Extra Crunchy M&M
Rosa If you especially enjoy blue peanut M&Ms, maybe you shouldn’t read about the woman who found a tiny mammal bone inside a blue peanut M&M. The blue ones are my…
April 2009
Schocolat – Part II
A continuation of Monday’s review, the next five chocolates in my Schocolat box. First up at the top, a salted caramel that wasn’t in their chocolate guide, I guess because…
975 pages about chocolate?
And I thought my 14 pager was decent chocolate scholarship… From a NY Times Food Stuff brief, news of a 975 page book entitled Chocolate: History, Culture, and Heritage. I…
Schocolat – Part I
Earlier this month, my friend Rita received a package from her mother with the following note: “Hi Rits, I’ve been meaning to send these for ages to Rosa for evaluation.…
Starbucks Caramel Macchiato and Caffe Mocha Truffles
Today brings us reviews of two more chocolates from Starbucks, their Caramel Macchiato, and Caffe Mocha Truffles. I gave the Chai Truffles a meh review last time, but I had…
Candy Corn Dolls
I know Halloween is ages away, but Dan Goodsell just posted his new candy corn dolls on his site, and they’re ridiculously adorable. Click here to buy your own. I’ve…
Orbit Mist
As promised yesterday (I rearranged things to publish this review two days early; yesterday’s post originally promised the gum review for Friday), I’ve got a new gum review for y’all…
I’m a self-confessed gum addict?
Conde Nast’s Portfolio has an article about gum – and how gum sales are doing in this economy (a good chunk of journalism is variations on a theme, I suppose).…
Wooo!! + Hershey’s Barbie giveaway winner
Dear readers, At some point today, before 4 pm EST, I will turn in my completed undergrad thesis about the origins of prospect theory preferences. Hooray! Thus, I am taking…
Taza Stone Ground Organic Chocolate, 80%
Taza Chocolate made it onto my radar via my friends Justin and Nana, who highly recommended it. Unfortunately, because they’re a small artisan company, the chocolate isn’t that widely sold…
Cadbury goes fairtrade
Belatedly, via Chocolate Bytes, news that candy giant Cadbury is going Fairtrade, at least for its best-selling Dairy Milk. Score one for subsistence cocoa farmers!
Tootsie Pop Drops
In addition to Monday’s Junior Mints Deluxe, Tootsie Roll also sent me a case of their Tootsie Pop Drops. I have a special fondness for Tootsie Pops – I once…