Sugar Savvy

Except for wintergreen Life Savers, I don’t usually consider mints candy.  They’re more of a breath-freshening, health-and-beauty aid.  That is, until I discovered VerMints.  First of all, full disclosure:  I love Vermont.  I love anything that is made in or has to do with Vermont.  To me, it’s paradise on earth.  So I knew I’d […]

Reviewed this week:  Yan Yan Strawberry Cream Snack, from Meiji Seika, Singapore
Ingredients:  Wheat flour, vegetable oil & shortening (palm & canola oils), sugar, lactose, whole milk powder, leavenings (ammonium bicarbonate & sodium bicarbonate), yeast, cheddar cheese (contains milk, cheese culture, salt), salt, strawberry powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural colorings (beet red E162, beta-carotene E160 & […]

I would like to introduce you to a sweet new food blog.  This one is a little different, it’s the first I’ve seen dedicated completely and totally to ice cream.  The blog is full of great stories and thoughts along with an insiders glimpse into the whole ice cream making process at Turkey Hill Dairy.  […]

I’m not really a fan of Emeril Lagassse - I don’t love him or hate him.  I’m pretty much indifferent, but I do love the Food Network.  And, in my search for some new and unique holiday recipes I found one of Emeril’s in the FoodNetwork.com archives.  Miss Hilda’s Popcorn Cake caught my eye immediately.  […]

Hey y’all!  From all of us here at Sugar Savvy, we hope you have a wonderful weekend.  We’re taking the weekend off to go in search of great candies and lots sugary goodness to report back to you.  We’ll return bright and early Monday with more great coverage of candy bars, bubble gums and all sugary things […]

With Christmas now officially one month away I’m already on a sugar high from the seasonal candy.  I would imagine I’m not the only person feeling the buzz from eating all the festive candy that sparks my interest, especially considering how many candy canes the Spangler Candy Co. is making already.  The company, which also […]

Can you believe it?  M&M’s now has eight new flavors available.  The line is called My Flavors.  The eight new flavors are:

All That Razz = Creamy white chocolate + milk chocolate + raspberry-flavored candy shell
AlmonDee-licious = Almond + creamy white chocolate + candy shell
Eat, Drink & Be Cherry = Creamy white chocolate + milk chocolate […]

Every year around this time the number of catalogs in my mailbox explodes.  Catalogs for fruit, nuts, paper, teddy bears, flowers, you name it, they have a catalog and they will send it to you for free.  I even received a catalog this year for English muffins.  English muffins!  After checking out all of the […]

Ever since my first trip to Germany, I’ve loved this brand of chocolate.  My favorite is the milk chocolate with hazelnut bits and raisins.  Part of the secret of this chocolate is the addition of hazelnut paste, which creates a richer tasting chocolate.
The Milka brand was founded by Philippe Suchard.  Yes, the Suchard that makes the Swiss Suchard […]

I explicitly remember my very first gummi bear.  I was in fourth grade and my friend Jennifer and I had been given permission to walk downtown– my first real taste of freedom.  We went to the library, had slices of pizza and then stopped at the new chocolate shop in town.  I thought it was […]