This Week In Candy

I've had a recent thought about candy flavours, and it's all about fresh figs.  You don't really have that many fig candies in the modern candy world, and it's a shame.  Likely the most famous sweet with figs is the Fig Newton, and that's just sad.  Mostly because Fig Newtons make people think about figs as dried up brown fruit, and not a juicy red fruit.  When I lived in Greece, I became obsessed with figs, particularly fresh ones.  Now that I'm back home I really miss eating them, and unlike other fruits, I can't even get my fix of fresh figs in the candy world.

I think it's about time some candy companies started to use fresh figs and the base for more candies.  I think a fig gummy, or fig lollipop would be a great way to start.  The fig gummy would be particularly perfect because gummies are also soft like figs.  You could ad some little candy bits to simulate the seeds, and it would be perfect.

I've noticed lately that we've been neglecting our Instagram feed, and haven't had a Snack Fact or entry in the Doughnut Project in a while.  I think this week I'll collect some content and get that ball rolling again.  I've also been on a bit of a baking/candy making kick, so you should expect some new recipes over the summer.  Next weekend I'm thinking of experimenting with a really bizarre baking ingredient that I've recently acquired.  I'm also planning on shooting a new episode of Chris, Why Would You Eat That?!!. Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with all of this fun stuff as we do it.  I'm also thinking of live streaming a few things on Periscope as well.

This week's new review has the word "fun" in it, but frankly I'm not really sure why.  These are by no means fun at all.  I think even if you like these snacks, you'd probably agree that they're not really fun.  Click here to see why we didn't find these to be fun at all.

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Chris Stuffing His Face

I eat a lot, I eat all kinds of different foods from all over the world.  One of my favorite things to do is to stuff my face with tasty foods.  As a tribute to all of the tasty foods I stuff in my mouth, I present a new, and possibly continuing segment of this blog called "Chris Stuffing Hist Face".

Figs are one of the greatest fruits ever, fresh figs warmed in sun, straight off the tree are even better.

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Day Trip To Evia

 Greece has some pretty great islands, and exploring them is always a fun time.  Particularly when you explore them with a couple of friends.  This past weekend Allison and I went to Evia (the second largest island in Greece) to meet up with our friends Alex and Efi.

 Efi showed us a fig tree that had fresh figs ready for the picking.  I can't tell you how tasty fresh figs are, it's like the flavour is improved when they're warm, fresh off the tree.

I also had this strange ice cream sundae at Dodoni with bits of pastry crust, caramel, and powdered sugar.  I don't remember what it was called, but it was fairly strange and tasty.  It opens my mind a little about what you can put on ice cream.  I'm thinking a future project about strange ice cream toppings is in order.

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Spooooooooooooonnnn!!! Sweets - Figs

Every day this week I'm going to sample a different spoon sweet and let you know what I think.  For those unfamiliar with spoon sweets, they're pretty much fruit preserved in a syrup.  It's kind of like jam, only it's much juicier and the fruit is most often whole, or only sliced in half.

This is very, very sweet.  Figs are pretty much one of sweetest fruits that I know.  Put them in a syrup and they get even sweeter.  This variety of fig spoon sweet uses unripened figs instead of the mature figs, so maybe it makes it a little less sweet.  The texture is kind of chewy, but the sweet flavour just overpowers.  In fact because of the subtle flavour of the fig, all you pretty much taste is sweet.  Don't get me wrong, I love the sweet flavour, I just like something else to accompany it.


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Awww... FIG!!! Is That An Insult?

Today's review comes from a new found love affair I have with a kind of gross looking fruit with a very sketchy story.  I was told that part of the pollination process of a fig involves a wasp digging inside the fruit, dying, and eventually being absorbed by the fruit.  Thus, eating a fig means you're eating a wasp.  Fortunately I pretty much hate wasps, so I don't feel any regret, however some people do feel a little squeamishness about the idea of eating bugs.

Click here to read this fig-tastic review.

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A Little Help On Valentines Day

Here’s a list of 10 of the most aphrodisiac filled foods. I for one am happy to note that many of these ingredients can be found in candies all over the world. That just proves to me that candy (and in particular chocolate) is super sexy.

Click here to read more and get ready for some sexy good times.

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