Sugar Savvy

One day a few years ago I had the opportunity to taste chocolate candy after chocolate candy to the point that the good ones all kind of blurred together in my palate and my memory. Finally at the end of a long and food laden day, I tasted these two candies from Decadent Tastes, […]

To some of us, the first indications of spring are not pale pink cherry blossoms budding on trees, yellow daffodils waving their heads, or purple crocuses poking out of the snow. No, the first sightings of spring for us are the arrival of Just Born’s Marshmallow Peeps candy chicks in our local markets. For […]

You may be sugar savvy, but are you sugar subsitute savvy?
Do you now your aspartame from your saccharin or your sucrose from your xylitol? Do you know what stevia is?
Lori Tobias wrote about “What’s the Latest on Sugar Substitutes?” for the February issue of Vegetarian Times giving a list of these sugar substitutes chemical makeups, […]

This is the last in the regular series of See’s Candies posts for Sugar Savvy. Rest assured that I’ll be paying close attention to See’s Candies’ offerings and will be posting when I see or taste something interesting from this venerable candy maker. I’ll also be writing often about other chocolates and candies.
I want […]

One of my favorite parts of writing the See’s Candies Piece-by-Piece in The Chocolate Box is the trivia section.  Each week I feature a fact, tidbit, nugget or even a recipe involving See’s Candies.  So, this week’s post (the penultimate in the See’s Piece-by-Piece series) is a See’s Trivia Contest.  The winner will receive a […]

Among See’s Candies’ more than 100 candy offerings are Gourmet Lollypops, kind of a square sucker.  Square, dense and full of flavor, these candies-on-a-stick are long-lasting treats that appeal to kids and adults alike. 
My husband and I celebrated the birth of our sons by passing out assorted flavors of these lollypops (which is how See’s Candies […]

There is a new confection behind the glass counters at See’s Candies and your intrepid reporter felt it was her duty to fully investigate it.
The Beverly is the first new milk chocolate covered candy I’ve seen at See’s Candies in a while.  The name Beverly gave no clue to its components, so it was whisked back […]

Marshmallows, walnuts and milk chocolate.  That’s pretty much all there is to Rocky Road candy.  I thought I would try See’s Candies’ version and see if the whole more than equaled the sum of its parts.
Tasting Report
Description:  See’s Candies’ Rocky Road can be bought by the chunk at its stores.  My pieces were hefty rectangles […]

To some Hanukkah is a celebration of religious freedom, a festival of lights, a time to light the menorah and share a special holiday with friends and family. 
To The Chocolate Box, however, this ancient Jewish festival is all about the chocolate coins.  Coin-shaped chocolates, wrapped in gold or silver foil, called gelt (Yiddish for money), […]

There are a whole group of candies out there that seem to belong to another generation, whispering perhaps of a time when keeping fine candies on hand to offer to even the most casual of guests was considered the mark of a gracious host or hostess.  Or perhaps, it was gracious guests who would keep […]