Hedonist Pecan Cranberry Bark
Rosa I’ve got some more Hedonist goodies to review, courtesy of free samples from Zahra and Jennie. Today we’ve got their Pecan Cranberry Bark, and I’ll cover their Spring Tea Truffle…
March 2010
Cadbury Creme Eggs Benedict
“What is a Cadbury Creme Eggs Benedict?” is a perfect Jeopardy Before and After question. It also looks like a serious sugar bomb. Check out Cakespy’s… inventive recipe for an…
Caramel Apple Sugar Babies
I received several fun-sized bags of Caramel Apple Sugar Babies last Halloween in my NCA goodie bag. I thought they were a new product, but apparently they’ve been around for…
Lindt a Touch of Sea Salt
Lindt’s “A Touch of Sea Salt” bar has been on the market for a while: Chocablog covered it way back in August 2008, and Cybele wrote about it last October.…
Chow’s Hot Chocolate Recipes
Is it spring yet? I’m not used to living with snow on the ground for 3 months straight! Chow’s got 10 hot chocolate recipes to take away the chill and…
Zero
Hershey’s Zero bar’s claim to fame is its white coating. Specifically, it’s “caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with white fudge.” Mine came free, courtesy of Munchies Sweets and Treats.?…
Playable Chocolate Records
My boyfriend shared this YouTube video about a German man who makes playable records out of chocolate. Let it be known that he sent me the scoop before Serious Eats…
Wonka Sluggles Gummies
I think Nestle deserves a prize for making a candy with a name that’s so much fun to say: Sluggles. Sluggles sluggles sluggles sluggles. And so friendly sounding! I wonder…
Zagnut
According to its entry on Hershey’s website, the Zagnut has been around for ~80 years now (I think Hershey’s needs to update their mathing). Wikipedia says that it used to…
Chocolate Salami
This trompe l’oeil chocolate salami doesn’t look all that appetizing to me (I’m too scared of pure animal fat to enjoy sausage/salami), but the recipe sounds great: ginger snaps, dried…
SweeTarts Hearts Gummis
When I was a kid, SweeTarts were my favorite non-chocolate candy. I loved them in the big coin-sized rolls; in the smaller, Smartie-like rolls; and, of course, in the little…
Fat free water-chocolate
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have recently created a chocolate bar made of 60% water, yet (supposedly) tastes, smells, and feels just like the real thing. Chocolate’s melting point,…