December 2009

Chocolate Conflicts

Via my friend Nana (of generous international candy gifting fame), a BBC story about a US/UK chocolate divide and potential British resistance to a Hershey’s takeover of Cadbury. The NY…

Bacon Sweets

From NPR, a piece on bacon desserts and lots of bacon dessert recipes, including one for chocolate bacon peanut bark. Relatedly, from The Kitchn, a recipe for candied bacon fudge.…

Jelly Belly Soda

Jelly Belly already makes soda-flavored jelly beans. Soon, you can get Jelly Belly-branded jelly bean flavored sodas in sour cherry, lemon drop, crushed pineapple, blueberry, green apple, tangerine, juicy pear,…