more widely available candies. The ones I bought are unique because they’re cube shaped and…
September 2008
I have awesome timing
Of course my traffic would triple the day I announce I’m taking a week off because my computer died. Forget time off; I’m capitalizing on my good StumpleUpon fortune. I’ll…
Computer issues
Dear readers, My computer, after three and a half years of plodding along, finally died on Tuesday. I stuck into my roommate’s room to use her computer to write this…
Chocolate calendar backlog
I unpacked my mini chocolate page-a-day calendar from summer storage and am now full of chocolate tidbits. Here are a few good ones: “In 2006, Chocolate Russian Roulette candy featured…
Café Tasse Bars
When I was Cambridge over the summer, I walked past this tea shop nearly every time I went to the city centre marketplace. On my last day, I finally went…
Curious George and Chocolate
I shopped a class on Children’s Picture Books last week, so it’s fitting that Candy Yum Yum!’s post on Curious George Goes to the Chocolate Factory caught my eye. Must…
Swiss Petite Fruits
In addition to the malted milk balls I reviewed last week, I also got free samples of Swiss Petite Fruits from Oh Nuts!, per my request. The tiny fruit candies…
Wham – Original Raspberry Flavor
In the US, Wham is probably best known for “Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go).” In the UK, Wham is also the name of a fairly ubiquitous “tongue tingling…
Unusual Asian Grocery Store Finds
Asian grocery stores are great resources for international candy finds. Sometimes, however, those finds aren’t that great. Case in point: I’d think the corn flavored candy thing was a translate…
Lindt Chili Chocolate
Chocolate and chili is a taste combination familiar to Latin America (think Mexican hot chocolate) that’s beginning to catch on in foodie circles here in the U.S. It’s a flavor…
Inflation. Boo.
Cybele at Candy Blog has a great round-up of how the rising cost of food has affected what Hershey’s is putting out on candy shelves. It’s not posted on her…
Oh! Nuts Malted Milk Balls
The folks at Oh! Nuts were kind enough to send me a few bags of their bulk candy. They seem to specialize in event planning, as evidenced by their wedding…