Now I’m not sure if this is just something that’s happened around me but as of late I’ve not been able to find that many chocolate themed restaurants. I remember about 7 or 8 years ago many opening up all over the place. These restaurants would often specialize in fondue but also have other chocolate treats to enjoy. Some would have light regular food as well, so you’re not too full to have desert. They’d also often have a really good tea and fine drink selection. So have I moved away from this kind of awesome phenomenon or are they going out of business?
Recently Allison received a cool little sample of a health type drink with some health type bars she ordered online.
I figured since it had a picture of chocolates on it that it was worthy of mention on Candy Critic.
Allison stirred the pack with the milk.
And stirred and stirred.
I took a sip and wasn’t too impressed. Could be because I’m a chocolate snob.
Allison on the other hand loved it and said it reminded her of those Carnation Instant Breakfasts.
Well it’s kind of late right now, I need a shower more than you can imagine. That doesn’t stop me from making sure that update day isn’t pushed forward. This weeks review was pretty cool too. Something different and not bad tasting, the kind of review that puts a smile on your face.
This isn’t the first time they’ve sent stuff and if we’re lucky here at Candy Critic it won’t be the last.
We got a selection of their new chocolate covered fruit things and I for one am looking forward to sampling the strawberry pack.
They also (with a small hint from me) sent us a box of their chocolate covered fortune cookies. I just finished the review and I’m telling you right now that it’s not going to be negative.
"The Hershey Company announced today that it is celebrating the release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight with Special Edition Batman-themed products. Special Edition Reese’s® Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Bats and Reese’s® Dark Peanut Butter Bats feature a unique bat shape to mark the debut of the highly anticipated new Batman feature, arriving in theaters July 18. Reese’s® Pieces® Candies are getting in on the fun by masking themselves in a Batman-themed black and blue color scheme, and Kit Kat® Dark Knight Bars feature an imprinted Bat-Signal on standard and king size bars. The Special Edition Batman products hit store shelves this month.
It’s a cool contest and all but I have one complaint about the new products offered.
Most of them aren’t dark chocolate. I mean it’s the “Dark” Knight and they didn’t capitalize on this.
They did use dark cups but it’s the only treat and since they’re already out on the marked I hardly think it was on purpose.
My friend Susan just sent/lent me this cool book all about gummy bears.
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When people e-mail me and ask me if they could send me a cool treat they’ve found, or something they make really well I generally say no. My rule is simple, and reason even better, I’m pretty much terrified that some weirdo might try and kill me. I’m not saying you will but there are strange people out there in the candy world. Trust me I get e-mails regularly. Having said all that I do have to exceptions to the rule. If you’re a candy company and you want to send samples I’m all over that.
But I also accept gifts from friends. Particularly when they’re yummy cookies made by someone’s grandmother. I’ll even post a blog about it right here. Basically what I’m saying to my friends is “give me more homemade treat” oh yeah and thanks Candice and Alex.
So I guess it’s appropriate that we review M&Ms considering their claims of not melting. I also like the fact that these have a minty flavour, because for some reason mint and cool go together. Although I’m not really sure why, considering mint is mainly used in tea, and tea is not cold at all.
Just a reminder that this weekend I’ll be selling my candy photos at Art in the Park in Ottawa. You can find the show in the Glebe and you can find me in the spot called “35 Petterson’s Creek Pathway”.
Hope to see you there.
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The guy, no the genius that decided to put Pringles potato chips in a can has died. The greatest thing about this man wasn’t even that he changed the shape of potato chips; the greatest thing about this man is that he asked to be buried in an empty can of Pringles. One can only hope it was the original flavour.
Today was national Rocky Road day and fortunately for me I recently picked up a Rocky Road Oh Henry.
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I’ve just been told that some of the folks in the Midwest got caught up in some tornados. If you ask me that would be the perfect time to hunker down in my solid cement bunker and enjoy a sweet treat. I say this because if I live somewhere that tornados hit I would have to have a huge bunker full of candy because I’m basically a wimp. I’d probably need the same bunker if I happened to move somewhere that had any crime, threat of any kind of attack (killer bees included) or even an area with excessive pollen (my allergies hate it. Basically what I’m saying is hang in there, you’re braver than me and enjoy reading this weeks review.
I just found these new Doritos on the shelf at my local store and it seems like an interesting idea. They mix two flavours in one bag. I wonder how they do it and if it works. Sadly I won’t be tasting these because the two flavours are ‘blue cheese’ and ‘hot wings’ and I hate them both.
Last weekend Allison and I had some friends over and not only did they bring a nice bottle of wine but they also brought treats for me.
I have to admit that normally when people bring me treats they just bring me stuff I’ve already had. Not that I mind that, but I really love it when people discover new things for me, mainly because I’m kind of lazy.
In particular I’m really looking forward to trying this little square called “PK”. I have no idea what it is or where it’s from.
I went to the dollar store today and found this neat little package from the movie Ratatouille. It’s sort of candy but not really.
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I was flipping through the magazine because I was bored, I swear. I came across this add and was astonished to learn some new facts about a bar that I really haven’t eaten in a few years.
I also discovered that they come in mint too. I’ve never seen a mint 3 Musketeers yet and now I really want to try one.
My friend Penelope got this great shot of two kids trying to get some treats in Antigua Guatemala. I’m not sure if they’re exploring the mechanics to see if they can get some bonus treats but I know I’ve spent many a day staring up the shoot of a gumball machine.
Well actually you can’t hear the music right now, unless you happen to be reading this with music playing in which case you do. If you’re listening to the ‘Garden State’ soundtrack it’s just kind of eerie. This weeks review is also a little eerie, mainly because us North Americans normally don’t get too many green tea treats.