Today is the 4th of 4 new Ritter Sports?that I got as free samples from Euro-American Brands at Sweets and Snacks. The Ritter Sport Coconut was described on the wrapper as “with tropical coconut flakes in a coconut and milk filling.” This was a standard 16-squared filled Ritter – a milk chocolate shell with a…
Back in 2009, I devoted a?whole?week?to?See?s Chocolates as I reviewed an assorted box that they sent me. This week will be another week of?See?s Chocolates?reviews, only this time, I?ll be reviewing a box that I bought and picked out myself in Seattle. On Monday, I covered four of their truffles. Wednesday, I reviewed four Dark…
To be honest, these Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut Mango Bites didn’t sound that tasty to me, but my local Trader Joe’s was promoting them all over the store, so I picked up a bag. Why not? I like chocolate-covered coconut, and I like mangos. Mangos and chocolate and coconut all together could be good? What…
I bought these two packs of Creamy Coconut Patties at the dollar store for – you guessed it – $1 per pack. One was regular/original (“dipped in real dark chocolate”), while the other was key lime (but also “dipped in real dark chocolate”). Each Coconut Patty was heartily sized, 1.75 inches square, and there were…
Vidal Candies had a colorful booth at Sweets and Snacks full of all kinds of non-chocolate treats. It looked like they carried candies that are more commonly seen abroad than in the U.S., like these Sour Rainbow Pencils that they gave me as free samples. I ate tons and tons of filled licorice pencils in…
I’ve written before how, when I was a kid, Ferrero Rochers were the pinnacle of fine chocolate. The?Ferrero Raffaello is in the same vein as the Rocher, but without those golden wrappers and tiny stickers, it just isn’t the same! Like Rochers, Ferrero Raffaello is a spherical wafer?filled with ganache and coated with chocolate. The…
Monday I reviewed two of the three limited edition Nestle Crunch Girl Scout cookie inspired candy bars that I found at my local Dollar store. Today, I’m covering the third, Caramel & Coconut, inspired by Samoas/Caramel deLites. This was described as “cookie wafers, coconut caramel creme and chewy caramel, topped with toasted coconut.” Like the…
I picked up a bag of assorted Russell Stover candy for half off in a post-Christmas sale. I guess the little bow in the top left corner was what made it holiday-y. I think the packaging was so sparsely decorated that it needn’t have been designated a holiday-specific candy. But who am I to complain…
Twix Coconut is the newest limited edition offering from the folks at Mars. It’s comprised of “creamy milk chocolate, crunchy cookie, [and] coconut flavored caramel.” Mine came as a free sample in a press pack inside a plastic coconut and with a tiny USB that I first thought was a fun-sized regular Twix bar. Hooray…
Usually I review Easter candies after the holiday is over – love those steep next day sales! But today, I’m actually reviewing an Easter product before Easter, thanks to free samples from Hedonist Artisan Chocolates. These?Farm Egg Truffles are made to look like (aka are not made from) farm eggs. They are mind-bogglingly gorgeous with…
