Sugar Savvy

I have to admit, I feel a little out of place here at Sugar Savvy. I mean, I like candy. Yeah, my Halloween candy lasted until Easter and my Easter candy lasted until Halloween, but really, I like candy. It seems to me to be review, review, Hey - I made brittle, […]

Sure, why not? And all in the name of charity. Available for your bidding pleasure on eBay, this fun, creative charity auction kicked off last month and paired celebrities with sweets. Using assorted Willy Wonka candy, a bevy of celebrities unleashed their inner interior designer and delivered some tricked-out results. The […]

Perusing the varied chocolate selection of my local grocer, I spy a bar that will continue this chocolate orange kick of mine. While I have encountered much opposition from folk who claim that chocolate and fruit do not belong together, and while the combination may not tempt the taste buds of a chocolate purist, I […]

Willy Wonka is asking kids all over for help. Design the most outrageous and WONKAlicious virtual room, and you will be entered into a random drawing. The Grand Prize winner will receive a WONK’D Out Room of their very own (talk about being the coolest kid in school!), and there are also daily […]

While on a work assignment on location in my hometown yesterday, I snuck in to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour to see what sort of olde tyme candy I could get my hands on. They call it Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlour these days, but the menu and candy selection is pure vintage Farrells: locale […]

Oh me, oh my! Several months ago, we reviewed Ethel’s Chocolates here on Sugar Savvy, and also by me over on Fit Fare. The overall reaction here on Sugar Savvy was that they were good chocolates, but not exceptional enough to be called gourmet. In fact, several noted that they appeared to be mass […]

Few sweets are quite as welcoming to a novice baker or cook first entering the world of homemade candies as fudge. Don’t be scared off by recipes that call for boiling sugar to temperatures sounding comparable to the surface of the sun, or ingredient lists sourcing oddities such as evaporated milk. There’s truly an easier […]

Here’s what I think of you and your GODD$MN#D Chocolates!!
Shoot, I think this might just be the saddest thing I’ve seen all week:
I actually got a little tear in my eye when I came upon this heartbreaking still-life last night on my way home from a party at my neighborhood wine shop, where I was […]

When the opportunity arose to review some gourmet artisan chocolate truffles from John & Kira’s of Philadelphia, I expected to receive a small selection of three or four flavors, so I was pleasantly surprised when this big, beautiful box arrived at my door last week. I decided to assemble a small panel of friends/judges […]

An Ayers Rock snow globe? No thanks. An Eiffel Tower keyring? Pass. A Mount Rushmore T-shirt? I’ll never wear it.

If you want to bring me something from your travels, I’ll take some food. Indulging in foreign sweet treats almost makes up for not going on a trip of my own, while new tastes allow a […]