Sugar Savvy

To some Hanukkah is a celebration of religious freedom, a festival of lights, a time to light the menorah and share a special holiday with friends and family. 
To The Chocolate Box, however, this ancient Jewish festival is all about the chocolate coins.  Coin-shaped chocolates, wrapped in gold or silver foil, called gelt (Yiddish for money), […]

There are a whole group of candies out there that seem to belong to another generation, whispering perhaps of a time when keeping fine candies on hand to offer to even the most casual of guests was considered the mark of a gracious host or hostess.  Or perhaps, it was gracious guests who would keep […]

No one is neutral about coconuts.  Love them or hate them, they are part of the candy box of life.  Previously tasted in The Chocolate Box is See’s Dark Chocolate Cocoanut (See’s Candies’ spelling for this candy).  This week we’ll be exploring the mysteries of the Milk Chocolate Cocoanut.  How does it fare as compared […]

I wanted to do something seasonal for this See’s Piece-by-Piece, but didn’t just want to evaluate milk chocolate foil-wrapped turkeys (which See’s Candies does offer, by the way.)
A close look at my choices at the candy counter revealed a Dark Chocolate Mincemeat candy.  That made me think of the traditional mincemeat pies and seemed seasonal […]

With the holiday baking season almost upon us and with it a quest for quality ingredients, I thought that this week’s Chocolate Box would take a taste of See’s Candies’ Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips.  Also, since a chocolate chip’s destiny is often to be baked into a cookie, my teen-age son obligingly whipped up a […]

Continuing my tasting of  See’s Candies more exotic (or perhaps more esoteric) flavors, this week I sampled the Milk Chocolate Datenut.  See below for my reaction to this old-fashioned combination.
Tasting Report: 
Description:  This candy is round, brown and is crowned.  It has a fine sanding of chopped nuts under its milk chocolate coating.  The center has large, dark amber swirls […]

Don’t get me wrong. See’s Candies’ chocolates are among my favorites. It’s a dream come true to have it my “job” to taste every candy under the glass counter in those art deco black and white shops. But sometimes I find See’s a little too, shall we say, not exotic. I yearn for chocolates flavored […]

This is the third time I’ve bought See’s Candies’ Light Chocolate Truffle, so that must mean I like it. Find out for sure below.
Tasting Report
Description: See’s Candies’ Light Chocolate Truffle is a large (almost two inches across) oval. The top is topped with very finely chopped nuts then lightly coated with chocolate. Those are the […]

See’s Candies get all dressed up for Halloween in pumpkin shapes and witches’ hats, but the candies are, of course, all treat and no trick. Here’s a round up of what is available at See’s Candies stores and on its website for this sweetly scary holiday.
See’s dresses up its solid milk chocolate in a ghostly […]

Like a kid in a candy store, I looked through the glass display case at my local See’s Candies shop and picked the biggest piece of chocolate I could find. My selection was See’s Candies’ Milk Chocolate Chelsea.
Tasting Report
Description: See’s Chelsea milk chocolate covered buttercream candy is no dainty bonbon. A whopping inch and a […]