Dove Promises’s newest product, milk chocolate with peanut butter, is heading into bold territory by trying to hone in on Reese’s audience. Challenging Reese’s is no small feat – they’ve really perfected…
Category: peanut butter
Schocolat – Part II
A continuation of Monday’s review, the next five chocolates in my Schocolat box. First up at the top, a salted caramel that wasn’t in their chocolate guide, I guess because they’re usually…
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
I was in Rochester, NY last week and came across a delightful little chocolate shop called Hedonist Artisan Chocolates. While there I struck up a nice conversation with one their chocolate makers…
Q.bel All-natural Chocolates – Waf
Last Friday, I reviewed and greatly enjoyed Q.bel’s wafer rolls. Today, I tackle the wafer bars, the wafer roll’s squatter, squarer cousin. Like the wafer rolls, the wafer bars come in three…
Q.bel All-Natural Chocolates – Waf
When reviews of Q.bel chocolates started hitting the candy blogosphere, I was intrigued. It’s not often that Cybele bestows a candy with a 10 out of 10 rating, and Q.bel managed to…
Necco Sky Bar: Head In The Clouds? [Revi
I tried. I really, really tried to give the Necco Sky Bar a fair shake of a review. It’s a retro bar and is deliberately marketed as such, with its matte-looking wrapper,…
5th Avenue
On Monday, I reviewed the Butterfinger. Today’s review is of the 5th Avenue, a highly similar but less well known peanut butter bar made by Hershey’s. The 5th Avenue is “crunchy peanut…
Butterfinger
Nestle had quite the coup when they enlisted Bart Simpson (and the rest of the Simpsons) to shill their Butterfingers. Everyone knows that nobody better lay a finger on Bart’s Butterfinger. I…
REVIEW: (Limited Edition) Reese’s
Reese’s is awesome at churning out limited edition stuff. The newest iteration is their Limited Edition Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups, which I picked up as an impulse buy at the counter of…
Fannie May Chocolates – Part II of
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 May store,…
Abba-Zaba – Sour Apple [Review]
Back in November of 2007, I reviewed the original Abba-Zaba and didn’t much care for it (and also spelled the name wrong). I did, however, note, “Apparently, the Abba-Zaba also comes in…
Little Debbie 100 Calorie Nutty Bars [Re
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 help prevent…