Cooking Up Some Toffee With Boxcar - Another Sweet Place That's Open For Business

We have yet another great sweet company to check out today. For the next little while, we’re going to look at sweet places that can still bring a smile to your face. Today we’re looking at a candy company out of the good old US of A.

Cooking With Boxcar might seem like an unconventional name of a place to get homemade toffee, but don't let the name fool you. These guys make classic toffees, and John (AKA Boxcar) has a pretty deep Italian cooking family history to make sure he's doing it right.

During these difficult time, Cooking With Boxcar has continued to stay open to make sure anybody craving a crunchy bite of toffee isn't denied. They even have some interesting deals on right now for Mother's Day.  Since they deliver almost anywhere in the USA, make sure to check out cookingwithboxcar.com if you need some crunchy sweet fun right now.

(ED – This is not a paid advertisement, we here at Candy Critic want to help the local candy shops in this very difficult time. If you’re feeling down, and you need a little sweet treat, make sure to visit the website of your local candy shop, and consider placing an order, many are still open for curbside pick up or delivery. If you run a small sweet, snack or dessert shop, let us know, we’ll be happy to feature you on this blog and on our social media to let people know you’re still open for business.) 

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Amazing Candy/Junk Food Things That You Should Buy - Reese's Puffs

I think this is the only candy based cereal that is not just a cereal version of the original. These aren't Reese's Peanut Butter Cups cereal, they acknowledge  the texture difference, I like that.

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We're On A Roll With Today's New Review - Mini Churros "Original"

I'm not sure how, but I seem to have missed this churro trend of late. I seem to have missed it by so much that I think it's already starting to fall out fashion (correct me if I'm wrong). It's not that I don't like churros, I just can't say that I've ever eaten a churro that blew me away. They're fine, but most places that sell churros offer other treats that are much more appealing to me. Maybe I just haven't had a great churro, or maybe it's just not my thing.

Click here to read about churros that are small.

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Candy In The Media - DIY Cadbury Creme Eggs

Did you eat all your Easter Creme Eggs already, maybe you could make your own.

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Amazing Candy/Junk Food Things That You Should Buy - Sour Patch Kids Cereal

I mean who wouldn't want a sour cereal.

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Even The Worst Chocolate Bar Is Still A Chocolate Bar - I Love Brunei Darussalam "Dark Chocolate"

While I was writing this review, I was a little nervous that I might offend someone. I didn't hate this bar, but it did disappoint me a little. The review seems kind of negative, and frankly I'll stand by the fact that this is not the best chocolate bar I've eaten in my life (either theme wise or quality wise). The thing is, it was still a chocolate bar, and I still enjoyed it. With a few exceptions, that can actually be said about just about every review I've ever done on Candy Critic. Even some of the lowest scoring treats on this site are still fun to eat. With a few exceptions, there really isn't any one treat that I would recommend avoiding completely.

Click here to read this negative review that I felt a little guilty about writing.

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Candy In the Media - Best Retro Commercial Ever

This is probably the best retro candy commercial ever made.

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A New Candy Critic Video Where I Compare Two Very Similar Japanese Candies

For a while, I actually thought that the Hello Panda and the Koala cookies from Japan were the same treat. Part of my life was seeing Hello Pandas on the shelf, and thinking that I remembered them being Koalas, only to see Koalas on the shelf a month later thinking I remembered them as being Pandas. Then I saw them on the shelf together, and I realized that I should be reviewing both of these, together, and here we are.

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Amazing Candy/Junk Food Things That You Should Buy - Hershey's Kisses Cereal

Of all the chocolate shapes that one could make into cereal, this one seems a little odd.

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Candy In the Media - Rolo Magic

The last few seconds of this commercial are enough to make me want to eat a Rolo.

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The Top 6 Easter Candies I've Reviewed On Candy Critic, and My Least Favourite

Here's the strange thing about this list, every single entry is chocolate based. Even stranger, is that all but one is egg themed. I think it's safe to say that Easter is really a chocolate heavy holiday and the best way to eat this chocolate is in egg form. After doing a little checking (you can check out entire selection of Easter treat review here), it appears that only 4 of the 33 Easter reviews I've written are not chocolate based. While there is no denying that Easter is chocolate heavy, it could also be that I tend to lean towards chocolate Easter treats as well.

So here's the list of our top six Easter treats that I've reviewed on Candy Critic:

6 (tied with 5) with a total score of 12 - Milk Chocolate Eggs "with a Hazelnut Praline Filling"

I remember picking these up and not thinking much of them, after all they're just boring eggs covered in foil. Turns out I was wrong, for all the right reasons.

Click here to check out this review.

5 (tied with 6) with a total score of 12 - Green and Black's "Organic Milk Chocolate Egg"

This is one of the treats that changed the way I thought about organic chocolate. I used to think it was a gimmick, but after eating this egg I realized that there might be something to this organic chocolate.

Click here to check out this review.

4 (tied with 3) with a total score of 12.5 - L'il Scoops

Not only was this a fine quality chocolate treat, but it was super creative as well. Getting a chocolate egg is always fun, but packaging them up like real eggs is really cool.

Click here to check out this review.

3 (tied with 4) with a total score of 12.5) - Butter Cream Egg

This is proof that shopping outside of the main big box stores is a great idea for Easter. There are many small candy makers that are creating some amazing treats for Easter, and this is a great example of that.

Click here to check out this review.

2 with a score of 13 - Iddy Biddy Bunnies

This is a great example of an Easter gimmick that works well. It works well because they're is just something so satisfying about putting a whole bunch of tiny chocolate bunnies in your mouth at once. It also doesn't hurt that the chocolate is really good too.

Click here to check out this review.

1 with a score of 14 - Crème Egg

I've recently learned that there are people that actually hate the Cadbury Crème Egg. They say that it's too sweet. I do agree that it's really sweet, but I don't mind, it just tastes so great and it's a fun gimmick too.

Click here to check out this review.

Bonus, our lowest rated Easter treat with a score of 3.5 - Dark Chocolate Gold Brick Egg

It's disappointing chocolate, disappointing filling, and a boring theme. It's sad when holiday candy disappoints.

Click here to check out this review.

Make sure too check out all our Easter review here.

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Amazing Candy/Junk Food Things That You Should Buy - Timbits Cereal

The idea of making a breakfast cereal out of one Canada's most iconic donut seems like a revelation and an obvious choice all at the same time.

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It's The Start Of A Rude Review-A-Thon - Bull's Balls

I'm not sure what inspired me to pick up all of the treats that I'm going to review this week. They're not only extremely rude (I'm not against rude really, as long as it has a point), but they also appear to be more gimmick than substance. Maybe I was hoping that I would be surprised that any (or maybe all) of these rude candies might have something else to them that I didn't expect. Maybe they're more than just a candy that looks good on the shelf of a candy store, maybe they're unique and creative too. Maybe I just wanted to justify my suspicions that these are in fact just gimmick candies, with not much to offer that candy world.

Click here to check out the first in our series of rude candy reviews this week.

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Candy In The Media - Starburst Of My Memories

This is the commercial that made me want to eat Starbursts when I was a kid, I so wanted the feeling of going down a water slide made of fruit.

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Rocky Mountain Chocolate at Square One Shopping Center – A Canadian Institution is Here for You

We have yet another great sweet store to check out. For the next little while, we’re going to look at sweet places that can still bring a smile to your face. Today we’re looking at a branch from one of the great sweet treat chains in Canada.

I will say that no trip back home for me is complete, without a stop at a Rocky Mountain Chocolate shop.

There are a few locations of this great chain all over Canada, but today we’re going to look at the fine folks running the location at the Square One Shopping Center in Mississauga, Ontario. This particular location is run by Bonnie and Roman a husband and wife team making some classic Canadian treats.

Unfortunately, the mall itself is closed due to health concerns, however Bonnie and Roman don’t want you to miss out on a great Easter this year. They’re still offering some of the Easter treats available from Rocky Mountain Chocolate and deliver it right too you. Just send them an email (squareone@rockychoc.com), and let them know that you want your Easter fix. They’ll deliver your treats to anywhere in or around Mississauga, and you’ll be able to munch on some seriously fun sweets this Easter.

 (ED – This is not a paid advertisement, we here at Candy Critic want to help the local candy shops in this very difficult time. If you’re feeling down, and you need a little sweet treat, make sure to visit the website of your local candy shop, and consider placing an order, many are still open for curbside pick up or delivery. If you run a small sweet, snack or dessert shop, let us know, we’ll be happy to feature you on this blog and on our social media to let people know you’re still open for business.)