Sugar Savvy

Ever eat so much that it feels like you’re pregnant with a humpback whale, you’ve been filled up with cotton and polyester like a soft toy, you can’t even move because you’re so stuffed but can’t remain sitting up straight due to the strain on your back from that bloated belly hanging past your knees? […]

Yes, you heard me right- Those sugary little Halloween treats that usually contain either honey, gelatin, egg whites, or all of the above, and have yet to ever appear in any vegan form… Until now. Thanks to the creative mind of Melisser from The Urban Housewife, you can now create your very own candy […]

Halloween is officially a sugar-covered blur of a memory, so what are we supposed to do with all this darn leftover candy? For some of us, the trick-or-treaters and the candy loving grown ups, the answer is easy, we eat it.  For lots of parents though, eating all those gummy whatnots, chewy caramel thingies and chocolate covered […]

Catalogs for Halloween tricks and treats have begun arriving at my household. My favorite for the most creative (and probably least gourmet) is the Oriental Trading Company’s. Its merchandise ranges from the sensible (small packs of pretzels) to the wonderfully grotesque (eyeball gum balls with cherry centers) to the downright disgusting (gummy bugs, brains, barf […]

I have always loved to swim. I love to swim in pools and lakes and oceans and rivers.

So, naturally, I love summer. The only bummer about summer, however, is that the high temps make the storing and transporting of my favorite food group (uhhh… chocolate, as if that needs clarification) somewhat of […]

Traveling always exposes one to new food customs and products. Since I’ve been to Spain a few times, I didn’t really expect to find anything that would seem REALLY different than I’ve seen before. But I have to admit, one packaged food did stop me dead in my tracks — dog biscuits […]

PENUCHE
Pronounciation: Pe noo chay.
Definition: brown sugar fudge. “The Fudge Equivalent of Mystery Meat.”
People, I’ve found, either TOTALLY know what it is, or have never heard of it at all. Until a couple of months ago, I, myself, did not know. Now I can’t seem to stop […]

I don’t like licorice. I have never liked licorice.
Licorice has always been a head- scratcher for me. It has nothing to do with sweet, as far as I’m concerned. It’s not candy. It’s weird and bitter and acrid.
That said, I think I might be starting to like licorice.
Taste buds change as we age. It’s true. […]

I spotted these special Valentine’s presents for your favorite “companion animal” at Target, a chain discount store known for its creativity, strong style and good deals.
The dog version includes cookies and other treats designed to look like chocolate and candy which are bad for dogs, but are made with good-for-canine foods like soy meal. […]

One of the many great things about candy is how much sense memory it brings to an individual. When I think about Reese’s Cups, I’m instantaneously transported to my youth, vividly recalling stacking up the dozens of single packaged cups that I had acquired after a night of trick or treating.
I remember the smell […]