Sugar Savvy

Let me start this off by saying, I get tons of catalogues, many I never even requested.  And much more often than not, I skim through them never even thinking about ordering something.  But with all the catalogues delivered to my home, I certainly learn about some interesting products available to consumers.  I came across […]

Hershey issued a voluntary recall last Sunday for a variety of their chocolate products and candies in Canada.  Hershey fears there was a Salmonella contamination at its factory in Smith Falls, Ontario.  In a statement recently released Hershey said there have been no illnesses reported.  Among the products recalled were; Cherry Blossom sweets, Reese’s peanut […]

I wanted to do something seasonal for this See’s Piece-by-Piece, but didn’t just want to evaluate milk chocolate foil-wrapped turkeys (which See’s Candies does offer, by the way.)
A close look at my choices at the candy counter revealed a Dark Chocolate Mincemeat candy.  That made me think of the traditional mincemeat pies and seemed seasonal […]

I seriously thought someone was trying to be funny when I read that Hershey has just introduced a limited edition Elvis Presley Reese’s Cup.  There is no mention of the limited edition Reese’s Cups on Hershey’s website, but I read about the Elvis inspired cups at JunkFoodBlog.  The blog gives no information on where the candy is sold, just that it […]

Given the over-commercialization of all major holidays in our country, there actually aren’t a whole lot of “Thanksgiving candies” out there.  I suppose that even the unrelenting marketing army realizes that Americans already have, literally, quite a bit on our plates during this time, so apart from the general assortment of autumnally-hued foil-wrapped Hershey Miniatures, […]

Reviewed this week:  Peanut Cake from Hurng Fur Foods Factory Co. LTD., Taipei, Taiwan
Ingredients:  Peanut (66.7%), Sugar (20.7%), Maltose (7.5%), Salt (0.1%)
Package Copy and Appearance:  clear packaging, a little red seal in the upper left saying “nice choice” and information that the product has won “excellent food golden award.”  This is probably a one packaging […]

Talk about amazing architecture.  Last month in New York, a French chef by the name of Alain Roby set a new record for the creating the world’s tallest sculpture made out of chocolate.  Roby, who is chef at a Chicago Hyatt, created a “skyscraper” made out of pure dark chocolate.  The building is 20 feet […]

 Coffee Crisp is a bit of a cult candy bar.  There was even a site, Coffee Crisp Petition that appealed to Nestle to distribute the candy to the US, not just Canada. They were successful, so now you can find this bar locally.  While I was there I also noticed the Limited Edition Chocolate Mocha Kit […]

With the holiday baking season almost upon us and with it a quest for quality ingredients, I thought that this week’s Chocolate Box would take a taste of See’s Candies’ Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips.  Also, since a chocolate chip’s destiny is often to be baked into a cookie, my teen-age son obligingly whipped up a […]

Earlier this week Whole Foods Market, Inc. released a recall for Whole Treat Organic Vanilla Ice Cream Bars Dipped in Chocolate.  The recall was released stating the ice cream bars may contain undeclared almonds, which could be harmful to people with certain food allergies.  The recall is for packages of the ice cream bars with a best […]