Peanut Hottie
Patty Howdy! I’m Patty, a professor of Psychological Sciences at a small college in the midwest. Some important background information: I’m absolutely obsessed with peanut butter. It’s gotten to the point…
August 2014
Comprehensive chocolate baking tips from Serious Eats
Rosa Here’s yet another post on baking with chocolate from Serious Eats. We’ve got a triptych! The last is a long and thorough write-up all about chocolate baking, from cacao percentages…
Serious Eats on unsweetened chocolate and cocoa powder
More on baking with chocolate from Serious Eats. This time, an explanation of why unsweetened chocolate and cocoa powder can’t be subbed for each other. The former has cocoa butter;…
Dutched versus Natural cocoa powder.
From Serious Eats, a description of the difference between Natural and Dutched cocoa powder. Honestly, I never pay attention and just use whatever we’ve got in the can at home,…
Alcove Deep Dark
Deep dark chocolate – snappy – smooth, slow, velvet melt – intense, fudgey, like brownie batter – fruity and thick – sweet finish
Haribo Bärchen-Pärchen [Review + Meaning!]
This is the second bag of Haribo gummies that I bought while in Switzerland. They caught my eye because I’ve never seen them in the U.S., and they had a…
Serious Eats on how bees make honey
This is not exactly candy, but it was so cool that I had to share: Serious Eats with a long and informative write-up on how bees make honey. Spoiler alert:…
Make your Magnum ice cream bar pop-up shop
If you’re not following me on Twitter, you missed this cool post on Chocablog about a pop-up shop in the UK that will let you design and make your own…
Kinder Toys blog
While I was in Switzerland, I was jealous to see that Kinder Eggs were for sale there. They are illegal in the U.S. and Germany?because they mix toys with chocolate,…
Haribo – Orangina Pik [Review]
Today and Friday, I’ll review some Haribo gummies that I bought while in Switzerland. First up is Orangina P!k. I know Orangina is a fizzy orange drink that’s available in…
Lindt Fioretto – Marzipan
I bought this Lindt Fioretto Marzipan on my recent trip to Switzerland. It came out of a bulk bin set-up; the only Lindt product that wasn’t a Lindor truffle. The…
M&M eating styles
The folks at CandyStore have?an extremely thorough blog post detailing all the different ways in which people eat their M&M’s. Options include melting them under a desk lamp, sorting them…