Sugar Savvy

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 […]

I have been somewhat busy lately and I’ve neglected my writing both here and in my blog. As a quick teaser, I’d like to share the Dessert Menu for the place I’m working at and sound off to some of our inspiration/help.
Quince and Manchego:
Quince paste and Olive Oil cake, 3-month manchego, artisanal quince paste.
Goat Cheese […]

Awhile back, while in the Starchefs ICC in NYC, I approached the resident bookstore. I had my mind set on getting Pichet Ong’s Book. Since he was scheduled to sign books later that day, I decided to postpone my buy until he was there. Elizabeth Falkner, however, was there. She recommended that I get her […]

Again, my wife bought what seemed like an interesting package of candies: Reese’s flavored Whoppers. Again, as in some other occasions, it seemed like the lovechild of two great candies. Also, the thought if adding this to the ongoing Reese’s theme in my last posts had me twice as excited.
As I must have stated earlier, […]

I’m taking a small break from eating Reese’s candies to bring you this recipe. In light of the recent obsession with the candy, I decided to make a Reese’s dessert for a party. I had also thought about making a Snickers-inspired dessert, but in the end, Reese’s won for, mainly, two reasons.
First off, the nougat. […]

Since I recently wrote about the Hazelnut Reese’s, and they just put up a huge billboard on  one of my daily routes, I’ve had this candy on my mind for awhile now. I decided to pick up some peanut cups to be certain that these would be better. Unfortunately, it all happened so fast that […]

I first saw these in a convenience store just across the street from work. I saw the display box, at least, because all that they had in it were regular peanut Reese’s candies. It took a couple of weeks for me to finally secure a pack of these hazelnut filled cups.
Being a lover of both […]

Some classics shouldn’t be messed with. However, since we’re in September and it’s our National Holiday Month, I decided to take some liberties. We were holding an “Antojito” dinner and besides other things, I was in charge of dessert. I didn’t want anything too complicated, so I decided to go for a Chocolate Millefeuille.
I started […]

Ever since I started writing for Sugar Savvy, I’ve wanted to include something about Mexican candy. I’ve done the eating part, but I haven’t gotten around to the writing. Until now. Just recently, I obtained a recipe for one of my favorite candies: cocada.
The name cocada refers to many different kinds of coconut-based sweets. Depending […]

My wife handed me a pack of these after a shopping trip Stateside… She has picked up on the whole blogging idea and now if she finds some new candy, she’ll either point it out or go ahead and buy one.
At first, I was completely taken by surprise and I wasn’t sure if I was […]