Serious Eats Celebrates Fall with Chocolate
Rosa The trees in Rochester are already changing their leaves. Fall comes earlier here than it did when I lived in Texas! And just in time for fall, Serious Eats has…
September 2010
Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews
These Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews were free samples, courtesy of the folks at Candy Central. I’m super familiar with their hard candies and lollipops, and I’ve even had their fruit…
Skittles Commercial Milks a Giraffe
Via AdFreak, another kooky candy commercial, this time for Skittles. It involves a rainbow-eating giraffe and a happy man who’s milking the giraffe for Skittles. I kind of love how…
Sour Patch Kids
Today’s review of Sour Patch Kids comes courtesy of Candy Central, who sent me a free 46 oz box of the little buggers to review. For those not good with…
Aunt Sally’s Creamy Pralines – Triple Chocolate
As promised in Wednesday’s review, here’s a third Aunt Sally’s Creamy Praline, this one triple chocolate flavored. Like the others, this came from New Orleans courtesy of my generous roommate.…
Mentos Spider Ad
Here’s another one for my collection of weird candy ads: a Mentos ad featuring one tough spider, via AdFreak.
Aunt Sally’s Creamy Pralines – Bananas Foster
Monday’s review was of a Swiss pralin?. Today, we’ve got a different kind of praline: Aunt Sally’s Creamy Praline, Bananas Foster edition. Like the last Aunt Sally’s praline that I…
Serious Eats Peanut Brittle Recipe
Peanut Brittle is another one of those confections that I’d love to try to make someday, but I’m too terrified of ruining pots and pans and kitchen surfaces to try.…
Goldkenn – Swiss Gold Praliné
This gold bar of a pralin? was in my free Sweets and Snacks Expo goodie bag, courtesy of the NCA. It’s hard to tell what its proper name is from…
Hedonist Goat Cheese Truffles
I LOVE goat cheese. Especially warmed and drizzled with honey. Mmmm… And, as y’all may have guessed, I LOVE chocolate. So I was super excited when I popped into Hedonist…
Cadbury Commercial – Now with Ostrich
Here’s another weird Cadbury commercial, via AdFreak. I’m not sure how good it will be at selling chocolate, but it is sweetly inspirational.
Kinder Cioccolato
I bought these Kinder Cioccolato bars in Italy, but I’ve seen them at random grocery/convenience stores in the U.S. before. They came 8 mini-bars to a pack, making them ideal…