Sour Patch Giveaway Reminder
Rosa Hey guys, Today’s the last day to enter my giveaway for free Sour Patch Kids and t-shirts! Go enter now!
July 2012
Does this mean there’s a dream job opening?
Apparently you can make 30,000 British pounds a year as “Britain’s chief chocolate taster,” but you’ll also pack on about 28 pounds (weight-wise) in the process. At least, that was…
REVIEW: Sunkist Fruit Gems
Jelly Belly recently sent me several free samples of their new products, including a bag of Sunkist Fruit Gems.?Wait a second, you may be thinking – what’s new about Sunkist…
Toblerone – Crunchy Salted Almond
Kraft was showing off this Crunchy Salted Almond Toblerone at Sweets and Snacks this year. They were melting it down and giving it out as fondue samples. I managed to…
Playing with modeling clay may reduce chocolate cravings – but probably not
Here’s another weird candy-related science from Discover Magazine’s Discoblog: “Use of a clay modeling task to reduce chocolate craving.” This one’s a little closer to my field of expertise than…
Nutffles – Hazelnut, Almond, Red Velvet
Nutffles was a company that was new to me until I visited their booth at Sweets and Snacks. Nutffles is supposed to be a portmanteau for nut truffle (and also…
Sour Patch Kids contest and giveaway
Sour Patch Kids is currently running a Facebook campaign that extends their promotion of Sour Patch Kids as little trouble makers that do “sour” things and then try to make…
Justin’s Dark Chocolate Peanut bar
I got this Peanut bar as a free sample from the Justin’s booth at Sweets and Snacks, along with the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups that I reviewed last Friday.…
Justin’s Organic Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
I’ve never been an, “OMG PEANUT BUTTER!” person, so though I’ve seen Justin’s peanut butter cups at Whole Foods for ages, I’ve never felt the urge to pick up a…
Peanut Butter Cup Science
Here’s a candy-related science paper that I’ll never actually read in its entirety. Via Discover Magazine’s Discoblog, here’s an article called, “Oil migration in chocolate-peanut butter confectionary as a function…
Nestle Crunch Girl Scouts – Caramel & Coconut
Monday I reviewed two of the three limited edition Nestle Crunch Girl Scout cookie inspired candy bars that I found at my local Dollar store. Today, I’m covering the third,…
Taro Desserts – Yay or Nay?
Serious Eat’s Robyn Lee had been tweeting teasers about a taro ice cream post. And it’s here! Apparently, she loves it. I have had worse luck with taro flavored sweets?and…