I had posted earlier about how Serious Eats had finally given Economy Candy the glowing write-up that it deserves. After they bought all of Economy Candy’s gummi animals, they turned them into…
Month: November 2013
Roberts Ferry Nuts Co – Butter Tof
Roberts Ferry Nuts Company is a California company that just started selling their wares online. To get the word out, they sent me free samples of their Butter Toffee Almonds for review….
Serious Eats’ guide to Halloween c
If you’ve got leftover Halloween candy around (or if you loaded up at the post-Halloween candy sales), Serious Eats has an idea for what to do with it: flavor your booze! They’ve…
Milka Marketing Stunt
Via AdFreak, here’s a cool video of a marketing stunt that Milka ran in Argentina. People had to make a human chain connecting a Milka cow and a vending machine. When the…
Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramelised
I bought this Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramelised Almond at Cost Plus World Market, along with last Friday’s Caramel-Orange. I was lucky to nab the last one of these that was on…
Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramel-Oran
I’ve raved before about how Cost Plus World Market is a fantastic resource for new and unusual candies. I recently visited and found two Winter Edition Ritter Sports by accident – they…
Mast Brothers Chocolate Advice
The NY Times Recipe Lab recently featured the Mast Brothers discussing chocolate – they’re certainly qualified experts! The NY Times column also has a printed recipe for chocolate caramels. The video they…
Post Halloween Cake Wrecks
Cake Wrecks recently posted a round-up of candy covered cakes that should never have happened. My favorite is the cake below: pumpkin Peeps all around the border, candy corn and gummi worms…
See’s Butterscotch Pecan Bar [Revi
The See’s Candies stand has returned to my local mall for the holidays! When I saw it, I had to pick up a few of my favorite Scotchmallows, which are currently available…
Kasugai Ramune Gummi: Asian Soda Candy [
I usually buy my Kasugai gummies at Asian grocery stores, but I found this bag of ramune flavored gummies at a Cost Plus World Market. If you’re not familiar with ramune (not…
Serious Eats finally discovers Economy C
I visited Economy Candy back in 2007 (man that feels like a lifetime ago; the below photo is from before I figured out how to take nicer close-up photos) and have been…
Serious Eats at the Chicago Fine Chocola
Every year, Chicago hosts the big Sweets and Snacks Expo in May. It turns out that they also host a Fine Chocolate and Dessert Show. Serious Eats went and took some neat…