http://sugarsavvy.net Candy bars, artisanal chocolates, bubble gum and every sugary thing in between. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/07/04/emily%e2%80%99s-dark-chocolate-covered-cherries/ Summer is here with its 100-degree heat beating the sweat out of my body. Every time I think of summer and go into the swimming pool, I think about how my mom used to give my friends and I an ice cream treat. Ah, to be a kid again. Oh ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/07/03/ice-cream-not-the-dieters-enemy/ I am not a big cookie eater.  Cookie baker, yes, but then I give them away.  The cookies I have been known to grab handfuls of are mostly Italian, like biscotti, amaretti cookies, and ladyfingers.  When the chefs gave us a ladyfinger recipe in class years ago, I was so ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/07/02/ladyfingers-bring-elegance-to-tiramisu/ TCHO is an American chocolate maker in San Francisco that I missed visiting when I was in California due to a lack of time. When I say chocolate maker, I mean they make their chocolate from scratch, and when I say visit, I mean stop by their distribution center and ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/07/01/tcho-coupon/ 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, ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/30/sweet-william/ 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 ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/27/newman-o%e2%80%99s-peanut-butter-creme-filled-chocolate-cookies/ We've already covered one essential cookie -- the sugar cookie -- but today we move on to the peanut butter cookie. The perfect peanut butter cookie cookie recipe eluded me for a long time. Every attempt was either too dry or too cakey. Then, one day, I checked out the ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/26/essential-cookies-peanut-butter-cookies/ If I remember correctly, Steve Almond wrote about tracking down the Idaho Spud in Candy Freak and watches them as they are made. He then eats one and hates it. You'd think that would have been enough to stop me from paying way too much for one at an overpriced ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/25/idaho-spud/ The cover to "The Farmer’s Wife Comfort Food Cookbook" reminds me of the type of home and family Norman Rockwell made famous, where the wife is in the kitchen, the husband is relaxing with a pipe and the paper, and Johnny and Jane are carelessly playing outside. It’s no wonder ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/19/who-knew-i-was-a-farmers-wife/ 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, ... http://sugarsavvy.net/2008/06/18/icing-on-the-cake/