Chocolate bar made of chocolate bars
Rosa Do you have any leftover fun-sized chocolate bars from Halloween? Either from your kids’ stash, from what you bought to hand out, or from overzealous post-Halloween sales? I’m guilty of…
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Brookside Dark Chocolate – Acai with Blueberry & Pomegranate
These Brookside Dark Chocolate candies were free samples that I picked up at Sweets and Snacks. I got mini bags of their Dark Chocolate Acai with Blueberry, Dark Chocolate Pomegranate,…
Merci Chocolate Giveaway
I reviewed Merci Chocolates about four years ago, back in 2008 (also, whoa, I’ve been writing this blog for that long?). This year, they contacted me about running a giveaway…
Sour Jacks – Watermelon
Last week, I reviewed Sour Jacks’ original candies. Today, I’ve got a review of their watermelon gummis. The Watermelon Jacks had a completely different texture from the Sour Jacks. While…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Salted Caramel Truffles
I’m so terrible about impulse buys at Trader Joe’s. Everything looks awesome! Like these Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Salted Caramel Truffles. What a mouthful of a title! Which came with…
Candy Blog guide to NYC
Cybele from Candy Blog recently went to NYC and wrote up all her candy-related visits. Beware: reading may give you cravings for macarons, salted caramels, or salted caramel macarons.
Sour Jacks
I’d never heard of Sour Jacks before I saw them at Sweets and Snacks earlier this year. It seems like they fight Sour Patch Kids for sour anthropomorphic candy gummi…
Sandy and NYC food artisans
Serious Eats wrote a piece about the status of some NYC food artisan’s negatively impacted by Hurricane Sandy. It’s great that there are so many small businesses in NYC, and…
Hedonist Cinnamon Chipotle Drinking Chocolate + Coupon Code
Last year, Hedonist Artisan Chocolates sent me free samples of their bittersweet drinking chocolate, but it never really got cold enough in North Carolina for me to bust it out.…
Happy Thanksgiving
To my U.S. readers, hope you have a great Thanksgiving! May it be full of delicious food and time with loved ones. Photo is of the Thanksgiving Mix from Public…
Caribbean Chocolate Vacation
If you’re struggling to pick your next vacation adventure (and you have a good chunk of disposable income), check out the NY Times Travel section’s write up of chocolate-themed tours…
Paris Chocolate Show
Yesterday, I pointed y’all to Serious Eats’s write up of the NYC Chocolate Show. Today, I point you to Chocablog’s take on the Paris Chocolate Show. Drooling yet?