M&Ms Contest Winners and a new Tootsie Roll Giveaway
Rosa Via a random number generator, commenters 36, 28, and 19 have been selected as the winners of my M&Ms giveaway! Congrats to Nancy, Chelsea, and Jennifer B., who will be…
March 2009
Japanese Kit Kats, part II
I’m sure I left y’all on the edge of your computer chairs last Friday when I promised weird Japanese Kit Kat reviews. Here are the remaining three in order of…
Japanese Kit Kats, part I
When my friend Cassie went to Japan for a fun trip with her boyfriend (so jealous, by the way), she offered to bring me back candy. I eagerly requested Kit…
Human Kit Kat Vending Machines
More creative advertising from Kit Kat, this time via humans dressed as Kit Kat vending machines. I think I’d personally be incredibly creeped out if I caught one of those…
Fini Filled Licorice Bars: A Spanish Candy [Review]
Fini is a Spain-based candy company that offered to send me free candy samples to review. So I went to their website and drooled over their gorgeous candy photos, all…
Chocolate Bar Pan!
Via The Kitchn, a brownie pan from Williams Sonoma that’s shaped like a giant chocolate bar. Neato, yes?
Leftover Chocolate Tasting Notes – Part II
The long-awaited continuation of my chocolate tasting quick hits from last week: Frey’s Noir Authentique was the third of the three Frey bars I bought on sale at Target (the…
Leftover Chocolate Tasting Notes, Part I
I threw a chocolate tasting party ages ago and have been sitting on these tasting notes since then. Today, some quick hits for the last Friday (alas!) of my spring…
Easter M&Ms giveaway
Isn’t it frightening how soon holiday themed candy goes out on the shelves? The Easter stuff started trickling out before Valentine’s Day before they fully burst onto the shelves on…
Jelly Belly Citrus Mix
I can’t recall ever having worked with Jelly Belly before, so I was quite surprised to find a free sample tin of their new Sunkist Citrus Mix in my PO…
Lily O’Briens Opens NYC Cafe
Via last Wednesday’s Times Dining section, a piece on Lily O’Briens new Chocolate Cafe in Bryant Park. I’ve reviewed them before, once unfavorably when the chocolates I bought were past…
Master’s Tea with Judy Logback
A couple of weeks ago, on February 25th, I skipped my bootcamp class at the gym and went to a Master’s Tea with Judy Logback, the founder of Kallari chocolates,…