Sugar Savvy

Candy lovers everywhere rejoiced this June in honor of National Candy Month.  Did you celebrate?
I certainly did, with a little help from the nice people at Emily’s Chocolates, who sent me some of their Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries to sample.
Emily’s Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries are part of their Every Day Treasures Line and come in a […]

As I am now back in Australia, it seems fitting that I choose an Australian-made piece of confectionary to review instead of one of the many US-bought chocolate bars I brought back with me in my suitcase. Sweet William is a company that makes chocolates free from dairy, gluten, lactose, sugar, cholesterol, peanuts, trans fats, […]

Newman’s Own Organics is expanding its Newman-O’s Cookie line to include a new Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookie, and has generously sent me a sampler box so that I may review them for our Sugar Savvy readers.
For those of you not familiar with the company, Newman’s Own Organics was founded by actor Paul Newman’s […]

Cupcakes have been a timeless tradition, alongside cakes, for birthdays and baby showers. There is something about the icing on top of a petite circle of goodness and licking the icing off of your lip. Depending on the cupcake, one may not be enough. But then I tried Sprinkles Cupcakes, when it first opened here […]

Ah, Starbucks. Is there anything you can’t put into your coffee-loving maw? Or, more to the point, is there anything loyal Starbucks customers won’t put in their own coffee-loving maws? The company’s latest foray comes in the form of “artisan style” chocolate, which bears the following slogan: “When coffee dreams, it dreams of chocolate.” The […]

During my all-too-brief stay in Austin, Texas, several weeks ago, I spotted the unique design of Richard Kaplan’s Brown Paper Chocolates. Housed in little cardboard boxes, these chocolates come in hefty 4oz squares and a range of flavors that run the gamut from the tried-and-true (Dark Chocolate with Espresso, Kahlua, and Cocoa Nibs) to the unexpected […]

I am going to do it… reveal my favorite “gets them every time” secret to chocolate dipping success. 
What am I talking about?  Merckens Melting Wafers. I spend a lot of time dipping… anything I can get my hands on, really.  Why?  I find chocolate dipped sweets please any crowd, from the common, everyday you and me […]

Admit it … you love brownies. What’s not to love about this rich, dense, moist chocolate confection? So when a craving hits you, what do you do: (1) whip up a homemade batch, or (2) reach for the convenience of a brownie mix?
Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures and you reach for a boxed brownie […]

After my review of Liberty Orchards’ Aplets and Cotlets, which were a gift from my friend Rita, posted on my personal site, her mother left a comment promising to bring me the chocolate covered version next. And, lo and behold, when Rita’s parents visited her at school, they came bearing a box of Liberty Orchards’ […]

Many of us know that eating chocolate with 70% chocolate solids does the body good, helping the body fight against heart disease and high blood pressure. The particular chocolates I have been using the most lately, unsweetened chocolate and bittersweet chocolate, have led to desserts that have been popular choices by my chocolate eating friends.  In fact, I rarely […]