Sugar Savvy

Got a spare $1,250 lying around? Who doesn’t, right? Clearly you want to spend that money on a dozen chocolates: 4 covered in 22-carat gold, 4 covered in pure silver, and 4 accented with diamond. You can find the Royal Collection at Cocoa Gourmet.

Kind of makes the gold-flake covered pralines (photo above) that Melissa from […]

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 […]

If it wasn’t for a recent article in CNN, I’m not sure I ever would have thought to connect vanishing US bee colonies with having fewer ice cream flavors and higher prices, but believe it.  The folks at Haagen-Dazs say it’s so. 
For some reason, bee colonies are fast disappearing, and it’s got ice cream makers […]

We review quite a bit of sugary confections here at Sugar Savvy, but these three newbies have yet to cross our desks (hint, hint).  Before our own delectable morsels arrive, we’re going to have to take Food & Wine’s word for it as they deemed these three new chocolates of the “must try” variety:
“Square Turtles.  […]

Chow has their Year in Food wrap-up up for 2007. The proposed changes in the definition of chocolate topped the headlines list.

You can relive the debate through Cybele’s Candy Blog. Here’s Guittard’s protest website.

I had to do some research for my English class and somehow I came upon an article about Chocolate Treatments by Samantha Jonas-Hain, and was intrigued immediately and found myself smiling from beginning to end of the read. She went to two different spas that do chocolate massages and body wraps. Her first stop was at […]

Even though the recently shuttered Serendipity 3 unveiled a $25,000 dessert, they’re not the only game in town in terms of pricey desserts.  The Fortress Hotel in Galle, Sri Lanka, recently unleashed the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence, a $14,500 wonder that features a gold leaf Italian cassata flavored with Irish cream and served with a […]

Back in the day, having ice cream and lots of it, was one of the greatest perks to having your tonsils out.  But is it just a myth that it’s a good thing to have ice cream after the operation?  Or fact?  The folks at the Turkey Hill Ice Cream Journal sought the truth, and […]

Although rats and cockroaches in restaurants in no great surprise these days, unfortunately, I gotta say, I was a little surprised when I read the location of the latest ordered shut-down … popular, historic NYC restaurant Serendipity 3. 
Just last week the restaurant was making headlines for unveiling a $25,000 dessert (pictured) and now, shuttered.  […]

Wondering what you are going to do with all that leftover Halloween candy once you and your kids have eaten your share? Check out this article with tips for repurposing the candy into different recipes. There’s ideas for everything from candy corn to Peppermint Patties.
Here’s a snippet:
-Peanut butter cups
Mitchell suggests using a double-boiler or microwave […]