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A few chocolates from Cocoa Bella’s assortment boxes
I’ve been sitting on these reviews for ages. The chocolate truffles were leftovers from the first Calhoun College chocolate tasting I hosted. That’s right – leftovers. We had that much…
Emily’s Chocolates Contest and Coupon
Emily’s Chocolates makes goooood chocolate-covered cookies and fruits and nuts. They also make a chocolate covered fortune cookie that I’ve seen on the shelves of Walgreen’s but have yet to…
Gummi Sushi
More Japanese candy fun thanks to my friend Michael, this time in the form of Gummi Sushi. The Japanese are quite good at coming up with cute things (Hello Kitty…
Charleston Chew – Chocolatey
I’ve already reviewed the vanilla version of the Charleston Chew once with tepid results. So why do they warrant a re-review? Because I’ve tried them in chocolate (not much of…
Jelly Bellies in the NY Times
This article is a week or so old, and I only stumbled upon it by accident. But really, since when is “People like Jelly Bellies more than regular jelly beans”…
Morinaga Choco Balls
These Morinaga Choco Balls were amongst the wide assortment of Japanese candies given to me by my friend Michael. It took me a while to find the name of these.…
Jelly Belly Dream Bean Contest
Jelly Belly is running a “Create the Next Jelly Belly Flavor” contest. First prize is $10,000 and your flavor being made into a Jelly Belly. You can enter once a…
Thorntons Chocolate Smothered Toffee
Last semester, I went to a Master’s Tea with Melanie Dunea, author/photographer of My Last Supper. The book consists of her photographs of 50 world famous chefs, including Eric Ripert,…
More candy quickhits – another gifted edition
In continuing with Wednesday’s spirit of cleaning notes out of my candy tasting notebook, more quick reviews of candies that I didn’t have much to say about. These, like Wednesday’s,…
TCHO Coupon
TCHO is an American chocolate maker in San Francisco that I ran out of time and didn’t get to visit when I was in California last winter. When I say…
Candy quick hits – gifted edition
A quick round-up of things that I ate and photographed but couldn’t come up with many words for. If the picture takes up more room than the review, it doesn’t…