These World’s Finest Chocolates?came courtesy of my dad, who was apparently too kind-hearted to turn down the kid selling them as a fundraiser. According to Wikipedia, the World’s Finest Chocolate company makes…
Month: March 2010
Serious Eats Reviews Chocolate Bunnies
Serious Eats does a blind taste-test of chocolate Easter bunnies. Spoiler after the break!
Streit’s Sour Bears [Review]
This bag of Streit’s Sour Bears caught my eye in a display of Passover foods at Wegmans. They’re imported from Israel and “Kosher for Passover and year round.” They’re billed as “soft…
Mozart Piano Bar
My friend Steve bought me this German Mozart Piano Bar at least a year ago. I’m sorry it took me so long to write about it, Steve! The under-flap blurb describes it…
Chocolate-Covered Wine Grapes
From the NY Times Food Stuff, a report on chocolate-covered wine grapes that “have been infused with shiraz before being dipped in dark chocolate.” I like to make rum raisin rice pudding,…
Haribo Fruity Pasta [Review]
Haribo Fruity Pasta claims that it’s “extra sour” on the bag, but it’s not. It also claims that it’s “gummi candy”, but it’s not quite what I would consider to be gummi….
Wonka’s Golden Ticket Contest
I love that Nestle/Wonka has been diving back into Roald Dahl’s original books for marketing inspiration. My friend Steve alerted me to the fact that they’re currently running a real-life Golden Ticket…
Chocolove Holiday Fruits and Nuts in Dar
I bought this Chocolove Holiday bar on sale in January. Thus I think that it’s safe to assume that “holiday” is PC for Christmas. It’s described on the back as follows: “Sweet…
Breaking news! Free Macarons in NYC!
SERIOUS EATS!! I love your site, but why, why, WHY wait until the day before Free Macaron Day to post about Free Macaron Day? Why not post it earlier, say, yesterday when…
Blog upgrade!
Inspired by Cybele’s recent biting of the bullet and moving Candy Blog to candyblog.net, I finally upgraded my super outdated (+2 years old) WordPress blogging software – so outdated that I had…
Hedonist Spring Teas Collection
Having fairly recently reviewed and enjoyed Charles Chocolates’s tea truffles, I was excited when I got the chance to try Hedonists’s take on the genre when they gave me a free box…
Kit Kat Map
It’s a well-known fact (at least in the candy blogosphere) that Japan has all sorts of crazy Kit Kat flavors. I’ve reviewed some here and here, and Jen’s got a whole blog…