Sugar Savvy

When I was in New York visiting Dean and Deluca, I noticed these French fig caramels. However at $14 for a box of 18 small squares, I wasn’t too enthused. However, returning home, I saw them on sale at Sur La Table, and decided to try them out.
These caramels contain all the conventional ingredients of […]

It’s always interesting to do searches on the production of various sweets, and learn a little history. I did a search on Cadbury’s Crunchie bar, just to get a few ideas, not expecting much information about the bar. This bar was first launched by J.S. Fry in 1929, and the center (or centre, if you […]

Guylian always seems to have those chocolate seahorses, but I noticed something unique at the store. They have a Solitaire assortment, which has tasting-sized pieces named for three regions: African Ebony - 70%, Aztec Gold - 65%, and Asian Dark.
On their site, they are described as:
Asian Dark - A balanced mixture of Asian beans comes […]

Aji Ichiban is a franchise Asian candy and snack distributor. They have a wide selection of candies and various dried fruits and snacks. You can find out a little bit more from the Wikipedia entry.
I went through the store and made some random selections.
Gummis:
Mint gummy bears - A surprising but not unpleasant combination of citrus […]

Ever since I tasted my first Haribo Gold bears, and was introduced Haribo Tangfastics (a sour mix), Haribo is on my list of go-to candies. A perfect texture in combination with sour and fruity flavors, it trumps most other sour gummies. Amongst the collection that I currently have are: Fruity Pasta, Sour S’ghetti and Fizzy […]

Some friends brought some chocolate back from France. The two chocolates came in a pink little purse box. The box is very cute, and they have other cute packaging options. The Fauchon site describes the two chocolate as
 
Gianduja - a chocolate candy made with milk chocolate and hazelnut
Carre Or - milk chocolate cube with a […]

At my office we’re fortunate to have some globe-trotting coworkers, generous vendors and most importantly a sales guy in England. Every visit brings Cadbury chocolates. The latest shipment included a number of Cadbury chocolates. The candies that caught my attention the most were the Curly Wurly and Chomp bars.
For those who are familiar with the […]

When the editor of Sugar Savvy, Jaay, asked if anyone wanted to review some sweetriot candy, I responded within less than a minute of her original question. I was very keen on trying the candy for the first time, and I also adore cacao nibs.
The shipment contained their happy holly-days pack, which includes one of […]

Reviewed this week: Collon, green milk tea flavored from Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd.
Ingredients: sugar, wheat flour, shortening, whole milk powder, dextrin, lactose, whole milk powder, cheese powder, corn syrup, green tea powder, potato starch, cream powder, brandy, palm oil, salt, nonfat dry milk, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flabor [sic], sorbitol, soya lecithin, baking soda
Package […]

Reviewed this week:  Strawberry and Mango Hi-Chew, from Morinaga & Co., Japan
Ingredients (strawberry):  Glucose syrup, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, gelatin, flavors, strawberry concentrated juice, DL-malic acid, citric acid, emulsifiers, lactic acid, ascrobic acid (vitamin C), natural colors (beta-carotene, carmine) may contain traces of milk and soy bean
Package copy and appearance:  Hi-chew in big blue […]