Sugar Savvy

When I was younger, Saturday mornings usually consisted of a marathon of cooking shows on public television. Jacques Torres’ Dessert Circus was one of them, featuring the French pâtissier and chocolatier creating masterpieces that both inspired and intimidated. He made things fun and was one of the first people I saw who really […]

We have ice cream on the mind. This shouldn’t come as a great surprise given we’re in the middle of the h-o-t Summer months. But that begs the all-important question - do you go for the full fat, full flavor ice creams for the high payoff? Or do you take a […]

It’s been hotter than you know where across most of America lately, so I thought I’d try a See’s Candies’ chocolate that was, well, a little more divine. So, this week See’s Piece by Piece sampled Milk Chocolate Divinity, piece number 42 on the See’s Candies website.
Divinity is an old-fashioned confection defined by Wikipedia […]

With plans to make homemade vanilla ice cream this weekend, I spent the better part of an hour looking for sauces that would be a nice compliment. After pouring through numerous cookbooks and magazines I settled on a recipe from one of my first ever but rarely used cookbooks, “Favorite Brand Name Best-Loved Recipes […]

Ice cream? Yup! Breyer’s says of their new limited edition Bubble Yum flavored ice cream - “it’s sure to be a kids favorite.”
The new flavor was first brought to my attention thanks to Cate over at Sweetnicks and her devotion to ice cream research. I have to tell ya, nothing says “kids” […]

An infamous combination. Ever wonder what really draws kids to candy? Obviously it’s the taste and the sugar buzz that keeps them coming back. But what is the initial attraction? It’s as if kids have an innate ability to locate sugar within a one mile radius.
The real question is, do kids really […]

There seems to be no end in sight for The Limited Editions from Hershey’s, as detailed in Cate’s recent post. This week’s sighting:

REESE’S BIG CUP WITH CARAMEL & NUTS
Special promo: 4/$1 at The Hollywood Fred Meyer in Portland, OR. There is no mention of this item on the Hershey’s website. […]

What happens when you have a major candy craving and find yourself in a house with no candy? You scour the pantry and make your own. And you make it fast.
As a baker I always have chocolate chips on hand, which is a good thing when one of those candyless candy […]

Usually, the more consumers buy, the more companies make. Usually. Candy companies have been jumping on the bandwagon with various Limited Edition sweets and the public is eating it up, so to speak. While candy manufacturers reap the rewards of their latest marketing efforts, we’re along for the sugary high.
The Hershey Company has been […]

Wouldn’t it be sweet, some candy inventor at See’s Candies must have thought, if we married our wonderful butterscotch caramel with our soft and chewy honey marshmallow?
The result was the Scotch Kiss, piece number 19 on the See’s Candies website and catalog.
How sweet was it? You’ll just have to read the tasting report to […]