Fannie May Chocolates – Part IV of Chicago Week + a day
Rosa Last Wednesday, I gave an unenthusiastic review to many Fannie May chocolates but promised that I would review more of their candies today. At the Fannie May store I visited,…
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Georgia Nut Bear Claw – Part III of Chicago Week
As Chicago Week continues, yet another delicious confection courtesy of the Cobbs: the Bear Claw (and a similar looking product here) made by Georgia Nut (bottom right in a poorly…
Fannie May Chocolates – Part II of Chicago Week
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…
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 Chocolate Collection – Eating my words, and happily!
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a review of Lily O’Briens crispy heart and sticky toffee. It was about as scathing as I get: “From the two I tasted,…
Vosges Truffles
As previously mentioned on Monday, my box of 9 of Vosges Exotic Truffles were samples sent by the company. I shared them with friends, which is the best way to…
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 II
Part II of many of my series of Russian candies courtesy of my friend Leslie. This week will be Russian candy week, but the series will extend beyond that. Red…
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…
Ferrero Duplo: Not the Blocks! [Review]
I’ve still yet to meet a Ferrero product I didn’t like (though to be fair, I should note that I had never had?Ferrero Raffaello?until recently), and the Ferrero Duplo was…
Snickers Nut ‘n Butter Crunch – Limited Edition
Oh Limited Edition items – how you appeal to my candy blogger impulses! The bright orange wrapper on the Snickers Limited Edition Nut ‘n Butter Crunch (I’m fond of pointing…
Almond M&Ms
For some reason or another, I see Almond M&Ms as the forgotten M&M. Well, after Crispy, I guess, but those are no longer being made. For some reason or another,…