Zagnut
Rosa According to its entry on Hershey’s website, the Zagnut has been around for ~80 years now (I think Hershey’s needs to update their mathing). Wikipedia says that it used to…
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Charles Chocolates Caramel Almond Sticks
These Caramel Almond Sticks are the last of my free samples from Charles Chocolates. Sad, as I really enjoyed munching my way through their wares! The sticks are their “Fleur…
Charles Chocolates Triple Chocolate Almonds
Charles Chocolates contacted me when they launched a revamped website and a new flagship store in San Francisco. I got sent a bunch of free samples which I’ll be reviewing…
Trader Joe’s The Art of Chocolate truffles
I have awesome timing – I just recycled my empty box of Trader Joe’s “The Art of Chocolate” truffles last weekend, and I’m noticing now, as I write this review,…
Schoc Peanut Chili Cluster
Around Thanksgiving-ish, I did a candy exchange with Saskia, a ZOMG, Candy! reader from New Zealand. Quick tip – if you ship internationally via USPS, hang onto the customs form…
Kettle Confections Almond Nougats
Up until now, my food-related experience with Etsy has been with the myriad mini food jewelry pieces you can find there; I had no idea you could buy actual food…
Hedonist Spice Collection Truffles
Today’s review is more from Hedonist’s constantly changing truffle line-up: their current Spice Collection. It consists of peanut butter cayenne, raspberry wasabi, orange chipotle, lemon pepper, and coconut curry –…
Chocri Creations – Part III
On Monday and Wednesday, I reviewed bars of my own design. For my third and final bar, I decided to let Chocri take the lead and made one of their…
Chocri Creations – Part I
Ever buy a chocolate bar and think, “This would be so much better with X instead of Y”, or “if only they added Z to this bar”? Well, soon you’ll…
Derry Church Artisan Chocolates – Part I
Chef Eric Clayton, the executive pastry chef and chocolatier for Derry Church Artisan Chocolates, emailed me about sending me some free samples of his chocolates. After checking out the gorgeous…
Mama’s Goodies – Part II
The continuation of Monday‘s Mama’s Goodies nut brittle reviews: Cashew Nut Crunch This has the same thick brittle base as the pecan nut crunch. Cashews, however, are a much lighter…
Mama’s Goodies – Part I
Mama’s Goodies makes all-natural nut butter brittles inspired by Iranian recipes. I was fortunate enough to receive free samples of each of their five brittle flavors. Today, we’ll cover sesame…