Sugar Savvy

I like it when candy catches my attention, as it’s made to stand out with its brightly colored packaging, fun shapes and delicious flavors. Sour Punch Straws have fallen under my radar again in the past few days, as I’ve been seeing them in the news and on a few commercials on TV. My new […]

They’re not sour! If you’re going to call your product Mentos , they should actually be, you know, sour. That being said, they were still pretty tasty, and I’m ashamed to admit that I polished off the entire roll in one sitting. For some reason that always happens when I buy Mentos. Maybe because the […]

Jelly Belly candies easily classify as one of my desert island candies. They do a really great job of capturing flavors, probably due to their tendency to use all natural ingredients, if possible.
One of my favorite groupings of their jelly beans is the Sours. Originally the mix only included cherry, orange, lemon, apple and […]

“You’ll need to be on a soft food diet for 2 weeks”, the oral surgeon told me.
“What does that mean, exactly?”
“You know, like yogurt, polenta and risotto. No nuts, pretzels, chips, sticky caramels and candy.” (Yeah, he actually suggested “polenta and risotto” – such a classy periodontist I’ve got.)
Ummm…. What was that?
Well, […]