Sugar Savvy

I often have a love/hate relationship with gummis. It really boils down to the fact that I’m really picky about them. My main complaint is that the texture often isn’t chewy enough to my liking and the flavors are too similar and bland for me to really enjoy them. There’s some that I do return […]

I love Whole Foods, yet don’t go in as much as I used to since there isn’t one too, too near my home.  When I do get to stop in, I make sure I take my time.  Recently, I went to pick up flowers for a friend staying in one the nearby Atlanta hospitals.  Before […]

Like Gummy Bears? Then check out what Vat19 sent me as a free sample:

That, dear readers, is a Giant Gummy Bear on a Stick that’s 88 times the size of a regular gummy bear (by the way, if you can’t tell, that’s Vat19’s photo, so those aren’t my man hands. I don’t have man hands). […]

It’s always so sad during the first few days past Halloween. The anticipation is gone, the costumes are gone, that wonderful haunted feeling…. gone. The candy isn’t though, thankfully! In fact, the post Halloween candy sales are almost as exciting as the holiday itself. Ok, maybe I exaggerate a bit…
I found this bag of Brach’s […]

I stole an assortment of Boston Fruit Slices from my friend John, who got them in a giant food gift basket from some I-banking or consulting firm that was trying to recruit him, though that was back when I-banking firms weren’t in deep trouble.

Boston Fruit Slices are pretty easy to find on Amazon.com, yet I […]

Some Japanese candy fun, thanks to my friend Michael, in the form of Gummi Sushi. The Japanese are quite good at coming up with cute (Hello Kitty much?) and clever things, and they certainly haven’t skimped on cuteness and cleverness in their gummis. Better yet, unlike the gummi hamburgers or pizzas that you can find […]

Timing is everything.  I saw Kandy Kastle’s Lightning Bug Gummy Candy in Walgreens and picked a package up for the kids I have hung out with all summer.  Looking at the wrapper, I thought the toddlers would get a kick out of the lil’ chewies. 
Before I had time to hand over the bag, their dad […]

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 […]

Twizzlers has added a fun and colorful twist to their already tasty line of products.  They’ve taken the classic Twists and given them a fruity new look and taste with the introduction of Twizzlers Rainbow Twists.  The Rainbow Twists are low-fat just like the classic licorice snack.
Each 1.9 oz package contains one 5.5 inch twist of […]

Black licorice is one of those things you either love or hate. Growing up, I used to fight my brothers and sisters for their black jellybeans at Easter. I didn’t like any other flavor, but the black ones were picked out and savored. So when I saw the Licorice Scotties at Trader Joe’s, I knew […]