Madécasse Chocolate – Sea Salt & Nibs
Rosa 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…
2013
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 & Citrus
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…
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…
Bissinger’s Gummy Pandas – Lemon Ginger Yuzu
After I reviewed Bissinger’s grapefruit gummy pandas, I thought I’d never buy another bag because they were just too expensive ($4.99 for a 4 oz bag). But this bag of…
Indi Chocolate
When I was in Seattle for a conference a few weeks ago, I managed to slip away to Pike Place market one day for an extended lunch break. On my…
Serious Eats on Askinosie Chocolates
I recently reviewed and loved Askinosie’s single-origin dark chocolates. Serious Eats just reviewed one of their flavored bars, which makes me want to go out and buy their entire line.
Guest post: Ritter Sport à la Crema Catalana
Neil Here’s another guest post from ex-pat friend Neil! ~Rosa Late on a Friday night at a German supermarket, I discovered a new Ritter Sport flavor I hadn’t even seen advertised…
Serious Eats covers Chicago caramels
Serious Eats recently ran a delectable slide show about caramels in Chicago. I’ll have to find time to hunt some of those down while I’m in town for Sweets and…
Guest post: Hema Caramel & Biscuit Candybar Mini
Here’s another guest post from ex-pat friend Neil! ~Rosa A staple of Dutch towns is the HEMA department store. I dither on its American equivalent. K-Mart? Target? Everything there is…
See’s Assorted Chocolates Week 2 – Day 3
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?reviews, only this time, I?ll be…
Sweets and Snacks 2013
Emma talked me into taking on Sweets and Snacks again this year. We’re Chicago bound in a few weeks! If you don’t know, Sweets and Snacks is the big annual…