Lily O’Briens truffles
Rosa 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…
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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…
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…
Kit Kat – Hazelnut Cream
Here in the U.S., the Kit Kat is manufactured under Hershey’s. Elsewhere in the world, Kit Kat is made by Nestle. My Kit Kat Hazelnut Cream was given to me…
Michel Cluizel Truffles from Viva Chocolato
I saw a box of Michel Cluizel’s Champignon truffles at Cafe Moka in the Houston airport but didn’t buy them because they were so pricey. It was a choice I…
Nestle Toffee Crisp
I bought the Toffee Crisp at the same time that I bought the Coffee Crisp, but I tasted them several weeks apart. When I dug the Toffee Crisp out of…
Nestle Lion
I think it’s time to update my favorite candies page, as I’ve found a wonderful replacement for my 100 Grand love: the Nestle Lion. I bought the Nestle Lion from…
Mini Froer
My friend Laura spent a semester abroad in Denmark and was kind enough to bring me back a box of Mini Froer by Carletti. Froer is Danish for frog, and…
Galaxy Smooth Dark
.When I was told that a sample Galaxy dark bar was on its way to me in the mail, I never expected the 125 g (4.4 oz) behemoth that finally…
Cadbury Crunchie
I found the British Cadbury Crunchie (BUY!) at Coco Moka in Houston’s airport. The wrapper promised “milk chocolate with a golden honeycomb centre,” so I expected that it would be…
Nestle Coffee Crisp
I thought I’d stumbled across a great candy find when I found this among other international bars at Coco Moka in Houston’s airport. Then I started seeing it everywhere and…
Kinder Bueno [Review]
Today I kick off ‘Hazelnut Week’ here on ZOMG, Candy! with the Kinder Bueno. Incidentally, ‘Hazelnut Week’ is also Ferrero week, mostly because Ferrero makes lots of hazelnut + chocolate…