Splendid Chocolates – Milk Chocolate with Toffee and Sea Salt
Rosa Last May at Sweets and Snacks, I snagged a couple of beautiful chocolate bars from Splendid Chocolates. One was Milk Chocolate with Toffee and Sea Salt, and the other was…
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YumEarth Organics Fruit Snacks + Giveaway
Is there a different between gummis and fruit snacks? The former is definitely a candy and is usually viewed as an occasional treat for kids, whereas the latter is often…
Absurdly adorable marshmallows
Via CuteOverload, check out this RocketNews24 piece about flavored marshmallows shaped like kitties and paw prints. You’re supposed to melt them into your coffee and create instant latte art. Unfortunately…
Oishi Hard Candies [Review]
I bought these Oishi Hard Candies while I was in China (I did more than just hug pandas there!). I don’t know the package says – I’m functionally illiterate in…
Chocolate consumption and rampaging killers
I’ve posted a couple of times now about how a country’s chocolate consumption is correlated with the number of Nobel Prize winners it has produced. Now a new study in…
Escazú Goat’s Milk Single Origin Carenero Venezeula
After my last experience with Escaz?, I had to have more. Fortunately, there’s a great coffeeshop?right by my gym that sells some of their line, so I nabbed this Escazu?…
Sour Punch Punchies [Review]
These Sour Punch Punchies were being heartily promoted at Sweets and Snacks, and I snagged a free sample to review for y’all. The wrapper called them “soft, chewy, and sour…
Restaurant “Chocolate Program”
Did you even know “Chocolate Programs” were a thing restaurants could have? Maybe it’s only something the Michelin-starred ones do. Medera in California has one, and Serious Eats got the…
Frozen S’Mores
Has the cronut craze died down at all? As delicious as the lovely treats sound, I’d much rather have a frozen s’more. Check out Serious Eats’s description, and you tell…
Hokkaido Pumpkin Chocolate
I inherited the remains of this box of Hokkaido Pumpkin Chocolate from Emma, who got them from a friend. I was amused that pumpkin-headed mascot appears to be named Yukky.…
Escazú Chipotle Chile & Vanilla
Escaz? Chocolates?is another chocolatier that’s practically in my backyard. How did I not know that there were so many local chocolate makers right here in the triangle? I’d seen them…
Hedonist Ice Cream Shop
I have sung the praises of Hedonist Artisan Chocolates on this blog a multitude of times. I was recently in Rochester for a wedding, so of course I had to…