Merci Chocolate Assortment – Review Storck has had a pretty decent track record on my site. Their Toffifay got an OMG (and an awesomely addictive candy award from Candy Addict), and their…
Month: December 2008
Snarky Chocolate Reviews from the NY Tim
After the Times Dining article on cacao growers and Kallari, article author Jill Santopietro wrote a follow-up taste test of various other organic and fair trade chocolates. She was pretty disaparing and…
Guylian Praline bar
I think Guylian truffles gave me my first taste of good, high quality chocolate. A friend’s mother gave me a small box of their seashell truffles when I was in middle school….
Lee’s Jaffa Bar
According to Wikipedia, “Jaffas is the registered trademark for a small round sweet consisting of a soft chocolate centre with a hard covering of orange flavoured and coloured confectionery. The name derives…
NYC is full of wonderful candy
To my NYC readers, I’ll be in the city this Sunday afternoon and evening. One of my friends wants to visit the Met. I want to hit up Economy Candy and possibly…
Chow’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
Chow’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide is up. Vosges made the list once again with a $111 exotic truffles and champagne set. And if that’s out of your price range, never fear. In…
Zip Sours – Orange Splash and Blac
I love Altoid’s Sours, and I will eat them until my tongue goes numb. When I saw that Walgreen’s sold a knock-off version called Zip Sours for $1 a tin, about half…
Online Candy Deals
Thanks to William from Chocolate Obsession for rustling up some great online candy deals that y’all should check out. I ordered a box of Charles Chocolates with free shipping that should arrive…
Baby Ruth
The Baby Ruth is one of those unexceptional bars that are always around but rarely noticed. So unexceptional, in fact, that reviews of it are rare in the candy blogosphere. Jim’s got…