Our 'Midweek Mini' today comes courtesy of our pals at Cadbury UK and their new 'Bubbly' chocolates. I first heard of these new bars about two weeks ago (See HERE), and it didn't take me long to track them down in my local Tesco supermarket on sale for their RRP £1.42 each. Described as 'Milk chocolate with an aerated milk/white chocolate centre', I have to say I found the prospect of these so called 'New' chocolates rather unexciting. Given the presence of the blocked Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly bar and Cadbury Wispa already on our UK shelves, I found it somewhat surprising Cadbury chose…
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Gelatin Isn’t Vegetarian (And Is Kind Of Gross), But Is It Bad For You?
Blisstree » EAT26 Jan 2012 | 12:40 pmI became aware of what gelatin was and where it came from at a county fair in Oregon. I was maybe 7 or 8, and there was a box of Jello, set up decoratively next to a cow hoof as part of a 4H project, which explained that gelatin, the stuff that made gummy candies gummy and Jello jiggly was an animal byproduct. I was horrified. But I found that the clear gelling product is so ubiquitous, avoiding it requires a level of vigilance and awareness that would make a member of the Secret Service sweat. Now, as a vegetarian, I avoid it. But as a health writer, I was curious–is it actually… -
Candy Addict is hiring!
Candy Addict17 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pmIn case you hadn’t noticed, Candy Addict is looking a little dead lately and we need to change that. We’re looking to hire some new writers to get the site really going again. If you’ve ever wanted to get paid to write about candy (and get free candy to review), now’s your chance! What are we looking for in the ideal Candy Addict writer? A love of candy, obviously Excellent writing skills A sense of humor that comes through in your writing Familiarity with HTML – you don’t have to be an HTML guru, just have some basic knowledge The ability and time to write a… -
Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans
Candy Blog27 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pmValentine’s Day is all about red. Red is the color of love and passion; candies for Valentine’s Day play upon the flavors that follow with red: cherry, strawberry, raspberry and cinnamon. The fruity flavors are usually easy to find, but cinnamon is a little less common. I was excited to see this small bag of Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans for sale at Walgreen’s in their Valentine’s candy display. What does White Hot Red Hots actually mean? The package doesn’t say, but the little window shows that the small jelly beans come in two colors: red and a red… -
Crispy Nutella Truffles
About.com Candy27 Jan 2012 | 3:29 amAre you familiar with Ferrero Rocher candies? You know, the beautiful round chocolate balls covered in gold foil, that your fancy friends always seem to have stacked in giant ...Read Full Post
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Candy Addict is hiring!
17 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pmIn case you hadn’t noticed, Candy Addict is looking a little dead lately and we need to change that. We’re looking to hire some new writers to get the site really going again. If you’ve ever wanted to get paid to write about candy (and get free candy to review), now’s your chance! What are we looking for in the ideal Candy Addict writer? A love of candy, obviously Excellent writing skills A sense of humor that comes through in your writing Familiarity with HTML – you don’t have to be an HTML guru, just have some basic knowledge The ability and time to write a… -
Think Big, I Mean REALLY Big
25 Oct 2011 | 12:47 amApparently, there is a chocolate bar out there that I am NOT allowed to eat!!! When I found out that there was no way I could get at this phenomenal piece of candy, I was outraged! Until I found out from the Chicago Tribune that this particular 12,000 pound chocolate bar was made to teach our children about portion control. The company, World’s Finest Chocolate, is usually a company that does fundraising for schools but this time they went beyond that. This enormous piece of confectionary marvel is 21 feet long and 3 feet high. It took 1700 pounds of cocoa butter, just to give you one… -
Candy Review: Stride’s Shaun White Wintermint Gum
24 Oct 2011 | 3:46 pmThere are just so many gums on the market right now that it’s hard to make any kind of decision on what you wanna chew. There must be at least 4 or 5 different mint flavors per brand from what I see in the checkout lines, not to mention all the fruit or combination flavors. I’ve even seen gum that’s supposed to taste like desserts. Now Stridehas come out with a new Wintermint gum sponsored by snowboarder Shaun White. Unfortunately, this is just another one of those gimmicks. If you love snowboarding or you’re a Shaun White fan, Stride knows you’ll buy this gum. On the outside of the… -
Candy Addict Book Review: Counting With Candy
11 Oct 2011 | 10:52 amDo you have a little “Candy Addict” of your own at home? Would you like them to start learning their numbers in a way they’ll love? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then I’ve found the perfect book for you. Check out this new board book from Laurie Wolf called “Candy 1 to 20″. Every page contains the numbers from 1 to 20 but they numbers are laid out using various candies to make the shapes. For example, there’s a candy stick for number 1 and candy corn for number 20. Each number is made up of different candies, so your little “Candy Addict” will be so… -
Top 10 Candies That Remind Me of Justin Bieber
23 Sep 2011 | 1:36 amJustin Bieber is just so hot these days. His music beckons teenage girls to cry and scream over and over again. Since he’s just a “baby” himself, I thought that he probably, most likely, LOVES candy. Now, this Top 10 list is not a list of candies that Justin Bieber eats himself (well maybe a couple of exceptions). It’s more like a list of candies that when I see them, they just make my heart go a flutter thinking of Justin. If you’re a Bieber fan and like his music, I hope that you’ll enjoy the Top 10 candies that remind me of Justin Bieber. #10: Sour Patch Kids Sour…
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Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans
27 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pmValentine’s Day is all about red. Red is the color of love and passion; candies for Valentine’s Day play upon the flavors that follow with red: cherry, strawberry, raspberry and cinnamon. The fruity flavors are usually easy to find, but cinnamon is a little less common. I was excited to see this small bag of Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans for sale at Walgreen’s in their Valentine’s candy display. What does White Hot Red Hots actually mean? The package doesn’t say, but the little window shows that the small jelly beans come in two colors: red and a red… -
Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Covered Joe’s O’s
26 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pmTrader Joe’s has its own version of a lot of standard food items. One that’s quite popular are the Trader Joe’s Joe’s O’s Cereal. I’ve never had it. It’s probably been 20 years since I’ve eaten Cheerios as well. I’m not a breakfast cereal sort of person, I prefer eggs and other more savory and protein heavy items in the morning. But I’ll go for some chocolate covered breakfast cereal, so that that’s exactly what Trader Joe’s did, with their Milk Chocolate Covered Joe’s O’s. They come in a tub, which is rather… -
Skittles Riddles
25 Jan 2012 | 11:17 amI’ve been waiting for a new variety of Skittles to come along to blow me out of the water. Something that really turns expectations about Skittles on their ear, like the Skittles Carnival limited edition version a few years back. Mostly I’ve been hoping for Skittles Soda Pop: cola, root beer, lemon-lime, orange and grape soda. But that doesn’t look likely. Instead I picked up this teal blue bag of their newest called Skittles Riddles. The newest version of Skittles have a new set of flavors and a new twist. The riddle is that The Colors Don’t Match the Flavors. There… -
SpongeBob Squarepants Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Snacks
24 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pmIn the candy aisle at the 99 Cent Only Store they always seem to have a lot of boxed items filled with sugar and labeled as Snacks. When I go into Target or a grocery store these same items are shelved with the granola bars, not far from the cereal, as if they’re real food. I picked up this box of SpongeBob Squarepants Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Snacks made by Frankford Candy. They also make Disney licensed candy, including a similar set for the Cars characters. But again, I puzzled over what made these snacks instead of candy. Inside the box are 6 packets, each are .53… -
3 Musketeers Coconut
23 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pmIt’s as if Mars has a multi-year bulk deal with some coconut flavor supplier. They’ve added coconut varieties to their major brands over the years: Dove, M&Ms and Twix. The newest is 3 Musketeers Coconut. 3 Musketeers has been advertising that it has 45% less fat than average of leading candy bars. (This is true because the leading candy bars have more chocolate and/or nuts, which makes them more fatty.) This bar, which is described as Whipped Up, Fluffy Chocolate Coconut Taste says it has 40% Less Fat. This bar is also Canadian. There’s something strange about using our…
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Crispy Nutella Truffles
27 Jan 2012 | 3:29 amAre you familiar with Ferrero Rocher candies? You know, the beautiful round chocolate balls covered in gold foil, that your fancy friends always seem to have stacked in giant ...Read Full Post -
Almond Roca Recipe
26 Jan 2012 | 3:53 amThis may be controversial, but my favorite thing about Almond Roca was always the packaging. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a pink tin and some gold ...Read Full Post -
Lemonade Sugar Straws
25 Jan 2012 | 3:48 amRemember Pixy Stix? Those small straws full of powdery "candy" that always seemed to be 99.99% straight sugar? Well, the bad news is that they are mostly plain sugar. ...Read Full Post -
Lemon Chews
24 Jan 2012 | 3:32 amSometimes I'm a culinary genius and I don't even realize it. A few months ago I was attempting to make a lemon meringue-flavored lollipop. The plan was to make ...Read Full Post -
Homemade Tootsie Rolls and the Biggest Tootsie Roll You've Ever Seen
23 Jan 2012 | 3:34 amIf you've been following this blog for any length of time, you have probably picked up on the fact that I subscribe to a "more is more" philosophy of ...Read Full Post
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How To Survive Five Days Stuck In A Ditch — CANDY!!!
25 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pmI just saw on the news a woman was stranded on a road with a rental car and survived days by eating candy!!Ok this was in Idaho and I’m not sure why she opted to stay stranded in the car. She survived on peanut butter M&M’s.. Lynn S. Keesler, 61, of Houston, was evaluated by emergency medical technicians but refused to go to the hospital, saying she just wanted “a warm bed and a bath,” The Times-News reported Tuesday. The Cassia County report said Keesler believed she had been stranded for three to five days, but the sheriff’s log shows a deputy gave her… -
Ludens Soothed My Sugar Tooth & Throat!
24 Jan 2012 | 3:18 pmSo isn’t it ironic that two days after initially filming the review, I’m sick with a cold and thank goodness that the Ludens Throat Drops arrived when they did! Check out the video!! So my nephew liked the Orange, but I haven’t tried any other flavor than Cherry and it is ADDICTING. Although my throat is bothering me, I’m popping Ludens like Skittles. This is what sets them apart from other throat drops. Flavors include: Wild Cherry Wild Honey Licorice Sugar Free Wild Cherry Orange The newest flavor is the Orange in fact and the bag that I received is priced around… -
Angry Birds Fruity Gummies!!
10 Jan 2012 | 5:50 pmBack again!! Last week was very fun and my mom is looking forward to making more videos!! In the meantime check out the video!! P.S. The TodoCandy App is finally being updated!! I’ll write about it once it is published -
Almond Toffee Review Part 1 & 2!
27 Dec 2011 | 9:01 pmRecently, I was greeted with toffee from the Enstrom group however due to my allergies I am not able to review it directly. However, there is always someone willing to fill in to eat candy!! Check out the video View the website to check out more toffee by Enstrom: www.enstrom.com P.S. Happy Holidays!! -
Happy Haribu!!!
30 Nov 2011 | 5:29 amNice Haribu dispenser!!
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January 25th: Midweek Mini Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly
25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amOur 'Midweek Mini' today comes courtesy of our pals at Cadbury UK and their new 'Bubbly' chocolates. I first heard of these new bars about two weeks ago (See HERE), and it didn't take me long to track them down in my local Tesco supermarket on sale for their RRP £1.42 each. Described as 'Milk chocolate with an aerated milk/white chocolate centre', I have to say I found the prospect of these so called 'New' chocolates rather unexciting. Given the presence of the blocked Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly bar and Cadbury Wispa already on our UK shelves, I found it somewhat surprising Cadbury chose… -
January 23rd: Kit Kat Strawberry Cheesecake / Yatsuhashi
23 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amWe started the year looking at two of the latest flavours to be gracing the ever expanding Japanese world of Kit Kats with the Wasabi & Black Honey flavours (See HERE). Well since this time I've been trying out yet another two flavours which you will see reviews for below today. Please do remember, if any of these take your fancy, you can try them out for yourselves by heading over to J-List and paying my friend Peter a visit. Please be warned that some of the content on that site isn't suitable for younger viewers ;) (J-List HERE) -----Kit Kat Strawberry Cheesecake (Yokohama Edition)Kcal… -
January 19th: Kit Kat Chunky Peanut Butter
19 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amKcal 260 Fat 15.2g Carbs 26.2gAnyone who doubted me saving the best until last obviously doesn't know how things work round here :D This was one of the first ever bars I reviewed on ChocolateMission way waaaaaay back in February 2009 - See HERE. At the time I had no idea that the bar would then go on to be axed for the release of the Kit Kat Chunky Caramel - a decision which many of us today still bemoan :D 'Crispy wafer finger with a creamed peanut topping, covered in milk chocolate' - this not only sounded the business, but the familiar peanut scents smelt just as lovely as I remembered. -
January 18th: Kit Kat Chunky Double Choc
18 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amKcal 256 Fat 14.8g Carbs 28.0g Our penultimate review this weeks has me taking me a look at another flavour that has never been present here in the UK. Looking elsewhere online I have managed to track this bar down to Australia - See HERE, where it appears to have once made up the triple variant Chunky range over there. Interestingly enough, a quick look at the Australian Nestle website revealed that it has obviously been axed, as it no longer appears listed as part of the range - See HERE.Described as a 'crisp wafer finger with a chocolate flavour topping, covered in milk chocolate', this… -
January 17th: Kit Kat Chunky Orange
17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amKcal 247 Fat 12.5g Carbs 30.2g Day Two, and becuase it's a Tuesday I've decided to throw my least favourite of the selection in to the mix (I don't like Tuesdays :D). Today the Kit Kat Chunky Orange takes it's stab at the JCM rating system. As far as I'm aware this is a bar that is new to the Chunky format, and has only previously appeared in it's two finger form - See HERE. I was interested to see how the bar would do in this 48.0g form - Just for your information all of the new four bars weigh in at 48.0g. Out of the four this the strongest smelling of the selection, the orange scents…
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19 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pm
19 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pmSweetly DementedSo, this young chocolate maker named "Sivonne Imnottelling" contacted me today about their brand new confectionary line called Sweetly Demented, ranging from the "morbid, shabby chic & just plain rude." There are chocolate bird skulls, brains, hypno pops and...well, you'll have to see for yourself. I find it creative, dark and charming in a raw, art school kind of way. -
8 Dec 2011 | 12:24 pm
8 Dec 2011 | 12:24 pmTis' The Season for Tins of Toffee!I'm big on festive treats and toffee is hands down one of my favorite things to find inside a tin. Colorado based Enstrom's Almond Toffee with their light, airy, buttery, perfection and great ingredients such as pure cane sugar, fresh California almonds and sweet cream butter doesn't last a day in my hands. When it's all gone too quickly, I indulge in the delicious crumbs that line the box like snow. I was tickled to find that Enstrom's actually sells the crumbs separately! They are seriously that good. -
Totally Gaga!
2 Dec 2011 | 10:04 pmMua! Mua! I'm loving these electrifying chocolate lips available this holiday season courtesy of Barneys New York x Gaga's Workshop. There's also chocolate lipstick, shoes and various wild treats. Pretty amazing gifts for the little monsters in your life. -
Madhatter
28 Sep 2011 | 11:02 amCuriouser and Curiouser!As an Alice in Wonderland fan, one of my fav quotes from Alice: "But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!" I was quite attracted to these Wonderland inspired mini honey cakes and brownies by UK based Lucky Chocolate. The mini cakes are handmade and coated in Grand Cru and Valhrona chocolate and individually packaged in their own box - so each one is almost like a little treat or gift. Their larger gift boxes are also fun, like the Honey Time Gift Set with 'rabbit fur' which includes collections of their larger… -
26 Mar 2011 | 5:07 pm
26 Mar 2011 | 5:07 pmNew York's FinestC&M Chocolatier epitomizes everything I love about New York from the success story--founder Chris Martorano started cleaning floors in a chocolate factory at the age of fourteen--nowadays he hand makes his own line--to the diversity of flavor-- Each flavor is a brilliant nod to the East Village's wide variety of foods and flavors and I can't decide which is my favorite. I savored them all...slowly...from the Peanut Butter Pretzel--gianduja truffle rolled in crushed, salted pretzels YUM!-- to the Black Sesame Tahini--sesame tahini filling with honey and black sesame…
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Brookside Dark Chocolate Goji with Raspberry
27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amI bought this bag of Brookside Dark Chocolate Goji with Raspberry at a Bed Bath & Beyond because I needed a few more dollars to use my coupon. It turned out to be a great unplanned addition to my shopping list. The bag described them as “smooth dark chocolate surrounding a sweetened real fruit juice piece, made from a blend of goji berry juice, raspberry juice and other select fruit juices.” They were shiny chocolate balls with these little flat jelly candy centers. The jelly centers were comprised of two little discs. The discs were pressed flat side to flat side, then… -
Watch out for candy health halos
26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amHere’s a study I wish I had done: a new study in the journal of Social Psychological & Personality Science reports that consumers believe that chocolate labeled as Fair Trade has fewer calories than non-Fair Trade chocolate. This is an example of the halo effect, in which one positive trait bleeds over and influences perceptions of other traits. Remember, Fair Trade chocolate is better for its workers but not any healthier for your body! -
Duc d’O Pates de Fruits
25 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amA Belgian friend of mine in Rochester was kind enough to remember me on his latest trip back to his homeland. He brought me back a box of Belgian Pates de Fruits from Duc d’O (also available online!) Pates de fruits, also known as fruit jellies and fruit pate, are much better than gummi candies. They’re usually made from no more than pureed fruit, sugar, and gelatin. The real fruit part is what makes them special. The entirety of this box was made from pureed apricots plus “flavours” and “colouring”. Interestingly enough, none of these were apricot… -
Cybele’s Fancy Food Show Recaps
24 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amLast week, Cybele was at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. She took some great photos and wrote some jealousy inducing recaps. You can check them out here, here, and here. Sort of wishing I’d moved to California for grad school instead… -
Surf Sweets Fruity Hearts
23 Jan 2012 | 7:00 amI received a bag of Surf Sweets Fruity Hearts as free samples from the manufacturer. The press release said that they were launched in time for Valentine’s Day, though it was never explicit about whether these were a limited holiday edition or not. They were, however, explicit about touting all the benefits to the Surf Sweets line. These are organic, gluten-free, and vegan. No big surprise: they’re available at Whole Foods. The Fruity Hearts were watermelon and cherry flavored. They were difficult to visually distinguish. Both were pink though my lighting made them look red in the…
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Philadelphia With Cadbury: Death Of A Brand?
28 Jan 2012 | 5:34 amIt’s my sad duty to report the death of the once great British chocolate making icon Cadbury. It will be buried on Monday following a short ceremony at “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” in Piccadilly Circus. This is the coffin it will be laid to rest in. Yes, that’s Philadelphia cheese with Cadbury chocolate. In the same tub. But it’s not the product itself that symbolises the final, inevitable death of Cadbury, it’s what it stands for. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Cadbury wasn’t just the nation’s best loved chocolate… -
Nestlé KitKat Chunky
25 Jan 2012 | 5:45 amThose of you who have been following Chocablog for a while may remember that the original KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter got one of the worst reviews we’ve ever given on Chocablog. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that original wasn’t around for very long, and now Nestlé have come up with a new range of ‘chunky’ KitKats – Orange, Double Choc, White, and Peanut Butter is back in a new form. So let’s start with the peanut butter version. It’s a similar format with a thick layer of peanut butter on top of the wafer and generally seems to be an improvement on the… -
Divine White Chocolate & Strawberry Hearts
24 Jan 2012 | 4:30 amValentine’s Day is nearly upon us, which means vast arrays of pink, heart shaped products from all the big chocolate companies. Divine sent us these white chocolate hearts with strawberry pieces to review, but they also do 70% dark chocolate and milk chocolate hearts. Being Divine, the cocoa butter and sugar are of course, Fairtrade (Kuapa Kokoo, the Fairtrade Certified Cocoa Farmers Co-operative owns 45% of Divine). In total, 71% of the ingredients are certified themselves. The hearts themselves are simple affairs. Just a couple of centimetres across and wrapped in silver foil. The… -
White Chocolate & Raspberry Muffins
23 Jan 2012 | 2:51 amTo make 12 of these yummy muffins you will need: 125g butter, softened 1/2 cup (125g) caster (fine) sugar 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups (400g) self raising flour 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup (100g) white chocolate, chips or roughly chopped block 120g raspberries (fresh or frozen) Method Preheat oven to 180ºC and line with patty paper a 12 x 1/3 cup capacity muffin pan. Cream the butter and sugar by beating them at a high speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, mixing well after each addition. Add the flour and milk and stir until combined. Fold through the chocolate and… -
Teapigs Chocolate Flake Tea
20 Jan 2012 | 4:02 amI drink a lot of tea. Sometimes I think if “chocolate” and “tea” were the only two food groups left on Earth, I would be quite happy. In fact, my diet would probably be pretty much the same as it is now. But just because I like tea, doesn’t mean I have good taste in tea, and I rarely try more exotic blends. As long as I have my constant supply of PG Tips, and a little Rare Tea Company Silver Tip for special occasions, I’m quite happy. So while was excited when the lovely people at Teapigs sent me this Chocolate Flake Tea to try, I can’t say I was…
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I’m not complaining…
27 Jan 2012 | 1:15 amDuring my first week of French class, many years ago, one of the very first words we learned was râleur, or complainer. Back then, I wasn’t sure why our teacher was making sure we understood that particular word, but I’ve come to realize why it’s so important now. I’m not one to râle, or complain (although there are likely scores of people I’ve worked with over the years who would say otherwise), but this last week has been really hard. At the beginning of the week, I walked into my place under full construction – everything covered with plaster dust, tarps… -
Wild Rice Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Lemon-Tahini Dressing
25 Jan 2012 | 4:47 amOver the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to use up things I already have in the cupboard, plus eat seasonally, plus make things that are relatively easy to make – and this salad fit the bill on all counts. It combines tahini with wild rice and used up some of the marvelous root vegetables that I can’t help buying at the market, even though I should be using up what I’ve already got on hand. It’s not the prettiest salad in the world, but compared to what I didn’t show you of my refrigerator, that bowl should be hanging in the Louvre. Speaking of which,… -
Ma lampe de cuisine
22 Jan 2012 | 1:56 amExcuse the pun, but it’s been very illuminating hunting down a light for my kitchen. I’m not sure if it’s because of the high price of electricity in France, or what, but sometimes it feels like I’m living in a country of Jewish mothers whose goal it to keep lights off as much as possible. Yet with the high price of electricity, and the debate over the proliferation of nuclear power plants in France – (we’re #2!), it’s no wonder people are happy to be kept in the dark. Every time I go to my eye doctor for an exam, I’m always surprised when I… -
Le Siffleur de Ballons
19 Jan 2012 | 12:39 amIt wouldn’t be the first time, but I almost had an accident on my bike when I was heading to yet another tile store (who knew is was going to be so hard to find plain, white tiles?), and raced past a new place on my list. I had the usual 4 second debate in my head whether I should stop and grab a bite and a glass of wine, before I made the decision to grind myself to a halt and hitch my bike to a signpost. Fortunately no one else was injured, but let’s just say that I think I need to lower my bike seat a little in case I have to brake unexpectedly in the future. (Well, at least if… -
New Digs
16 Jan 2012 | 12:38 amWell, I did it. After nearly ten years of living in Paris, I am finally going to have a place that I can call my own. After dipping my feet in, and checking apartments from time-to-time, I decided that it was time I went ahead and did it. So I bought my own apartment. Hunting for an apartment in Paris is quite an adventure; there’s no multiple listings like there are in other countries (and it’s estimated that over half the apartments in Paris get sold directly by the owners), so you need to spend an inordinate amount of time searching online, in the newspapers, and in real estate…
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Happy New Year!
3 Jan 2012 | 7:13 pmHappy New Year, Yumsters! I hope you all had wonderful holidays with lots of candy goodness. Here's a picture of some mini "donuts" made from Cheerios that we left for Santa's elves. (After all, they do all the work while Santa reaps all the cookie benefits.) I wanted to check in and let you know that Candy Yum Yum will probably be a bit sporadic for a while. As I mentioned before, I've been dealing with some crazy vertigo and-- well, I'm just going to come out and say it-- I'm cutting back on the sugar to see if my diet will change anything. Believe me, I am not thrilled at the prospect of… -
Mmmm, mmm, Mint M&M's
22 Dec 2011 | 6:45 pmI love mint. I love dark chocolate. I love M&M's. Therefore, I love dark mint M&M's. That's all I have to say. -
Candy Empire State Building!
14 Dec 2011 | 6:46 pmI'm not exactly sure why I thought going to the top of the Empire State Building last weekend was a good idea, considering I've had vertigo for four months and it was one of the busiest weekends in the city all year. Nevertheless, up we went. It was great and all, but the real treasure was at the bottom. A candy replica of the sky scraper! So very cool. -
Christmas Gift Idea #2: Made in the U.S.A. candy canes!
2 Dec 2011 | 4:11 pmYou've heard me complain about candy made in China before and at this time of year I always seem to get a few e-mails from people asking about candy canes. I was so excited when I received a press release yesterday about a new candy cane on the market. Check this out: True Blue Candy Canes are red, white and blue candy canes for a cause. Twenty-five percent of profits from the candy canes benefit the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, which assists children who have lost a parent in the Marine Corps by allowing them to pursue higher education. In 2009, Alexander Lynn—just 18 at… -
Let the giving begin!
28 Nov 2011 | 8:05 pmLet the countdown to Christmas begin! I'm going to start posting some ideas for holiday gifts here, so let me know if you have any ideas or are looking for something specific. In the meantime, here's Gift Idea #1 for Christmas 2011: Lindt Bear I think these bears are adorable and make great gifts because a) they're good-quality chocolate, so they feel like a real gift rather than just some last-minute purchase and b) they're a nice price (around $4 for the big bear). I was sent some samples from the company, and I fully intended on putting the little bears in the Sugar Baby's stocking. (You…
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McDonald’s Won’t Be Using Ammonia In Their Burgers; Wont’ Be Winning New Customers, Either
26 Jan 2012 | 3:32 pmMcDonald’s PR is having a rough time of it this week; first with its Twitter campaign gone awry, and now with Jamie Oliver bringing attention to their switch away from using ammonia-treated beef in their burgers. Ammonia (or ammonium hydroxide) is commonly used as a cleaning agent, but apparently McDonald’s used it to convert fatty, unusable beef cuts into a filler used in their burger patties, which Jaime Oliver brought to attention on his ‘Food Revolution’ show. The ammonia-treated beef, or ‘pink slime,’ as Jamie calls it, is made by a separate producer,… -
Gelatin Isn’t Vegetarian (And Is Kind Of Gross), But Is It Bad For You?
26 Jan 2012 | 12:40 pmI became aware of what gelatin was and where it came from at a county fair in Oregon. I was maybe 7 or 8, and there was a box of Jello, set up decoratively next to a cow hoof as part of a 4H project, which explained that gelatin, the stuff that made gummy candies gummy and Jello jiggly was an animal byproduct. I was horrified. But I found that the clear gelling product is so ubiquitous, avoiding it requires a level of vigilance and awareness that would make a member of the Secret Service sweat. Now, as a vegetarian, I avoid it. But as a health writer, I was curious–is it actually… -
I’m So Excited! Snooki’s New Zantrex3 Ad Is A Flashback To Jessie Spano’s Diet Pill Freakout
26 Jan 2012 | 11:57 amSnooki‘s new Zantrex3 diet pill ad features her and several other women dancing around to the song “I’m So Excited”…just like when Jessie Spano had that caffeine pill freakout on Saved By The Bell. This is the best coincidence ever. In Saved By The Bell, Jessie gets addicted to over-the-counter caffeine pills in an effort to keep up with her crazy curriculum and social demands. And they make her totally awesome…until she freaks out and Zach has to come to her rescue. (Thankfully, she wasn’t using the pills to lose weight, but we wouldn’t be… -
Winter Table: Baked Portobello Caps With Walnuts And Blue Cheese Over Wilted Arugula
26 Jan 2012 | 10:35 amI came up with this dish the other night because the only veggies I had in the fridge were portobello mushroom caps and a bunch of about-to-go-bad arugula. My boyfriend’s response? ‘Wow, this is like something you’d see on a cooking show!’ Yeah, it turned out that good. But even though baked portobello caps stuffed with walnuts and blue cheese and served over wilted arugula sounds (and looks) fancy, this delicious dish requires practically no effort to make—my kind of cooking! Plus, the combination of mushrooms, greens, walnuts, olive oil and blue cheese gives you… -
The Hormone Diet: Feeling Exhausted? You May be Low in Vitamin B12
26 Jan 2012 | 9:37 amFatigue is one of the main complaints that I hear from new patients at my clinic. The reasons behind fatigue can range from insomnia and excessive stress to food allergies or a hormonal imbalance, but more often than not I find that low levels of vitamin B12 — and often iron, as the two go hand in hand — are partially to blame. What causes vitamin B12 deficiency? Vitamin B12 is water soluble, which means that the body is unable to store it in large amounts — this makes it especially important to get it in regular doses, either in your diet or through supplements. This can be difficult…
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Everyone's Blog Posts - The Chocolate Life
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The Art of Chocolate. From the Finest Cocoa to Exquisite Chocolate. part 7
25 Jan 2012 | 8:02 amPublished by Max Felchlin AG, Schwyz, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. (2008) The Transformation From Bean to Chocolate The fermented and dried cocoa beans are packed in sacks made of coarse jute and shipped across the ocean. They are then transported along the Rhine and unloaded at the port in Basel and put into storage. The chocolate manufacturer’s small warehouse in Schwyz only has the capacity to hold the quantity of beans that are used on a daily or weekly basis and that will be processed in the near future. Howover, before storing, Felchlin carries out one final, quasi… -
Hawaiian Criollo
21 Jan 2012 | 12:32 pmWe visited The Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, where they claim to be the first in the state of Hawaii. They offer a cacao tree to hand poured bar operation; the only such operation in the US. A one pound bar of dark Criollo chocolate sells for $36. http://www.ohcf.us -
Growing of cacao in Convento. (ECUADOR)
21 Jan 2012 | 10:26 amFound this nice mail few weeks ago in my mailbox, like to share it. Dear Geert, I found your blog and read the article about cacao in Ecuador, also your web page and found most of them very interesting and delightfull for the eyes....so I can imagine it will be the same with your hand made chocolate.....delightfull for the senses. I am attaching a photo of a jewelry piece we were commisioned by the President of the Junta Parroquial de Convento, Manabi. I thought its something you would like to see because it was a present for the Major of Viry Chatillon, France when she was coming for a… -
The Art of Chocolate. From the Finest Cocoa to Exquisite Chocolate. part 6
12 Jan 2012 | 7:34 amPublished by Max Felchlin AG, Schwyz, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary. (2008) Since visiting Felchlin 2010 and 2011, I must admit I’m addicted to there chocolate and there philosophy. This book is to interesting not to blog, so I must share this on my blog. The Journey: From the Farmer to Basel. After selection, the dried beans are generally transported as bulk goods in the hold of the ship (for example, cocoa from the Ivory Coast) or, more rarely, in sacks, and then taken on the long journey to their destanation for further processing, for example, to Switzerland. In… -
cheap bean to bar chocolate making machines
10 Jan 2012 | 7:44 amHello, am interested in purchasing used cheap bean to bar chocolate making machines. send me prices. my e-mail is ssembuya@yahoo.com
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Lake Champlain Chocolates Blog
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It Pays to Plan Ahead.
24 Jan 2012 | 9:00 amLet’s be honest, Valentine’s Day is not exactly a plan-ahead type of holidayIt’s not like it sneaks up on you, unlike Easter or Thanksgiving, where the date changes from year to year, Valentine’s Day is always on February 14th. So why all the last minute fuss? I have my own theories, but I won’t go into them here. I will say though that this year it pays to plan ahead because we’re offing $5 shipping! Pay just $5 per address for standard shipping —no matter how large your order. This means you can spring for one of our heart-shaped… -
Local honey keeps our chocolate buzzing!
23 Jan 2012 | 10:09 amIt’s time for another taste education workshop with our good friends at Slow Food Vermont. This Saturday from 12pm-4pm at our Factory Store on Pine St, honey is the star. We will have Bill Mares, beekeeper extraordinaire, in attendance to talk about how honey is collected, the variety and sources of honey including the special characteristics of Vermont honey and the Vermont Beekeepers Association’s work with over 1,200 local beekeepers to sustain Vermont’s honey industry. Slow Food Vermont will offer a honey tasting that focuses on the “taste of… -
How do you like your hot chocolate?
19 Jan 2012 | 12:07 pmHot chocolate seems like a pretty simple thing. Add some milk, cocoa, maybe a marshmallow or two and you’re done, right? Well, maybe not.In fact, there are quite a few different ways people like their hot cocoa. Snapshot of our cafe menu Coffee and hot chocolate is a no-brainer. We even have a Mocha Hot Chocolate in our line. But some (like our wonderful retail staff) like to take it a step further. Here are some of our most popular café concoctions made with our famous gourmet hot chocolate— Mocha Old World: Old World Drinking Chocolate… -
Chocolate-spree
11 Jan 2012 | 8:27 amThere is another way to shop for your favorite gourmet chocolates now. A lot of people know us because they visited one of our three company stores in Vermont. Perhaps they received a gift and now shop online or they discovered us at their local specialty food store or at the cash register in Whole Foods. Maybe you look forward to receiving our catalogs each season. Well, now you can discover and purchase our chocolate one more way- through Catalog Spree. It’s the same beautiful catalog you receive in the mail—but online! I know what you’re… -
It’s all about balance.
6 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pmAs a chocolate company, we’re in the food business. And so we are always keeping an eye on current flavor trends. Sometimes we jump on board, sometimes we don’t. In general, Lake Champlain Chocolates is more about balanced flavor combinations rather than crazy flavor combinations (think mushrooms and chocolate). Sometimes it seems like there is a race to see who can come up with the craziest chocolate combinations out there—but is that what people really want? Perhaps once…but in the end, I bet most of you will go back to your…
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Cocoa Heaven
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Be Mine – M&M’s Cherry Chocolate
18 Jan 2012 | 6:18 pmWith Valentine’s Day right around the corner, candy companies across the nation are rolling out their yearly themed chocolates with the hopes of “I am too lazy to buy my wife something nice, so I will just get her a bag of candy” men running a last-minute effort to salvage the night. Enter M&M’s Cherry. [...] -
7 Nostalgic Candies
7 Dec 2011 | 1:00 pmAlmost everyone has a candy or two that exemplifies their childhood. For me, it’s a Whatchamacallit. A girl named Megan gave one to me the day my parents and I moved into a new neighborhood. I was six and it’s always stuck with me. There are certain candies that just evoke the old general store, [...] -
Must-have Christmas Candy of the Season
29 Nov 2011 | 5:00 amWhile Halloween and Easter may be the holidays MOST associated with candy excellence, Christmas is no slouch. Hello advent calendars! Each day of the Big Countdown delivers a perfect piece of chocolate star tastiness. Not to mention stockings full of Snickers bars and candy canes, homemade caramels and dishes aplenty of Brach’s Candy… The entire holiday season is one big sugar-saturated candy bacchanalia.
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World Cocoa Foundation
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WCF African Cocoa Initiative (WCF/ACI) and Food Security
26 Jan 2012 | 1:39 pmEntry: Sona Ebai, Senior Technical Advisor for Policy and Governance, World Cocoa Foundation I think WCF/ACI is coming on stream at a great time to build on the success of the WCF Cocoa Livelihoods Program (WCF/CLP) and WCF/ECHOES program. Through these efforts, we are beginning to tackle a rural transformation process that is indispensable to the sustainability of the cocoa value chain. Food security has four dimensions: - Availability of food - Access to food - Safe and healthy utilization of food - Stability of food availability, access and utilization Increased farm productivity and… -
My 2012 Annual Letter -- Bill Gates
26 Jan 2012 | 1:21 pmOriginally published on Impatient Optimists, blog of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. My job is to learn about global health and development—and to travel to poor countries to meet farmers who can’t grow enough food, mothers who can’t keep children healthy, and heroes in the field who are doing something about those emergencies. Very few people can devote the time to really understand these complex problems. Even fewer can actually meet the people who are struggling to overcome them. That is why I write an annual letter every year. I want people to know about the amazing progress… -
Learning Through Cocoa
20 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pmEntry: Marisa Yoneyama, World Cocoa Foundation As we approach Valentine’s Day, a holiday traditionally tied to the gift of chocolate, let’s think about where cocoa comes from and how it travels on its complex journey from farms to consumers. Globally, there are over five million independent cocoa farmers in Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia. Farmers grow cocoa trees on small farms in hot, rainy environments, mostly in areas near the equator. Cocoa is a delicate and sensitive crop, and farmers must look after the trees, making sure the trees are protected from the wind and sun. Most… -
Understanding ‘People, Planet, Profit’
9 Jan 2012 | 11:39 amEntry: Aisha Hassan, World Cocoa Foundation As the newest member of the WCF ECHOES DC Team, I manage WCF educational programs in West Africa from a bird’s eye perspective. Like many Americans, when I joined WCF, I had only a cursory knowledge of where my chocolate comes from. I understood the basics: chocolate is derived from a cocoa plant - undergoes cultivation and processing – is mixed with other ingredients to create the sweet treats available at my local grocery store. I never once considered the human side of chocolate – The Farmer and the Cocoa Farming Community at large. WCF’s… -
A Look Inside a Community Resource Center in Ghana
5 Jan 2012 | 11:41 amSteve Burgoon, our U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, gives us a glimpse inside an ICT-supported Community Resource Center as well as the community in Sefwi-Nkonya, Western Region, Ghana.
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Licorice Lover - A Licorice Blog
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Licorice International Announces New Facebook Winner
23 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pmCongratulations to Kara Romanow, winner of the Licorice International Facebook contest for the week of January 23rd. Kara entered our Facebook contest and won a $15.00 gift certificate to be used at Licorice International online or at Licorice International, 803 Q Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Treat yourself to the world's best licorice at Licorice International. www.LicoriceInternational.com -
Licorice International Receives High Praise for Customer Service
19 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pmAdam Churvis, a customer, sent us this glowing testimony. Thank you, Adam. It is our pleasure to serve you and other licorice lovers.I would like to thank Licorice International, and especially Jared, for the finest customer service and product quality I have received from any Internet vendor of any product, ever.I have both Type II diabetes and high blood pressure, so I have to be very careful about nutritional intake and portion control. I also have to squeeze as much licorice pleasure as I can from each bite, so I go for more intensely-flavored licorice. So I need help doing my… -
Licorice International Annouces Facebook Winner for the Week of January 15th
18 Jan 2012 | 3:23 pmCongratulations to Derek Schuckman, winner of the Licorice International Facebook contest for the week of January 15th. Derek entered our Facebook contest and won a $15.00 gift certificate to be used at Licorice International online or at Licorice International, 803 Q Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Treat yourself to the world's best licorice at Licorice International. www.LicoriceInternational.com -
Licorice International Hosts Open House Celebrating 10 Years
10 Jan 2012 | 1:05 pmSince 2002, Licorice International has been offering gourmet quality licorice online through its company website for licorice lovers throughout the United States. Over the last 10 years, the company has provided European licorice candies and other gourmet treats from more than 60 manufacturers in 14 countries.The company, which began in New York city, was purchased in February 2002 by two Lincoln couples, John and Ardith Stuertz and Doug and Elizabeth Erlandson. The company relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska and the website was launched that summer. Internet commerce was still young at that time… -
Licorice International Awards $15 Gift Certificate to Gabi Lorenzo
2 Jan 2012 | 1:47 pmCongratulations to Gabi Lorenzo, winner of the Licorice International Facebook contest for the week of December 26th. Gabi entered our Facebook contest and won a $15.00 gift certificate to be used at Licorice International online or in Lincoln, Nebraska.Treat yourself to the world's best licorice at Licorice International. www.LicoriceInternational.com
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Candy Critic
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I Love a Good Review!
27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pmI don't always love to give good reviews, but I'm always flattered when someone has nice things to say about this site. Amanda had kind words about us on "World Start", and I'm so honored. I'm also a little worried that she gave such high praises to Candy Critic's navigability because we're working on a huge overhaul right now. Well thank you Amanda for the kind words, and I hope our new look and function works for you.Click here to read what Amanda had to say.CC -
Stuff I Want To Try
27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pmJuicy Drop Taffy - Made by: Bazooka - Why: It sounds like so many great candies smashed together to make a greater candy. - Click here to learn more about this treat.CC -
Friday Candy Video - Skittles Ninja Hair
27 Jan 2012 | 11:00 amThe hair creeps me out, the pile of Skittles at the end makes me hungry.CC -
It's National Chocolate Cake Day!!!
27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 amIn an attempt to find a picture to celebrate this holiday, I realized that I have not had a slice of chocolate cake in a really long time. The only picture of a chocolate cake that I could find in my archives was more than a year old. This is not a good thing.CC -
Friday's Candy Links
27 Jan 2012 | 8:00 amHere's a strange list of some of the strangest candies that apparently "actually exist".Healthy gummies full of protein, the question is, do they taste good?How much junk food does an inmate buy? Sure that's a good question, but what kind of junk food does an inmate buy is what I want to know.Nestle UK has decided to let you pick the next flavour of Kit Kat, 4 choices to choose from. I'd like to start a campaign for a write in candidate, how about "Belgian Chocolate Kit Kat"?CC
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Homemade Chocolate
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Fall in Love with The Secret Chocolatier
26 Jan 2012 | 4:45 pmThe seasons are really moving by us here at The Secret Chocolatier. We raced past Thanksgiving and many of the Christmas holidays. Now looking ahead, a mere 3 weeks out is Valentines. Wow!Christmas is often a think-ahead holiday where Valentines we often find ourselves insane the week of. If you have any pre-order or business orders you need to get placed now is definitely the time to work with us.Corporate Valentines GiftsOver the years we have handled some very novel corporate gift orders with themes like ‘Fall in Love with…’ to woo new customers, thank the ones you… -
SCORE Awards Ceremony, Sea Salt Caramels
13 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pmI meant to get to this wrap-up much sooner than now but time waits for no one. Especially the busy.When we were developing our business plan, pro forma, and just generally looking for advice. One place we turned to was SCORE.SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and has been mentoring small business owners for more than forty years.Aligning with your SCORE mentor is important. We were lucky when we were… -
Charlotte Brides, Open House at The Secret Chocolatier
11 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pmCharlotte, NC on February January 29th, 2012 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm meet The Secret Chocolatier family, see and taste our work at our shop between South Park and Cotswold.http://tsc-bridal.eventbrite.com/Bridal Open House at The Secret ChocolatierWe are a family of chocolate and pastry artisans and we want to meet you.Shows are often so busy and convoluted that it’s hard to make a connection with someone that can support your desires. We’re opening our doors for you to come in during a nice Sunday afternoon and get to know us.Wedding CakeTry three of our favorite cakes and see… -
Chocolate Shop Metrics 2011
11 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pmEach year I comb our sales data and try to create a picture for the family of their hard work for the year. We thought it would be fun to share with you all since this was our largest year ever, and of course it is because of people like you.The Secret Chocolatier Production 201126,000 Chocolate Truffles (or 1/4 mile of truffles)When you combine all of our truffle infusions we grew over 330% over 2010. That is amazing to us. If you’re the visual thinker if you put all of our truffles together for the year they would extend about 2100 feet or 1/4 mile. In sheer weight it’s over… -
2011 Chocolate Year in Review
10 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm2011 was an amazing, turbulent, extremely hard working year for us at The Secret Chocolatier. Every year is a hard working year for us. There are only 4 of us (well +1/4 if you include Logan.) 2011 though was a monumental shift for us. Beginning in January our little shop was more tangible than ever with chocolate shop dreams becoming a reality. Like every construction project we were delayed and delayed and delayed some more with the added bit of blowing budgets, cost overruns, unexpected requirements slowly eating into our running capital. Hey, who needs to get paid. /chuckleChocolate…
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Chocolate Reviews
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Chocolate Society Hokey Pokey
27 Jan 2012 | 11:24 amOne of most favourite confectionery is chocolate covered honeycomb. I know big companies make it, but I doubt any would make it as well as this. You may also like:The Chocolate Society Chocolate Covered Ginger Double Dipped Honey Crunch from Good Kind of Food The Chocolate Cafe Premium Milk Chocolate With Honeycomb -
Chococo Sea-Salt Popcorn Chocolate Clusters
25 Jan 2012 | 5:38 amIf you're looking for something different then you should really give these sea salt milk chocolate coated popcorn clusters as they're something you just won't want to put down. You may also like:Cherry Chocolates From Chococo Chococo Christmas Crackle Tree Terre à Terre Salt Caramel Chocolate Truffles -
Oialla Organic Wild Chocolate from Beni, Bolivia
24 Jan 2012 | 2:04 amThis 70% dark chocolate bar made with wild Bolivian cacao, but not from Felchlin, is very soft, mild and fragrant. But that shouldn't deter those who love aggressive chocolate from trying it. You may also like:Original Beans Beni Wild Harvest 68% From Bolivia Bojesen Wild Bolivian Dark Chocolate Demarquette Pure Wild 68% Dark Chocolate From Bolivia -
Pierre Marcolini Kendem Lembu Java
22 Jan 2012 | 1:55 pmAlthough this bar from Pierre Marcolini isn't from an unusual source, it comes across as a fairly rustic bar of dark chocolate more akin to a chocolate maker that doesn't use soya lecithin. You may also like:Pierre Marcolini 85% Dark Chocolate From Peru Pierre Marcolini Palets Fins and Saveurs du Monde Pierre Marcolini Selection Box -
Patric Chocolate Madagascar 67%
18 Jan 2012 | 5:38 amThis bar of Madagascar 67% is one of the finest bars of dark chocolate I've ever tasted. It's like drinking red wine in your favourite countryside pub with a log fire roaring! You may also like:Åkesson’s 75% Criollo Madagascar Vestri Gran Cru Madagascar 64% Amedei 1er Cru 70% Single Origin From Madagascar
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CandyFavorites.com Candy Blog
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Candy Giveaway Winner: 5-lb. Hershey Bar
23 Jan 2012 | 1:58 pmThis weekend in our CandyFavorites Newsletter, we gave customers the chance to win the World’s Largest Hershey Bar. It’s a 2-foot-long, 5-pound plank of Hershey’s Original Milk Chocolate. And the winner is: Pamela Pollock of Slippery Rock, PA Don’t miss our future exclusive deals and contests! Sign up for the Candy Favorites Newsletter. -
Get Creative with Candy this Valentine’s Day
19 Jan 2012 | 9:18 amValentine’s Day is kind of a polarizing holiday. Young lovers love it, and lonely curmudgeons hate it. And so do a lot of normal people. The legendary stories that inspired the celebration vary widely, and the only really clear thing is that people have been getting romantic once a year for centuries. But a holiday about love in the middle of winter makes sense. Celebrating loved ones might be the best thing to do when you’ve been stuck inside with them for months. Just imagine what it would be like if you shared a hovel with them. Or a Conestoga wagon. These days, we’ve… -
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
12 Jan 2012 | 2:47 pmWell, we’re two weeks into 2012. Those lifestyle-change commitments should still be fresh in your mind. And we want to help make them happen. A candy company might be the last place you’d look for ways to make your New Year’s resolution a reality. But we’re here to help you with everything candy related, and this is no exception. Sure, if you treat it the wrong way, candy can be the reason behind your New Year’s resolution. But when respected as the perfect motivator kids around the world know it to be, candy can drive you to do just about anything. Lay off the… -
A Candy Christmas Wish Come True
5 Jan 2012 | 11:05 amBeing in the candy business is a lot of fun. We often get to connect people with candies they’ve loved and lost. Each holiday brings a wave of exhilaration at being part of something joyful. But every once in a while, we’re fortunate that our work allows us to do something really cool. Just before Christmas this year, an email from a drowsy dad gave us just that kind of opportunity. Nearly every young child has their favorite thing — some item they hold on to for comfort throughout their early years. For one boy, it was a soft yellow M&M’s pillow. He’d slept… -
A Sweet Candy Store with Free Shipping
12 Dec 2011 | 12:31 pmThanks to social media, we’ve been connecting with lots of new friends and followers lately. It’s nice to meet you! Since those new to us might not know what we’re all about, we’d like to fill you in on how things work around here. Nostalgic Candy Our company has been around (and in the family) for over 80 years. We’re more than a little bit sentimental about candy. After all, we think about it all the time. To us, the value of candy lies in a simpler time, when things moved more slowly and moments were meaningful. The old-fashioned candies we’ve come to…
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Candy Blog
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Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans
27 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pmValentine’s Day is all about red. Red is the color of love and passion; candies for Valentine’s Day play upon the flavors that follow with red: cherry, strawberry, raspberry and cinnamon. The fruity flavors are usually easy to find, but cinnamon is a little less common. I was excited to see this small bag of Ferrara Pan White Hot Red Hots Jelly Beans for sale at Walgreen’s in their Valentine’s candy display. What does White Hot Red Hots actually mean? The package doesn’t say, but the little window shows that the small jelly beans come in two colors: red and a red… -
Trader Joe’s Milk Chocolate Covered Joe’s O’s
26 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pmTrader Joe’s has its own version of a lot of standard food items. One that’s quite popular are the Trader Joe’s Joe’s O’s Cereal. I’ve never had it. It’s probably been 20 years since I’ve eaten Cheerios as well. I’m not a breakfast cereal sort of person, I prefer eggs and other more savory and protein heavy items in the morning. But I’ll go for some chocolate covered breakfast cereal, so that that’s exactly what Trader Joe’s did, with their Milk Chocolate Covered Joe’s O’s. They come in a tub, which is rather… -
Skittles Riddles
25 Jan 2012 | 11:17 amI’ve been waiting for a new variety of Skittles to come along to blow me out of the water. Something that really turns expectations about Skittles on their ear, like the Skittles Carnival limited edition version a few years back. Mostly I’ve been hoping for Skittles Soda Pop: cola, root beer, lemon-lime, orange and grape soda. But that doesn’t look likely. Instead I picked up this teal blue bag of their newest called Skittles Riddles. The newest version of Skittles have a new set of flavors and a new twist. The riddle is that The Colors Don’t Match the Flavors. There… -
SpongeBob Squarepants Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Snacks
24 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pmIn the candy aisle at the 99 Cent Only Store they always seem to have a lot of boxed items filled with sugar and labeled as Snacks. When I go into Target or a grocery store these same items are shelved with the granola bars, not far from the cereal, as if they’re real food. I picked up this box of SpongeBob Squarepants Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Snacks made by Frankford Candy. They also make Disney licensed candy, including a similar set for the Cars characters. But again, I puzzled over what made these snacks instead of candy. Inside the box are 6 packets, each are .53… -
3 Musketeers Coconut
23 Jan 2012 | 3:11 pmIt’s as if Mars has a multi-year bulk deal with some coconut flavor supplier. They’ve added coconut varieties to their major brands over the years: Dove, M&Ms and Twix. The newest is 3 Musketeers Coconut. 3 Musketeers has been advertising that it has 45% less fat than average of leading candy bars. (This is true because the leading candy bars have more chocolate and/or nuts, which makes them more fatty.) This bar, which is described as Whipped Up, Fluffy Chocolate Coconut Taste says it has 40% Less Fat. This bar is also Canadian. There’s something strange about using our…
