Cadbury Starbar [Review]
Rosa This Cadbury Starbar‘s been floating around in my tasting notebook since I had it last summer while I was in England. It was on my list of candy bars to…
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All Candy Expo
This year’s All Candy Expo kicks off today. It’s basically a giant candy trade show featuring new products and free samples and all kinds of candy swag. I was invited,…
Life Savers Gummies – Island Fruits [Review]
I got these Life Savers Gummies Island Fruits as free samples from Wrigley (they came with the Orbit Mist). The Island Fruits lineup is new to the Life Savers Gummies…
Lake Champlain Chocolate Organic Truffles
More truffles! And I’ve got more unwritten truffle reviews in my tasting notes. Why so many? Because, as previously mentioned, a box of truffles and a bottle of white wine…
Chow’s 10 Japanese Sweets
Chow’s regular feature, The Ten, recently profiled 10 Japanese sweets. I’ve had all but numbers 2 and 10, thanks to my Chinese family’s frequenting of Asian grocery stores. Personally, I…
Walkers’ Nonsuch Toffees
I cannot believe that I haven’t reviewed Walkers’ Nonsuch Toffee here yet. Walkers’ and licorice pencils were my mondo UK candy loves, and when I ordered my London-raised boyfriend several…
Free Chocolate Fridays
Visit Mars’s Real Chocolate Relief Website every Friday between May 8th and September 25 for a chance to win a coupon good for a free Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, Twix,…
SunDomes assorted chocolates
My favorite part about Whole Foods is their bulk food bins. I can pick out as much or as little as I want! Instead of buying a whole jar of…
Seeds of Change
Seeds of Change has been making the rounds in the candy blogosphere. They’ve been sending out lots of free samples to promote their nationwide launch of six new flavors of…
Chocolate as sustainable energy?
Via the Economist, a piece about how Lindt’s cocoa shell castoffs could be used as sustainable fuel (when mixed with coal). Unfortunately, said power source doesn’t make the factory smell…
Dove Promises Milk Chocolate with Peanut Butter
Dove Promises’s newest product, milk chocolate with peanut butter, is heading into bold territory by trying to hone in on Reese’s audience. Challenging Reese’s is no small feat – they’ve…
Cute Hershey’s Kisses Commercial
Via AdFreak, a cute Hershey’s commercial with anthropomorphized Kisses.