M&M’s Chocolate Bar
Rosa Mars was working hard to promote their new M&M’s Chocolate Bar at Sweets and Snacks this May. They kept a never-ending supply of them in the press room, and I…
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Videri Chocolates – still on the to do list
Last week, Emma and I went to the Videri Chocolate Factory to cross it off our to do list? and write about it for the blog?- or at least we…
Chuao Popcorn Pop
I got this Chuao Popcorn Pop mini chocolate bar as a free sample at their booth at Sweets and Snacks. I mentioned to the chef that I really liked their…
Where did this weird burger come from?
The NY Times has been running a regular featured called “Can You Guess What This Is?”, where they show a famous (or famous-ish) person a photo of something strange and…
Klondike, the Candy – Mint Chocolate Chip
On Monday, I reviewed the new Klondike Caramel candy. Today, I’ll cover the other flavor that it comes in, Mint Chocolate Chip. Both flavors were free samples that I talked…
Nobel Prize + Chocolate Consumption Case Studies
Remember last year when someone discovered that a nation’s chocolate consumption correlated with Nobel Prize winning? Nature, the scientific journal, has followed up with some tongue-in-cheek interviews of Nobel Prize…
Klondike, The Candy – Caramel
When I was a kid, I remember those “What would you do-oo-oo? For a Klondike Bar?” commercials being ubiquitous. Just typing that in has the jingle playing in a loop…
Blog hiatus update
By my count, I’ve been in 12 different airports in the last 23 days. Phew! Now that I’m finally back in my half-unpacked apartment, I’m feeling optimistic about returning to…
Videri Chocolates – on my to do list
Serious Eats just alerted me to a bean to bar chocolate maker, Videri Chocolates, that’s right in my backyard! Well, more like a thirty-minute drive away. But still! So close!…
Marzipan art in Berlin
Here’s a cute little slideshow from Serious Eats showing how marzipan is shaped by hand in a little shop in Berlin. From the headline, I was expecting marzipan fruits (I…
David Lebovitz visits Swedish caramel shop
I love a good caramel, but I’ve always been too scared to try making them myself. David Lebovitz recently visited P?rlans Konfektyr,?an artisanal caramel shop in Stockholm, and watched them…
Chewing Gum App
Via AdFreak, news of a clever new game/app from Stride Gum: it uses iOS devices’ front cameras to detect chewing motions of your mouth, and it uses that to control…