Holiday Hiatus
Rosa Hi everyone, I’m taking my usual holiday hiatus between Christmas and New Year’s. See you in 2014!
2013
Sour Smog Balls
I got this bag of Sour Smog Balls in my free MunchPak box of assorted snacks. The bag promised?”crunchy candy with a sour chewy center” in six different flavors. Each…
Jer’s Gourmet Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars – Pretzo Change-o
I first tried Jer’s Peanut Butter Bars over a year ago when I bought and reviewed the Cara Mella version. I loved it so much that I kept my eyes…
Serious Eats mixes booze and Christmas candy
Serious Eats likes to mix candy and booze?and see what happens. For the winter holidays, they’ve come up with a number of candy-infused booze recipes making use of seasonal treats.…
History of Candy Canes: Why Do They Look Like That?
Candy canes are a classic Christmas treat. Just how classic? Like 17th century classic. They were invented in 1670 but didn’t get stripey until 1844. Here is a brief history…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Caramallows
I bought this box of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Caramallows last week. I was super excited to think that I’d caught a new product that resembled my beloved See’s Scotchmallows,…
Survey on perceived chocolate quality
If you’re looking to procrastinate for a few minutes, please take this survey about US chocolate quality for a friend of mine. He’s a business school student, and your responses…
Serious Eats on how chocolate makers consider chocolate flavors
It’s fun to write about how fine chocolate can have hints of this and aromas of that. Serious Eats recently interviewed Valhrona Chocolate’s sourcing manager about how they consider and…
MunchPak Giveaway [Closed]
The Sour Skittles that I reviewed ?yesterday came from MunchPak, a new snack subscription service. For $19.95, you can get a box full of snacks delivered to your door every…
Sour Skittles [Review]
I recently received a free box of treats from MunchPak (more details on that tomorrow), including this bag of Sour Skittles. They’re not a new addition to the Skittles line-up,…
Heath Pieces
North Carolina has a great chain of drive-thru restaurants, Cook-Out, that feature an elaborate variety of milkshakes. I like Heath bar bits in my Cook-Out milkshakes, so I jumped at…
Chocolate Melting Instructions
Yesterday, I shared a link to chocolate expert Alice Medrich’s essential chocolate tips. The Kitchn also ran a post in which she shared the best way to melt chocolate for…