Want 100 lbs of Jelly Beans?
The folks at Gimbal’s wanted me to let y’all know about their newest promo: a contest with a grand prize of 100 pounds of their gourmet jelly beans. You have…
Thin Mint + Nestle Crunch Bar Tease
Via my friend Amanda, a photo of a new, limited edition Thin Mint Crunch bar was posted to Reddit. Now, the internets are abuzz. Can’t wait to try them!
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…
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…
Paul Rudd Talks Candy with Jon Stewart
Via Cybele/Candy Blog’s Twitter?comes this fun clip that combines so many of my favorite things: candy (for the masses!), Paul Rudd, and The Daily Show. The Daily Show with Jon…
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate filled with Chocolate Buttercream
Here’s my second (and final. ARG!) review of the Trader Joe’s Belgian chocolate bars, the Dark Chocolate {filled with} Chocolate Buttercream. As with Monday’s review of the milk chocolate and…
Trident/Stride Giveaway
I haven’t been a gum chewer since high school (hence the sparseness of gum reviews here), but mayhaps some of you chew and would care about this news? Trident and…
Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate filled with Caramel
Trader Joe’s recently introduced a new line of Belgian chocolate bars {filled with} stuff. They made a big splash on my radar because one of them was {filled with} speculoos…
Kasugai Mangosteen Gummy Candy
Kasugai is probably the best known and most widely available brand of Asian gummy available in the U.S. As I noted before, I’m long overdue for a review. Fortunately, I…
Exclusive Chocolate Tasting Parties
Via my friend Neil, who saw it on MetaFilter, Clotilde of Chocolate and Zucchini has a write-up of what it’s like to be a member of the ultra exclusive Club…
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…
Boozy Caramel Bonbons
This Serious Eats recipe for boozy vanilla caramels sounds absolutely decadent. Unfortunately, it also seems pretty complicated and requires a candy mold and candy thermometer, two tools that I don’t…