ISS Oh Yeah! Bar
Rosa I got this Oh Yeah! bar sample at Duke Recreation’s open house. Gotta love well punctuated food brands! The wrapper promised chocolate, caramel, and peanuts. Two of the three were…
August 2011
A Frightening Amount of Licorice
Blogging can be a dangerous hobby! Via my friend Neil, a poor blogger named Alex made fun of Finland and their salmiakki, a salty licorice treat. Some prank-happy Finns decided…
Hershey’s Kiss – Air Delight
This Hershey’s Kiss Air Delight is the newest addition to the Hershey Kiss line-up. It’s basically aerated chocolate in Hershey Kiss form. I was a total sucker for the packaging…
Cheesecake Pejoy
Today I’ll be reviewing a treat in the “Asian treats shaped like sticks” genre: Cheesecake Pejoy. I bought them in China. Cheesecake Pejoy is made by Glico. They have a…
A Saturated Market for Customizable Chocolate?
I’ve covered two customizable chocolate companies on this blog, Chocomize and Chocri. Chow?brought it to my attention that there’s some sketchiness to the similarities between the two companies. According to…
Haribo Fruity-Bussi
Haribo Fruity-Bussi are the fruity corollary to the Jogi-Bussi that I reviewed on Monday. They were the same mix of gummi, foam, and goo as the Jogi-Bussi, but not yogurt-based.…
More Chocolate Health News
Via the NY Times Well Blog, an explanation of “how chocolate can help your workout:” Mice given twice daily doses of epicatechin, a purified form of a flavanol found in…
Haribo Jogi-Bussi
I found these Haribo Jogi-Bussi in Europe. There’s also a Fruity-Bussi version that I’ll review on Wednesday. They’re yogurt gummies with a foam bottom and some sort of goo in…
Weekend Chocolate Reading
Via my friend Katie, here’s a post with loads of chocolate-related reading for ya, assembled by Johns Hopkins’ librarians. Katie, I’m calling you out (with love!) for being a nerd…
Candy Avatar Weirdness
Via AdFreak, here’s a bit of news that’s almost unbelievably strange: Ezaki Glico candies has been running candy ads with a much beloved girl named Aimi Eguchi. Turns out Aimi…
3D Chocolate Printer
Via my friend Neil comes news of a 3D printer that uses chocolate and prints out edible personalized chocolates. It’s a neat gimmick, but I think we’re a long ways…
Literary Sweets
This post about sweets featured in children’s books on The Kitchn caught my eye. They talked up Harry Potter, the Little House books, the Chronicles of Narnia, and, of course,…