Sugar Savvy

California Brittle
I strolled into my local See’s Candies’ store (one of the oldest stores in the chain) the other day and tried to decide what to taste next. My teenage son tried to be helpful. How about this one? No, I just wrote about it. How about this one? Nope. And […]

Aside from the basics - chocolate and vanilla - I would guess that rocky road is one of the more popular ice cream flavors. But then again, I’ve never worked in an ice cream shop, and honestly don’t eat all that much ice cream. I do, however, think a chocolate base combined with […]

PENUCHE
Pronounciation: Pe noo chay.
Definition: brown sugar fudge. “The Fudge Equivalent of Mystery Meat.”
People, I’ve found, either TOTALLY know what it is, or have never heard of it at all. Until a couple of months ago, I, myself, did not know. Now I can’t seem to stop […]

Whenever I eat a See’s candy that contains nuts I am very impressed with the quality and taste of the nuts. See’s Candies really “gets” nuts.
The Chocolate Box keeps it simple by trying See’s piece number 13, Milk Almonds.

Tasting Report
Description: A rough and bumpy round disk so full of whole almonds that they […]

Although winter is officially over, the cold weather hasn’t quite ended for some of us. And not many things go better with cold wintry weather than hot chocolate. Like some, I grew up thinking if I wanted hot chocolate it had to be Swiss Miss. I mean, who else makes hot chocolate, […]

They don’t waste any time. The DAY after Valentines Day, the shelves were stocked and I kept finding reasons to wander down the Seasonal Candy aisle at Walgreen’s to take mental stock of the offerings. I don’t know why I’d never noticed how damn many different kinds of chocolate Easter […]

Milk Chocolate Vanilla Caramel Patties
Ooey and gooey, caramel makes a great candy. All that chewing makes it easy to slow down and really enjoy your treat. Wrap a great caramel in good chocolate and you really have something. What you have is a See’s Candies’ Milk Pattie. (That’s how See’s spells […]

So what does a person do when they are short on ideas, low on candy, and craving sweets? Invent their own recipe, of course! And I have to admit, this couldn’t be much easier. It took a matter of minutes to make, a short amount of time to set and then suddenly […]

Lately there have been quite a few candies reintroduced to us with new and different flavor pairings. One of the more common combinations seems to be chocolate and caramel. A likely pair, right? And typically a delicious one at that.
So I decided to taste test the new Hershey’s chocolate bar […]

I don’t like licorice. I have never liked licorice.
Licorice has always been a head- scratcher for me. It has nothing to do with sweet, as far as I’m concerned. It’s not candy. It’s weird and bitter and acrid.
That said, I think I might be starting to like licorice.
Taste buds change as we age. It’s true. […]