Aunt Sally’s Creamy Pralines – Bananas Foster
Monday’s review was of a Swiss pralin?. Today, we’ve got a different kind of praline: Aunt Sally’s Creamy Praline, Bananas Foster edition. Like the last Aunt Sally’s praline that I…
Serious Eats Peanut Brittle Recipe
Peanut Brittle is another one of those confections that I’d love to try to make someday, but I’m too terrified of ruining pots and pans and kitchen surfaces to try.…
Hedonist Goat Cheese Truffles
I LOVE goat cheese. Especially warmed and drizzled with honey. Mmmm… And, as y’all may have guessed, I LOVE chocolate. So I was super excited when I popped into Hedonist…
Cadbury Commercial – Now with Ostrich
Here’s another weird Cadbury commercial, via AdFreak. I’m not sure how good it will be at selling chocolate, but it is sweetly inspirational.
Creepy Disembodied Hands Sell Cadbury
I swear candy ads are weirder than those of other products (if anyone wants to run the numbers for me, let me know how they turn out). Case in point,…
Tempered good news for chocolate and health
Here’s another study showing that chocolate can have a beneficial health effect. In this particular case, 1 to 2 servings of dark chocolate a week was found to correlate with…
Milka 2 Chocs: Cow-Spotted Chocolate? [Review]
Last week, I reviewed the Ritter Sport Chocolate Duo. Today, I’ll review Milka’s version of a chocolate duo, the Milka 2 Chocs, which I also purchased in Italy. The bar…
Candy Filled Modern Love
Last weekend’s NY Times Magazine Modern Love column was a poignant and candy-filled memoir. If only I could write like that! I think I may consume too much candy to…
Labor Day Vacation
Today is a U.S. holiday that more or less marks the end of summer. I’ll be spending the day in the office (got to get cracking to my grad school…
Hi-Chew Soda Flavors (Japan) vs Hi-Chew Fizzies (US)
Hi-Chew Soda Flavors (Japan): The Japanese?Morinaga Hi-Chew Soda Flavors?came as free samples from Tsunami. Look at the lovely effervescence on those wrappers! They came in three flavors: lemon soda, cola,…