I bought this Lindt Croquant de Caramel bar in France. It’s “lait aux ?clats de fin caramel”, or milk chocolate with caramel (toffee) bits/chips. I swear, French makes everything sound better. Check…
Month: September 2009
Another overblown health study
Via the NY Times Health section, a piece about a new study that finds a correlation between chocolate consumption and increased survival after a heart attack. Now that I’m getting paid to…
REVIEW: Reese’s Whipps: A Total Su
This Reese’s Whipps bar had been sitting around my stash for a while. I bought it ages ago when it was new-ish and on sale at Walgreen’s, but I never dug in…
Nestle Yorkie
I often came across Nestle’s Yorkie bars during my summer in England, but I never bought them because they’re “NOT FOR GIRLS!” It wasn’t that I was intimidated by the tagline or…
Vroom Vroom!
Via Chocolate Bytes, news that the first chocolate powered car, a Formula 3 racer, is hitting the track soon. It runs off the waste leftover after making chocolate. And it’s steering wheel…
Vere Mint + Nibs
I bought this Vere Mint + Nibs bar at my local food co-op. They were buy one, get one free, and I’m never one to turn down a chocolate deal! If you’re…
If David Lebovitz likes it…
It must be good! Check out this post where he melts over Bernachon Chocolate. I’ll have to add that to my list the next time I go to France. Another thing for…
Qra Qra – Milk
Back when I reviewed the Qra Qra Lemon, I pointed out the weirdness of the name. The Qra Qra Milk sees the Lemon’s unpronounceable Qras and raises it an inexplicable flavor. What…
Ritter Dark Chocolate with Marzipan
Here’s yet another Ritter Sport bar to wrap up the week. I saved my favorite for last, the Dark Chocolate with Marzipan. The bar promises that it’s “made with 100% finest marzipan”….
UK Candy Poll results
Here are the results of a rather unscientific poll conducted by the UK’s Marks and Spencer on people’s favorite candies. Fizzy cola tops the list, which contains a plethora of distinctly UK…
Ritter Sport Cornflakes
This Ritter Sport bar came from Target. At $1.99, Target’s Ritter Sport bars are the best deal I’ve ever seen. I was a bit surprised to see that Target carried the Cornflakes…
Milk Chocolate Taste Test
The folks at Serious Eats taste test a bunch of milk chocolate bars, including the new-ish Ghirardelli Luxe Milk bars that I’m pretty fond of. They were less fond of Green and…