Sugar Savvy

Caramel is the creamiest and yummiest of all the sweet tastes.  From creme brulee to ice cream topping, this mixture is versatile and can jazz up even the most dull dessert.
Caramel is a mixture that is produced when sugar has been heated until it melts and becomes a thick, golden brown liquid.  As you […]

It looks like Hershey’s is making the big push into the premium chocolate market with its recent acquisitions of Dagoba and Scharffen Berger, and now with their new line of Cacao Reserve chocolates.
This weekend was the first time I’d noticed this product line at Wegman’s, and then I saw it again at CVS later the […]

I came across a little something new this week at Target.   Both seasonally festive AND healthy, Emily’s dark chocolate covered cranberries are the complete package of confectionary health.  It’s an antioxidant coated in yet another antioxidant.  Oh, and some of those choice Omega-3 fatty acids (in the dark chocolate) thrown in for good measure.
In the […]

I’ve got a secret, and I’m ready to share it…
I love Willy Wonka chocolate.  You’re thinking, “Okay big secret.”  Right?  Well, for me it is.  I had no idea until recently how good Wonka’s chocolate is.  Sure I grew up eating other Wonka brand candies.  I ate the usual - Nerds, SweeTarts, Pixy Stix…you get […]

Halloween is officially a sugar-covered blur of a memory, so what are we supposed to do with all this darn leftover candy? For some of us, the trick-or-treaters and the candy loving grown ups, the answer is easy, we eat it.  For lots of parents though, eating all those gummy whatnots, chewy caramel thingies and chocolate covered […]

Continuing my tasting of  See’s Candies more exotic (or perhaps more esoteric) flavors, this week I sampled the Milk Chocolate Datenut.  See below for my reaction to this old-fashioned combination.
Tasting Report: 
Description:  This candy is round, brown and is crowned.  It has a fine sanding of chopped nuts under its milk chocolate coating.  The center has large, dark amber swirls […]

Just a few programming notes on what has been going on behind the scenes of the Well Fed Network lately. We have been working very hard on a redesign of the entire network, and it should be going live today or tomorrow. We’re all excited about it, and can’t wait to show it to all […]

If the wintering of the northern hemisphere isn’t enough to put me in a bad mood, the frigid clouds that have blown in over what’s supposed to be spring here in southern Australia will do the job. Luckily, an out-of-town guest has kept me in good spirits, and my mood was especially lifted when we […]

Photo from Brad Kent
Peanut butter lovers, your dream candy bar is here. For me, the Pay Day Peanut Butter Avalanche was love at first bite. Rather than the typical caramel center there is crumbly peanut butter a la Reese’s peanut butter cups. This was coated with a little caramel on the outside for additional […]

I just ate the best chocolate maltball of my life. In fact, I’m still eating it. It’s in my mouth right now. I couldn’t wait to tell you about it, so here I am, chocolate-covered maltball slowly melting between tongue and palate, telling you about it.
Harry and David’s Dark Chocolate Maltballs:
(Also available in milk chocolate.)
This […]