Giant Peep
Rosa Okay, I know this is out of date since it’s so long after Easter, but it was too creative to not share. Apparently last Easter you could get a single…
April 2013
See’s Assorted Chocolates Week 2 – Day 1
Back in 2009, I devoted a whole week to See’s Chocolates as I reviewed an assorted box that they sent me. This week will be another week of See’s Chocolates…
Chocolati Truffles
While I was in Seattle last week for a conference, I stayed an extra day to do some sightseeing, which included a whirl around their awesome Central Library. It had…
Jelly Belly infographic
Apparently this past Monday was National Jelly Bean day (oops! How did I let that slip by?). To honor the occasion, Jelly Belly made a jelly bean infographic. It’s mostly…
Guest post: Viba Mandel-nougat
Neil Here’s another guest review from ex-pat Neil while I try to catch up from being out of town for most of last week. ~Rosa Recent trips to Germany & Austria…
Robyn Lee taste tests Pockys (and knockoffs)
Serious Eats’ Robyn Lee wrote up a verrrry thorough blind tasting of Pocky and its various chocolate-covered biscuit stick imitators. To give away her punchline, Pocky came out on top!…
Serious Eats with a Charles Chocolates tour
I was at a conference last week, so I didn’t have time to get a full review up today. Sorry guys!?Instead, check out the chocolate porn from Serious Eats’ tour…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Coconut Mango Bites
To be honest, these Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut Mango Bites didn’t sound that tasty to me, but my local Trader Joe’s was promoting them all over the store, so I…
Kit Kat Art
Via AdFreak, Australia celebrated its limited edition white chocolate Kit Kat by having an illustrator melt them down and paint them into posters. The effect was quite stunning, as you…
Trader Joe’s Laceys Cookies – Dark Chocolate Almond
Cookies? Why am I reviewing cookies on my?candy blog? Because these Laceys Cookies are more or less made out of almond brittle and chocolate, so they’re basically candy. Plus they’re…
Stolen Nutella
Some German thieves made off with 5.5 metric tons of Nutella, worth ~$20,000. Slate had some suggestions for what they could do with it, including eating it all. I wonder…
Walker’s Assorted Toffee
I love Walker’s toffees, so when my friends Emma and Jason asked me if I wanted any candies from England, I asked for some Walker’s. They brought me this box…