Nestle Quality Street – Part I
Rosa Nestle’s Quality Street is a variety pack of cheapo chocolates that’s pretty ubiquitous in the UK. There are 12 different kinds. The back of the box lists them all and…
Rosa
Gummi Bear Surgery
I like to play with my food and candy sometimes, but this Gummi Bear surgery involving Xacto knives goes a bit too far. Photo via Instructables
Das Lollipops
I receive press release emails fairly frequently. The one that I got from Das foods was more eye-catching then most. Read for yourself: “What?s your flava?? Man Bait, Naughty Ginger,…
A loyalty card that I’d love to keep
Via CopyRanter, a cute and clever format for The Chocolate Bar’s loyalty card: instead of punching holes in boring numbers, each purchase is represented by losing a tooth. Collect enough…
Balisto – Honey-Almond-Mix
Here’s the second of the two Balisto bars I bought in Cambridge. In case you missed it, the other Balisto that I bought, a Muesli-Mix bar, was reviewed last Friday.…
Balisto Muesli-Mix
I’m hopping a plane to Paris today, so I thought it fitting to trot out a review of a French candy bar that I ate last summer. I found these…
Candy Wedding
I usually skip the NY Times Vows section in Sunday Styles, so I missed this article about a couple getting married in Dylan’s Candy Bar, complete with Hershey’s dress from…
Amella Caramels
When Amella Caramels contacted me about trying free samples of their caramels, I almost turned them down. I was out of town relaxing in Myrtle Beach, and it was a…
David Lebovitz at Valhrona school
Seriously, food blogging doesn’t get much better than this: David Lebovitz + Valhrona truffle making school = me drooling on my keyboard.
Commencement?!
Holy cow. Today is the first day of the rest of my life… Today, I graduate from college. Tomorrow, my parents and boyfriend and I are spending the day in…
Godiva Truffles [Review]
Back before I started candy blogging in earnest, I thought Godiva was the pinnacle of chocolates. How could they not be, with their beautiful, shiny, golden ballotins? When I was…
How much sugar is in candy?
SugarStacks.com is a neat site that visualizes how much sugar is in various foods by stacking a corresponding number of sugar cubes. They have a limited candy section which is…