This bar of Sirius Karamellu Nizza (say that last part carefully) came all the way from Iceland! My friends Jane and Nate went there on their honeymoon, and they were thoughtful enough to send me candy that they bought on their trip. The Sirius Karamellu Nizza was translated on the underside of the wrapper to…
Category: toffee
Benita’s Peanut Brittle
Benita’s Peanut Brittle (warning: website annoyingly plays music upon opening) had their big debut at Sweets and Snacks this year, where they snagged a primo spot in Innovation Alley. My box was a free sample from the Expo. Benita’s is still a small company, so their brittle was all handmade. The packaging was wonderfully thoughtful. The…
Zeke’s Butterscotch + Giveaway
I received this box of Uncle Zeke’s Old Fashioned Cracked Butterscotch, or Zeke’s Butterscotch, for short, as a free sample from the manufacturer. My only experience with butterscotch has been with the little gold Brach’s discs, and I didn’t know what to expect from the Old Fashioned moniker. The butterscotch came in shards of various…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bar – Toffee with Walnuts and Pecans
Today I’m reviewing a second Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bar on the heels of Wednesday’s review (that I briefly accidentally posted on Tuesday; oops!). This time, it’s toffee with walnuts and pecans. Here’s its epic description from the back of the box: “The beauty of caramelized sugar reveals itself in flying colors when mixed with…
Endangered Species – Dark Chocolate with Hazelnut Toffee
Endangered Species is a brand that I’ve had a few times but only properly reviewed once. A sale at Whole Foods prompted me to pick up a couple of bars for review. Their gimmick is that they give 10% of their profits for animal conservation. As an added plus, their cacao is “100% ethically traded”,…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Almond Toffee
These Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Almond Toffees are packaged and priced like their Tahitian Vanilla Caramels. I somehow missed them when I bought the caramels, but I nabbed them for a taste test on a recent visit. The bag called them “crunchy toffee and roasted California almonds, covered with premium dark chocolate.” They were shiny…
Trader Joe’s Soft Peanut Brittle
Happy Leap Day! If you cry, Leap Day William might bring you some candy… This bag of Soft Peanut Brittle was yet another Trader Joe’s impulse buy for me. I think its proper name is Trader Joe’s Soft Peanut Brittle Covered in Milk Chocolate. The bag deemed it a “flaky, crispy peanutty treat.” It came…
See’s Cafe Latte Krispy and Mint Krispy
Happy Friday the 13th! Great time to wrap up a week of See’s reviews (see Monday and Wednesday for previous reviews this See’s week). I got today’s candies the best possible way: the mall See’s stand had a little basket of individually wrapped candies by the register, and the owner told me to help myself…
REVIEW: See’s Awesome Peanut Brittle Bar
I am no longer the mall shopping machine that I was when I was in middle school and high school. These days, I just don’t have the patience anymore and mostly shop online. Thus, I had lived in Durham for nearly six months before I finally set foot in a mall for an Apple store…
Harbor Sweets Perennial Sweets
On Wednesday, I reviewed my free sample Harbor Sweets‘s Sand Castle Dark Chocolate and Caramel Bar. Today, I’m reviewing their Perennial Sweets, another free sample that I received. The Perennial Sweets was a box of “dark chocolates inspired by the garden.” My box of 16 contained 4 Nantucket Baskets, 4 Topiary Toffees, and 8 Sweet Irises,…
