Sugar Savvy

I’m always on the lookout for a new source for unique gifts, even better if they’re food-related.  Although the Sugar Savvy team hasn’t taste-tested these babies yet, the Funky Chunky bunch is now on our radar. 
The folks at Funky Chunky offer a nice selection of popcorn and pretzel items in clear glass jars that make […]

Over the past few years, the pastel-colored, buttercream frosted cupcake at Billy’s Bakery in Chelsea (NYC) has been my standard of the cupcake-to-beat.  Theirs are what all cupcakes get compared to.  To be quite honest, the cake part is actually just the tiniest bit dry, but the frosting more than forgives any moistness sins.  And […]

I am on a quest to find the “perfect malt ball;” a malt ball with a nice milk chocolate coating (real milk chocolate) and a light crispy (not powdery) malt center that will satisfy my cravings.  Alas, my quest has remained unfruitful to date.
You see, I find that there is always one missing component; for […]

Since I eat ice cream at a leisurely pace, I am a scoop-in-a-cup kind of girl. I can have one scoop and my husband has two, and he will be already walking it off while I am still licking the spoon.
Over the weekend, my husband wanted to try something besides our normal summer indulgence of […]

Ok, that was sort of a silly way of putting it. But Orbit has launched two new flavors in its 14-stick package, which you can find at the supermarket checkout: Strawberry Mint and Positively Pomegranante. I’m a big fan of their mix of mint and fruit flavors. Out of the two of them, strawberry mint […]

Guittard is one of those chocolate companies you start to hear more about once you dive into the chocolate and candy world a little more than your average candy eater. I didn’t really become aware of them until my love of candy went from “enjoy” to “enthusiasm.” Guittard works a little more behind the scenes […]

When I first read about the Daniel Craig frozen pops in Britain, I looked at my calendar to see if I had somehow missed April. Perhaps there’s a prank holiday in Britain that I do not know about, but seeing how this has popped up in more than one newspaper site in the UK, I […]

Let’s play Jeopardy-
Answer: Coconut Macaroons
Question: What is - what you do with leftover egg whites

Oftentimes a recipe calls for egg yolks only, so what do you do with the whites?  Throw them away?  That would be wasteful; instead, find a recipe that uses egg whites.
I make quite a bit of ice cream so I am […]

There’s a lot to be said about intention, especially if it is positive. I’ve heard so many times that how we go through life is all about attitude and how we intend to see things. If we keep a positive outlook, we experience positive things. I’ve always considered gifts of sweets and chocolate to be […]

My chocolate radar goes wild anytime I find a new (at least to me) Belgian chocolate. Imagine that radar after a stressful day with middle schoolers in May, then coming across New Tree’s Tranquility.  Just the word brought me hope.  But chocolate infused with lavender and lime blossom?  I don’t know about that…
Moving forward with […]