Sugar Savvy

I have to admit I already had quite a crush on Charles Chocolates. I first flirted with them at a Fancy Food Show a few years ago. Somehow I kept coming back to Charles’ booth to nibble a little more on this, sample a little more of that. I couldn’t get enough.
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‘Tis the season of egg nog truffles, chocolate Santas and, of course, candy canes and gelt.  That makes this the season of See’s Candies to me.
Here is an overview of some of the seasonal treats See’s offers by mail order and in its stores.  For more on See’s Candies and a taste of Sugar Savvy’s […]

Here’s a seasonal update on See’s Candies, available in its shops in the U.S. as well as online. For more on See’s Candies, check out my year of tasting See’s on Sugar Savvy here.
First, it’s summertime and See’s Candies wants you to enjoy your chocolates just the way its factories in California made them even […]

One day a few years ago I had the opportunity to taste chocolate candy after chocolate candy to the point that the good ones all kind of blurred together in my palate and my memory. Finally at the end of a long and food laden day, I tasted these two candies from Decadent Tastes, […]

This is the last in the regular series of See’s Candies posts for Sugar Savvy. Rest assured that I’ll be paying close attention to See’s Candies’ offerings and will be posting when I see or taste something interesting from this venerable candy maker. I’ll also be writing often about other chocolates and candies.
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Well Fed team was sent two boxes of chocolates from Ethel’s Chocolates. I have often noticed one of Ethel’s cocoa and pink speckled locations on my visits to Chicago, though have never been inside. When our editor Cate asked if anyone would like to review them, I jumped at […]

One of my favorite parts of writing the See’s Candies Piece-by-Piece in The Chocolate Box is the trivia section.  Each week I feature a fact, tidbit, nugget or even a recipe involving See’s Candies.  So, this week’s post (the penultimate in the See’s Piece-by-Piece series) is a See’s Trivia Contest.  The winner will receive a […]

Among See’s Candies’ more than 100 candy offerings are Gourmet Lollypops, kind of a square sucker.  Square, dense and full of flavor, these candies-on-a-stick are long-lasting treats that appeal to kids and adults alike. 
My husband and I celebrated the birth of our sons by passing out assorted flavors of these lollypops (which is how See’s Candies […]

There is a new confection behind the glass counters at See’s Candies and your intrepid reporter felt it was her duty to fully investigate it.
The Beverly is the first new milk chocolate covered candy I’ve seen at See’s Candies in a while.  The name Beverly gave no clue to its components, so it was whisked back […]

Marshmallows, walnuts and milk chocolate.  That’s pretty much all there is to Rocky Road candy.  I thought I would try See’s Candies’ version and see if the whole more than equaled the sum of its parts.
Tasting Report
Description:  See’s Candies’ Rocky Road can be bought by the chunk at its stores.  My pieces were hefty rectangles […]