Chocolate Book Review
Rosa After reading Serious Eats’s book review of The New Taste of Chocolate, Revised, I need to track it down at the library, stat. I’d love to learn more about how…
November 2010
Hedonist Chocolate-Covered Orange Peels
I got a lovely box of Hedonist’s Chocolate-Covered Orange Peel as a free sample to review. They describe it as “candied orange peel enrobed in bittersweet chocolate.” It felt very…
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving!
Happy day before Thanksgiving! I hope that my American readers are busy cooking up a storm and preparing to celebrate with friends and family. That’s my plan, so I’m taking…
Kooky Gummi Bear Art
Check out the fun gummi bear art of Mauricio Murillo. I bet he could do great things with the increased palette of Albanese’s 12 flavor bears!
Goody Good Stuff Sour Fruit Salad
Last Friday, I reviewed my free samples of Goody Good Stuff’s Strawberry Cream gummis. Today, I’m reviewing the free samples that I got of their Sour Fruit Salad. In my…
Goody Good Stuff Strawberry Cream
Goody Good Stuff is a new gummi brand that’s made with all natural ingredients and no gelatin, so it’s truly vegetarian/vegan friendly. They’ve been around in the UK, and as…
World’s Largest Truffle
A bunch of Brits broke the record for the world’s largest truffle with a 253.9 kg (that’s 559.75 pounds!), 433,330 calorie beast that has a brandy ganache center. That could…
QQ Gummis – Part II
Here’s Part II of my QQ gummis round-up. See Monday for Part I, where I reviewed Strawberry, Lychee, Peach, and Orange. Today, we’ll wrap things up with Pineapple, Green Apple,…
Real-Life Wonka Round-Up
After science brought us flavor-changing gum, Chow posted a nice round-up of how we’re doing on recreating Roald Dahl’s imaginative Willy Wonka treats.
QQ Gummis – Part I
I picked up these bags of QQ Gummis in China. Each bag contained just one flavor. I had to visit a few stores to get this assortment – most stores…
Darrell Lea’s Soft Eating Liquorice
I got these bags of Darrell Lea’s Soft Eating Liquorice as free samples via the manufacturer. According to their PR peeps, they’re Australia’s #1 soft eating liquorice. Wonder if that…
Trick-or-treating safety/paranoia
Another Halloween-related Candy Professor piece from the Atlantic, this time dissecting the false myth that evil-doers hand out razorblades and poison with their trick-or-treats. It includes the awesome line, “wrappers…