I’m not sure why Serious Eats had a semi-regular feature profiling Japanese treats, but I’m not complaining! Here are their round-ups of some more Japanese candies: – Japanese chocolates – Japanese chewy…
Month: June 2011
Good Good Stuff Tropical Fruit
These Tropical Fruit gummies from Goody Good Stuff were free samples that I reviewed from the company (along with Monday’s bag of Summer Peaches gummis). Goody Good Stuff is trying to separate…
Burger-Shaped Gummies
The folks at Serious Eats never fail to impress. They managed to round up an astounding 14 examples of burger-shaped gummi candies! I’ve tried gummi burgers exactly once because they had a…
Goody Good Stuff Peach
Goody Good Stuff landed on my radar when I got free samples of their Sour Fruit Salad and Strawberry Cream gummis to review. They’ve since sent along a couple more free samples….
Jive
The Jive bar is basically a knock-off Twix: “crunchy biscuit topped with caramel and a creamy milk chocolate coating.” It even comes two fingers to a pack! I bought mine at the…
Candyland Cakes
Check out this post from the Kitchn, which showcases a bunch of cute Candyland inspired cakes. There’s an idea for clearing out my candy stash – cake decorating!
Cadbury Choclair – Blueberry
I found these Cadbury Choclairs in the Chinese equivalent of a mini-mart. I didn’t know exactly what to expect – based on the packaging, I thought that they would be blueberry-flavored chocolate….
A different type of hot cocoa
Via Serious Eats comes news of a new product called Choffy, a clever twist on hot cocoa.?Instead of reconstituting a mix or melting completed chocolate, Choffy is selling roasted and ground cacao…
Hi-Chew Banana
I got a pack of Hi-Chew Banana from Morinaga USA in the same box that had my Hi-Chew Peach sample. I wasn’t too enthusiastic about trying it because I generally really don’t…
Gimbal’s Sour Lovers
I received these Gimbal’s Sour Lovers as free samples for review. They’re a new set of sour gummis that come in 12 flavors. The gummis were brightly colored and sweetly heart-shaped. All…
Oprah’s Chocolate Studio
I have never been a passenger on the Oprah train, so I missed the episode where Oprah hosted her show in a set made from chocolate. Thankfully Lee from Chococolate Reviews pointed…
Hi-Chew Peach
I’ve reviewed Hi-Chew several times on this site. Most of them were gifts from friends or businesses in Asia, so some of them were flavors that aren’t sold in the U.S. The…