I had read about the Vosges Bacon Bar (photo from Vosges website) at various candy review websites and had been dying to try it for myself. I mean, chocolate and bacon? How…
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The Worlds Most Expensive Candy And Choc
We all enjoy indulging in sweets such as candy and chocolate bars. That being said, most people can satisfy their sweet tooth without going broke. However, there are some chocolate bars on…
Sweets and Snacks Expo 2013 – Day
Day 1 of the Sweets and Snacks Expo is over, and I’m exhausted! I stayed up past my bedtime trying to get some science done, and then it was up again at…
Hammond’s PB&J Sandwich
Hammond’s PB&J Sandwich bar was creating quite a stir at Sweet and Snacks. It won the most innovative new product award in the chocolate category, where they were up against some Hershey’s…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bar &#
This Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bar comes with fun old-timey art on the front and a lengthy narrative on the back of the box. Ready? “Exotic Hawaiian Black Sea Salt hails from…
Recchiuti Asphalt Jungle Mix
A little over a week ago, I discovered the new eater of my minimal grad student disposable income: A Southern Season. It’s a megalopolis of gourmet goods: fine meats and cheeses and…
Green and Black’s Dark 70% and Tof
These miniature Green and Black’s bars came in my Chocolate Gift Pack, courtesy of the NCA. We’ll start with the Dark 70%. Both bars were lightly scored into 12 rectangular segments, each…
Chocolate-related gift guides (hint hint
Serious Eats has put together a gift guide for chocolate lovers. In other gift guide news, Vosges makes another appearance in Chow’s annual Winter Gift Guide. The folks at Chow.com are clearly…
Santander Tropical Fruit Bits
When I first moved to Rochester, I found it a bit odd that everyone talked about how great Wegman’s was. Really, Rochester? The coolest thing about you is a grocery store? But…
Sunbursts
My first run-in with chocolate-covered sunflower seeds was when my mother brought home several little logo-ed packs that she’d gotten at some booth at a job fair. The two of us polished…
Chow Gift Guides – the candy picks
Back around Fathers’ Day, Chow recommended Vosges ice cream and LaLaBoodle’s Dark Chocolate Toffee as good gifts for dad. More candy goodies appear on their Summer Gift Guide: Southern Candymakers (reviewed by…
Taza Stone Ground Organic Chocolate, 80%
Taza Chocolate made it onto my radar via my friends Justin and Nana, who highly recommended it. Unfortunately, because they’re a small artisan company, the chocolate isn’t that widely sold in stores,…