Why in the world am I writing a new review on Halloween night? I should be out scaring up some candy, not sitting at my computer writing about candy. Wait a minute, they don't celebrate Halloween in Greece. If I go out dressed up in a costume demanding free candy I think the authorities might get called. Instead I think tonight I'll just dig up some of my own candy, and make a frightening dinner to go with it.
Since they don't celebrate Halloween here in Greece I couldn't get a picture of me with any kind of monster or ghoul. So instead I just decided to post a really gross looking picture of my eye.
Now I don't want to make any assumptions but I'm guessing that this holiday is only riding on the coattails of a bigger holiday. I'm also guessing that it was created by a group of people who manufacture a certain candy in hopes of increasing sales just a little.
I'm a little confused by this advertisement for Kit Kat. Exactly what are we to break, or if you mean break and in "take a break", then what does a kitten have to do with it?
I came across this collection of photos depicting the ingredients and the final product of foods being made. The picture above is the making of chocolates. These are so cool.
I imagine that this holiday is pretty much attached to the fact that this is the time when people go nuts trying to find the perfect pumpkin for Halloween.
So many times in my life have I seen womens underwear with a candy theme. Frankly as a man I've been feeling left out. I mean we all want the opportunity to arouse our significant others with the site of sweet treats on our underwear. Lucky for me I came across this cool pair of mens underwear cleverly decorated with sweet chocolates.
Well it's been a busy week here at Candy Critic. As you may or may not know we've moved and we've just finally got our main computer system back up and running. I've been updating the site for the last several months on a tiny laptop. But now things are as they should, reviews will continue to flow, as well as changes will start to appear on the site eventually leading to the new look that we've been working on. Enjoy the chewy review.
It's "National Nut Day"! So go ahead and eat a crunchy treat, or pretend your Napoleon, either way you're celebrating nuts.
I can understand why one would make today National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day. I figure it's just about time to start carving out Jack-o-lanterns for Halloween and you have to do something with the gooey insides. The thing I don't get it who in their right mind would want to eat a pumpkin flavoured cheesecake. Now I've never actually tried one before, but it sounds horrible.
I found this Snickers ad on copyranter and frankly I just don't understand it. Is the Dark Side going soft?
Here in Europe Fanta is the bomb, everybody drinks it and you can get it just about anywhere. When I was a kid I remember being able to find Fanta in many stores in North America, but now it's virtually impossible to find. When you can find it in North America, it's often imported from Europe and overpriced. Now I've heard many rumors and stories about why it's not available, they seem far fetched, mostly about the Second World War. It just seems odd that if these rumors are true, then why hold such a grudge when clearly many Europeans (whom the war affected greatly) have chosen to forgive. If they're not true, then what's the hold up?
Congratulations to the fine folks at Honibe for winning the biggest prize in food the SIAL D'or award in Paris. I'm proud to say that these guys are Canadian, and even prouder to say that I have a box of their sweet treats sitting my cupboard right now (I brought them to Greece). It's a prize well deserved and a very creative snack indeed. Congrats Honibe gang!
I have a problem here in Greece. See I really love cookies, but I really don't like coffee that much. The thing is every single cafe here in Greece gives away a free cookie with every coffee. Do you think they might give a cookie to us tea drinkers? No way. So every time I go out with friends to enjoy a sit on a street, good conversation, and a nice beverage, there is no cookie for Chris.
These cakes may look fancy and yummy but really they appear to be kind of sad. Near the #1 graveyard (trust me it's not a rating system) there is a street leading up to the main entrance. On this street you can find anything one might need in order to mourn a love one. From tomb stones, weather resistant picture frames, flowers, and yes what appears to be grieving cakes. Frankly I think when I go I'd be honored if people served a grieving cake in my honor, but it better be chocolate.
This weekend I had a few technical problems that froze a few of my posts. This means that I'm trying to re-load and organize a bunch of posts from the last week. This technical problem also managed to stop me from posting a new review on Sunday. But that's OK, because I can backdate posts and make it look like it's been posted for a few days, an no one will be wiser.
When I was a kid (in Canada) we didn't really see that much advertising for Kinder products at all. That's why it makes me sad when I see vintage Kinder ads from Europe, it points out some of the stuff that I missed. Like a creepy kid wearing a tie that defies all fashion sense.
I love this art piece depicting the insides of Mr Stay Puft. I always he was full of marshmallow, but what do I know about fictional candy mascot anatomy.
And I can't wait to munch on each and every bar. A few flavours in particular interest me like the Maya Gold and the Ginger.
On my way to my Greek language class I keep passing by a series of mouth watering pastry shops each with spectacular windows filled with sweet treats. I made sure that one of the first words I learned in Greek was chocolate pastry.
A few weeks back I saw a Haribo truck, yesterday I saw this Trident truck. All I can say is the folks here in Greece really know how to decorate their trucks.
As my friend Andrew says "What Thanksgiving is all about -- though I could be wrong on this...". What you're looking at is the DQ pumpkin pie blizzard. I haven't tried one myself and I'm not sure if I want to.
If I was a talented cake decorator I would have decorated a cake with something clever about how today is "National Cake Decorating Day", and maybe added that there is a new review up today too. You'd think I'd be good at decorating cakes since I'm an artist, and since I love cakes. The problem is every time I start to decorating a cake my sweet tooth takes over and all you get is a double chocolate cake with 3 inches of icing and missing many bites. Speaking of bites, this weeks review is worth sinking your teeth into, particularly if you want something chewy.
Just a reminder about the Bazooka contest tomorrow in Toronto: