Sugar Savvy

Last year around this time Newman’s Own expanded its Newman-O’s Cookie line to include a new Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookie, and generously sent me a sampler box to review, which you can check out here.
Along with the Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookies, the Newman’s sampler box also contained some other flavors, including their Organic […]

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 […]

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 […]

Great news, Mother’s Cookies are back!  I had previously shared with you here the sad news that Mother’s Cookies was going out of business in October 2008 when the company filed bankruptcy.  The California institution was thankfully saved by Kellogg’s, who bought the rights to the trademarks and recipes.
Mother’s cookies made their return to stores […]

Easter signaled the end of the candy season until Halloween, and Easter candy sales were the last chance to stock up on favorites until next year.  Every year I look forward to making the rounds and picking up some of my favorite Easter cand,y as well as trying out a few new things I would […]

Have you ever eaten a Thingamajig?  Have you ever seen one?  Chances are you may not even know it existed.
A Thingamajig is a limited edition candy bar made by Hershey’s similar in style to the Whatchamacallit.  The Whatchamacallit label reads “peanut flavor crisp, caramel, and rich chocolatey […]

Do you love the holidays and all the foods that are an integral part of the celebration?  Do you miss the holiday season when it is over?  Well, did you know that it is a holiday almost every day of the year?
You can celebrate with your favorite foods almost every day thanks to National Food […]

The Chocolate Guide: To Local Chocolatiers, Chocolate Makers, Boutiques, Patisseries and Shops - Eastern Edition is Taste TV’s latest guidebook to all things chocolate on the East Coast.  This book follows the publication of The Chocolate Guide Western Edition.
At its core, the book is a compilation of profiles of various Chocolate Makers and chocolate shops […]

Every year on February 2nd French people everywhere eat crêpes.  Why February 2nd, because it is traditional to celebrate the Catholic holiday called “La Chandeleur” (Candlemas) by making delicious crêpes.
“La Chandeleur” commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of baby Jesus.  Now you may be asking, what does this have to do […]

I am sure some of you have been following the peanut butter recall associated with a recent Salmonella outbreak, which has affected over 400 people across America in just the past few months.
According to the FDA, the recall concerns industrial peanut butter and peanut paste (not jarred peanut butter) manufactured since July 1, 2008 by […]