Fannie May Chocolates – Part II of Chicago Week
Rosa The saga of my sweet-toothing my way through Chicago continues with Fannie May chocolates, who I would liken to Chicago’s version of See’s, except See’s is better. At a Fannie…
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Two More Choxie Bars: Sea Salt + Ghana Cacao
As I’ve noted before, Choxie, Target’s house brand of chocolate, works hard to market itself. I adore their bright, retro wrappers, and I hate that they don’t capitalize anything. Check…
Lily O’Briens truffles
According to their website, Lily O’Briens is one of Ireland’s top chocolatiers. From the two I tasted, a crispy heart and a sticky toffee, either Ireland has poor chocolatiers or…
Cadbury Picnic
The Cadbury Picnic is a UK bar composed of milk chocolate with toffee, wafer, peanuts, sultanas, and a crispy cereal centre. You can tell it?s British not only from the…
Russian Candies I
My friend Leslie was kind enough to mail me a giant box full of Russian candy back in December, and I’ve since been slowly tasting my way through everything. Candy…
Lee’s Chocolate Mint
I’m always on the prowl for candies I’ve never tried before, and when I saw the Lee’s Chocolate Mint bar on the shelf at Randall’s, I snapped it up, along…
Little Debbie 100 Calorie Nutty Bars [Review]
I share Cybele from Candy Blog’s view that 100 calorie packs are a rip-off when it comes to candy but can be sensible in the case of other snacks to…
Recchiuti
Michael Recchuiti is an American chocolatier who creates elegantly sleek and beautiful truffles. I stopped by his shop (also elegant and sleek, with a predominantly brown and gold scheme and…
Annabelle’s Rocky Road
Annabelle?s Rocky Road is a retro candy that?s easily distinguishable by its bright red wrapper. I first read about Annabelle?s, who also makes the Abba Zabba and the Big Hunk,…
Ethel’s Chocolates Truffles
Ethel’s Chocolate Lounge is a chain of chocolate cafes owned by Mars. Think Starbuck’s but with truffles and hot cocoa and mocha lattes. For now, they’re only in Illinois and…
Newman’s Own Organics – Cinnamon Mint
Disclosure alert: These mints were samples sent by Newman’s Own. I love the packaging on these Newman’s Own mints. They took the Altoid’s-like tin we’re used to and made it…
Prickly pear candy
My father really wanted to go to the Grand Canyon while we were on the West Coast this past winter. I wasn’t a huge fan of losing two days of…