Today is my first review of a product that I picked up at Sweets and Snacks. I’ve decided to start with the product I was most excited about trying: Ritter Sport’s Raspberry…
Month: May 2013
Get the most out of your candy experienc
I love when science and candy can intersect! Physics research has found the key to making hard candy last, with a fun science paper called “Sticky physics of joy: On the dissolution…
Trolli Soda Poppers: Fizzy Goodness?
I found these Trolli Soda Poppers while I was trolling (har har) the candy aisles of a local gas station. I’d never heard of them before, but they’ve apparently been around long…
Sweets and Snacks Expo 2013 – Day
Day 2 of Sweets and Snacks was our last day, though the conference went on for one more day. We had only about a third of the floor to cover, so we…
Happy Memorial Day
I’ve gotten a bit behind on life, thanks to travel for Sweets and Snacks last week. I owe y’all a wrap-up of our second/final day at the Expo, and then it’s time…
Sweets and Snacks Expo 2013 – Day
Day 1 of the Sweets and Snacks Expo is over, and I’m exhausted! I stayed up past my bedtime trying to get some science done, and then it was up again at…
Sweets and Snacks Social Media Gameplan
Emma here. A quick update on how you can keep up with us at Sweets & Snacks 2013! I will be live-tweeting all the deliciousness on Twitter @zomgcandy. We’ve created an Instagram account…
Sweets and Snacks is TOMORROW!
Emma and I are flying to Chicago for the?Sweets and Snacks Expo at the crack of dawn tomorrow! The Sweets and Snacks Expo is the big annual candy and snacks convention/trade show,…
Madécasse Chocolate – Sea Salt &#
On Wednesday, I covered Mad?casse Chocolate’s Pink Pepper & Citrus bar. They make bean-to-bar chocolate in Madagascar, which, in addition to paying their cocoa farmers a fair price, generates 4 times the…
Infinite chocolate?
Via Neil, here’s a tricky puzzler with a chocolate bar theme. From Cheezburger.com: If you’re curious how this works, the solution can be found here.
Madécasse Chocolate – Pink Pepper
Mad?casse Chocolate is a new company to me. They’re “bean-to-bar in Madagascar” and, though they’re not Fair Trade certified (probably due to the expense), they claim that their business practices generate 4…
Mast Brothers Chocolate in Hipster Land
The NY Times recently ran what I thought was an unnecessarily snarky but pretty funny takedown of Williamsburg’s hipster culture. At one point, he visits the hipster chocolate haven that is the…