Happy Halloween!
Rosa Are y’all handing out anything good for your trick-or-treaters? I live downtown and haven’t really seen kids around the neighborhood, so I don’t think we’ll buy any kid-specific stuff. We’re…
October 2009
Hedonist Milk Chocolate Sesame Bark
Hedonist gave me this bag of milk chocolate sesame bark as a free sample, along with their current Autumn Truffle Collection that I reviewed on Wednesday. I had seen their…
Mo Rocca on the future of chocolate
Via Candy Dish Blog, a video segment from CBS News by Mo Rocca (I too, love him on Wait, Wait…) on the future of candy:
Hedonist Autumn Truffle Collection
Remember when I complained about having to miss a free Hedonist chocolate tasting? My boyfriend and I ended up swapping our travel duties, and he came to Rochester instead of…
Halloween Party Ideas From Serious Eats
Via Serious Eats, an adorably photo-graphed recipe for homemade candy corn. If you start now, you’ll just make it in time for Halloween! Also via Serious Eats, a method for…
Peeps – Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Cats
Yet another treat from my NCA Halloween goodie bag: Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Cat Peeps! I write about Peeps a lot, but I’ve never actually formally reviewed them. I feel like…
Snyder’s Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwich Dips
I got this bag of Snyder’s Peanut Butter Pretzel Sandwich Dips in my Halloween grab bag from the NCA. I’m glad that I did, because they were delicious and because…
Weird candy commercials cont.
Via Ad Freak, a freaky Cadbury commercial celebrating their recent change to Fairtrade:
Bat Dots
Bats!! I have an affinity for bats. They’re a special tourist attraction in my hometown of Austin, for starters. And last year, a bat once somehow made its way into…
Free candy and more self-promotion
Two news posts for today (the recent rush of Halloween activity has outpaced my twice weekly news schedule; I’m currently backed up through November on candy news!): 1. Win 10…
Choceur Milk Chocolate Almond Clusters
I found these Choceur Milk Chocolate Almond Clusters at Aldi. I almost didn’t buy them because they didn’t sound that exciting. That is, until I took a closer look and…
Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M’s
I had been looking for Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M’s for ages, since they first starting popping up in the candy blogosphere. They were released as a limited edition promotional tie-in…