Sugar Savvy

Every year, around this time, my earliest memory is watching my father put a whole marshmallow yellow chick in his mouth, while smiling like a little boy that has just received a delicious treat after school. Marshmallow peeps are still his favorite and I still feel like that little girl watching him pop one in […]

Annabelle’s Rocky Road is a retro candy that’s easily distinguishable by its bright red wrapper. I first read about Annabelle’s, who also makes the Abba Zabba and the Big Hunk, in Steve Almond’s Candy Freak. The wrapper promises milk chocolate coated marshmallow with cashews, which I was excited about, as it’s hard to go wrong […]

Move over Sweet and Sara, there’s a new vegan marshmallow in town! And just who would have the smarts, skills, and creativity to make this elusive confection? You! Well, it’s thanks to the innovative folks over at Angel Food and their revolutionary marshmallow kits, but you’re the one who’s actually cooking up these sweet treats, […]

The Valomilk is one of those regional candies that most people don’t have access to, so I was surprised to see it in the checkout line of my local “Mom and Pop” grocery store. I scooped it up, went home, and gleefully showed it to my mom. After making fun of my excitement, she proceeded […]

    
I love trying out artisan chocolates, so I was pretty excited when given the opportunity to review Lula’s “Assorted Chocolates” and “Aloha Rocky Road” not too long ago.

The assorted chocolates comes in an elegant brown box consisting of 12 different flavors, ranging from creme and nut clusters to caramel. Lula’s thoughtfully included a small note, which helped me to […]

While I was home for Thanksgiving break, my friend Cassie took me to That Popcorn Place on the downtown Drag near UT. What a wonderful food find! They’ve got dozens and dozens of flavors of popcorn, from the savory (ranch, cajun, sour cream and onion, bacon and cheese) to the candied (caramel, vanilla, orange) to […]

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself on a fairly last-minute weekend trip to Los Angeles. This was on the heels of my failed attempt to attend the All Candy Expo in Chicago, during which I had been hoping (aside from tasting and amassing an infinite amount of samples) to meet the maven of […]

I have to admit, I feel a little out of place here at Sugar Savvy. I mean, I like candy. Yeah, my Halloween candy lasted until Easter and my Easter candy lasted until Halloween, but really, I like candy. It seems to me to be review, review, Hey - I made brittle, […]

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 […]

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 […]