Dinosaurs probably didn’t eat chocolate
Rosa PLoS’s paleontology blog recently ran a fun piece about whether dinosaurs ate chocolate. I suppose I should have spoiler-alerted the headline – they probably didn’t because we have no fossil…
2014
Nestle Lion Bar – as a cereal!
Nestle’s Lion Bar is/was one of my favorite British candy bars. It’s like a 100 Grand?+ Twix?= synergistic deliciousness. Apparently, it’s a cereal in the UK! Serious Eats has the…
Albanese Gummi Fruit Slices [Review]
Emma recently visited the Albanese gummi factory and brought back oodles of gummi treats, including this peg bag of Albanese Gummi Fruit Slices. I hope that Albanese is moving towards…
Kallari Sacha Roberto’s Recipe
I buy so much chocolate that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of where I get everything. I’m 80% sure I bought this Kallari Sacha chocolate bar in Roberto’s Recipe…
Spicy hot chocolate recipe
I spent a good chunk of last week snowed in with cabin fever. It was a perfect time for hot chocolate! Here’s a recipe to spice up your hot chocolate…
Symbolism of chocolate
Did you catch the Candy Professor’s smart op-ed in the NY Times on Valentine’s Day? No? Go read it now!
Chocolate prices set to rise
According to the Wall Street Journal, cocoa prices have been rising due to increasing demand for chocolate. Apparently the International Cocoa Organization thinks that demand will be greater than supply…
Bissinger’s Salt Caramels – Merlot and Chardonnay
I bought these Bissinger’s boozy salted caramels at a post-holiday sale at Southern Season. Merlot Salt Caramel was described as “red wine paired with a vintage merlot sea salt”, while…
Kooky
This Kooky candy bar was an impulse buy at the checkout line of my parents’ neighborhood grocery store, HEB. It’s a knockoff Twix that was shelved with a knockoff Snickers,…
M&Ms Superbowl Ad Teaser
Via AdFreak, looks like Yellow is going to get a starring role in a Super Bowl commercial this Sunday. I believe he is trying to twerk, though it is hard…
WTF candy commercial from Hong Kong
Via Slate, here’s a weird and probably NSFW candy mint commercial out of Hong Kong. No idea why the nipple-licking stuffed animal is supposed to make you want to buy…
This should be a game show
Via Kotaku, check out these gifs from a Japanese TV show in which celebrities had to decide whether pieces of furniture and whatnot were real or made of chocolate. Apparently,…