Sugar Savvy

When I first read about the Daniel Craig frozen pops in Britain, I looked at my calendar to see if I had somehow missed April. Perhaps there’s a prank holiday in Britain that I do not know about, but seeing how this has popped up in more than one newspaper site in the UK, I […]

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 […]

Waaay back in 2008, I reviewed Amano’s then complete line-up of single-origin bars and gave them my highest rating. They’ve since released a new Jembrana bar and updated their packaging with a shinier, artsier look. I was pleasantly surprised with a free pair of their newest bars for tasting. Apparently they’d kept my name and […]

On Tuesday May 13th, participating Haagen-Dazs Scoop Shops offered a free scoop of their Limited Edition Vanilla Honey Bee Flavor Ice Cream. This flavor will be available through December; however, the company has also recently released Vanilla Honey and Granola Frozen Yogurt as part of its permanent frozen yogurt line.
The release of these two honey-flavored ice […]

M&Ms has a history of movie tie-ins — at least, I know they’ve done tie-ins with Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean in recent years. The Star Wars campaign brought us the Dark M&Ms, which are now part of the permanent lineup. The white chocolate Pirate Pearls didn’t fare quite as well.

This year, the […]

Not too long ago I was standing in the danger zone — read: checkout lane — with my family, trying to figure out the best way to arrange my groceries on the conveyor so that the checkout lad could pack them in such a way that we’d get 12 out of 12 eggs intact at home […]

Amano is one of less than 20 chocolate makers in the United States actually making their own chocolate. This is to say that they begin with raw beans, roast and grind them, and then create small-batch, high quality chocolate bars. Hence the he name “Amano,” which translates to “by hand.” Chocolate savant David Lebovitz spells […]

I have to start by saying that I was rather disappointed in the Limited Edition “Razzberry M&M’s” that Mars recently marketed. I just couldn’t get past the overwhelmingly artificial smell and taste of the raspberry flavoring. So when I heard that they were coming out with a new “Wildly Cherry” flavor I didn’t have high […]

A couple weeks ago I had a run in with yet another limited edition Hershey’s Kiss. My wife received a couple of them decorated with red hearts on the silver foil. The plume read: Dark Raspberry. I wish I had a chance to snap a pic of these little candies, however I’m sans-camera for the […]

Brace yourself (and your children, if applicable) for the sugar rush that the International House of Pancakes, a.k.a. IHOP, has dreamed up. The breakfast-centric restaurant chain has paired with 20th Century Fox for a special cross-promotional menu to celebrate the opening of its film Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Jim Carrey voices the elephant […]