Goldenberg Peanut Chew art
Rosa Via Neil, here’s a fun piece about a piece of?art made entirely of Goldenberg Peanut Chews. The artwork is 2 feet by 4 feet and weighs 26 pounds. I wonder…
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Science says that chocolate doesn’t last long in British hospitals
Every year, the British Journal of Medicine has a special fun Christmas issue – the experiments are real but not as serious as they normally are. Last years’s Christmas issue…
An expensive love for Skittles
I found a candy-related gem buried in this NY Times piece about NFL athletes’ custom cleats: Marshawn Lynch, a Seattles Seahawk running back, was once fined $10,000 for wearing Skittles…
Hot Chocolate Modifications
The NY Times recently rounded up a list of places to get hot chocolate in New Jersey. Even if you don’t live in the area, you can get some inspiration…
Make ALLLLL the Candies
Via Neil, Metafilter has compiled an impressive list of recipes for homemade candies. Winter is a great time to fire up the stove/oven!
Holiday Hiatus
Hi everyone, I’m taking my usual holiday hiatus between Christmas and New Year’s. See you in 2014!
Serious Eats mixes booze and Christmas candy
Serious Eats likes to mix candy and booze?and see what happens. For the winter holidays, they’ve come up with a number of candy-infused booze recipes making use of seasonal treats.…
Survey on perceived chocolate quality
If you’re looking to procrastinate for a few minutes, please take this survey about US chocolate quality for a friend of mine. He’s a business school student, and your responses…
Serious Eats on how chocolate makers consider chocolate flavors
It’s fun to write about how fine chocolate can have hints of this and aromas of that. Serious Eats recently interviewed Valhrona Chocolate’s sourcing manager about how they consider and…
Chocolate Melting Instructions
Yesterday, I shared a link to chocolate expert Alice Medrich’s essential chocolate tips. The Kitchn also ran a post in which she shared the best way to melt chocolate for…
Essential Chocolate Tips from Alice Medrich
Alice Medrich is a chocolate expert and author of several chocolate books. The Kitchn has a post where Alice Medrich gives her essential chocolate tips. Did you know that its…
Dominican Republic Cacao Tour
Several years ago, I learned about how cacao pods are grown and eventually turned into chocolate from a Scharffen Berger factory tour. Serious Eats has a great slide show about…