Koppers Gummi Bear Dips – Natural Orange and Natural Raspberry
Rosa Like Wednesday’s chocolate covered gummi bears, these Gummi Bear Dips were free samples given to me by the folks at the Koppers booth at Sweets and Snacks. They came in…
August 2012
Ikea sweets review
Serious Eats recently posted a taste-test round-up of an impressive variety of the foods sold at Ikea, including some of their sweets.?They managed to make something called “oat balls” sounds…
Koppers Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears
These chocolate covered gummi bears were a free sample given to me at the Koppers booth at Sweets and Snacks. They call themselves “the original”, so I wonder if they…
Doctors immune to candy bribes
Via Discover Magazine’s Discoblog, news of an academic study that found that doctors are not very susceptible to candy bribes, at least not when it comes to increases responses to…
Blommer Milk and Dark Chocolate Covered Grahams
I got these Blommer Milk Chocolate Covered Grahams and Dark Chocolate Covered Grahams as free samples at Sweets and Snacks. Mine were individually wrapped (unfortunately, I ate them before I…
Warheads Sour Chewy Cubes
Original Warheads hard candies made their splash on the U.S. market when I was a kid. My friends and I used to compete to see how many we could stand…
Juice-infused chocolate – a lower fat option?
Today’s news post is a fitting one to come on the heels of this week’s “diet” chocolate reviews. Via Gizmodo, scientists have reported inventing a technique to create chocolate built…
Skinny Cow Heavenly Crisp – Milk Chocolate flavor and Peanut Butter flavor
On Monday, I reviewed Skinny Cow’s Milk Chocolate Dreamy Clusters. Today, I’m covering their Heavenly Crisp bars in Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate, which were also free samples from their…
Project Runway Candy Couture Challenge
I swore off watching Project Runway after the judging travesty that was Season 9. It used to be a show about true talent but has since devolved into all about…
Skinny Cow Dreamy Clusters – Milk Chocolate
Ira Glass had a great quote in his recent NY Times interview: “I don?t believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or…
Sanders Potato Chip Chocolate Bar
I got this Sanders Potato Chip Chocolate Bar in my free swag bag at Sweets and Snacks. The chocolate and potato chip combo has been dancing around the edges of…
Chocolove – going Southern and local for inspiration?
Last week’s news post was about regional American candies. Today, I’m sharing a Serious Eats post that suggests that Chocolove’s new bars, ?Peach & Pecan and Salted Peanut,?were crafted with…