Newman’s Own Organic Ginger n’ Crème Ginger – O’s
Last year around this time Newman’s Own expanded its Newman-O’s Cookie line to include a new Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookie, and generously sent me a sampler box to review, which you can check out here.
Along with the Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookies, the Newman’s sampler box also contained some other flavors, including their Organic Ginger n’ Crème Ginger - O’s (one of the most unique flavors of crème filled cookies I have seen on the market). Although these have been around for awhile, I had never tried one before. For some reason, I was expecting a vanilla cookie filled with a ginger crème, so I was surprised when I opened the package and the cookies were all a light tan color. These are ginger cookies with a plain crème filling (I guess I missed the part where it clearly says “crème filled ginger cookies” on the label).
Now On Our Radar: Funky Chunky Popcorn
I’m always on the lookout for a new source for unique gifts, even better if they’re food-related. Although the Sugar Savvy team hasn’t taste-tested these babies yet, the Funky Chunky bunch is now on our radar.
The folks at Funky Chunky offer a nice selection of popcorn and pretzel items in clear glass jars that make them perfect for gift-giving. Whether you like the caramel version or are a chocolate fiend, you just may find the perfect gift for giving here … whether for someone else or yourself!
Be sure to keep checking back for new flavors … we have it on good authority that there is a candy-cane popcorn version come the holidays.
Doubling the Fun with a New Billy’s Bakery Location
Over the past few years, the pastel-colored, buttercream frosted cupcake at Billy’s Bakery in Chelsea (NYC) has been my standard of the cupcake-to-beat. Theirs are what all cupcakes get compared to. To be quite honest, the cake part is actually just the tiniest bit dry, but the frosting more than forgives any moistness sins. And with their second location now in Tribeca, it’s double the pleasure, double the sugar.
Billy’s Bakery, founded in 2003, opened their newest sweet spot at 75 Franklin Street, located between Church and Broadway, and the new space is … well … spacious, especially as compared to their first location. As with their original bakery, the new one will offer corporate and personal catering, along with delivery in the Manhattan and Tri-State area. Throwing a party? Their new individually sized favor boxes might be just the thing. Holding just one cupcake, it is perfect for children’s birthday parties or just because.
Fresh and Easy Milk Chocolate Malt Balls
I am on a quest to find the “perfect malt ball;” a malt ball with a nice milk chocolate coating (real milk chocolate) and a light crispy (not powdery) malt center that will satisfy my cravings. Alas, my quest has remained unfruitful to date.
You see, I find that there is always one missing component; for example, the chocolate coasting is too thin or too thick, the ratio of malty center to chocolate coating isn’t quite right, or the malt center is too dry and powdery. I have ruled out Whoppers, Mighty Malts and Maltesers because the chocolate coating they use is not real milk chocolate and tends to leave an unpleasant aftertaste.
What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?
Since I eat ice cream at a leisurely pace, I am a scoop-in-a-cup kind of girl. I can have one scoop and my husband has two, and he will be already walking it off while I am still licking the spoon.
Over the weekend, my husband wanted to try something besides our normal summer indulgence of ice cream at our usual grocery trip, so he grabbed Klondike bars. We debated over dark chocolate or Oreo, and decided upon the cookie bites inside the chocolate shell. That night, I nestled in my chair with a big paper towel, and nibbled into this delicious sweet treat. The creamy vanilla ice cream with Oreo cookies inside a hard chocolate shell was melting in my mouth and on my hands. I will definitely have another, but I might need to eat it a little faster though.
The calories are not sweet, however, but it is worth every bite. I would cook a veggie plate, even eat eggplant and brussel sprouts and then run ten miles just to eat this lip-smacking square. So, what would you do for a Klondike bar?
Strawberries and Pomegranate Have Entered the Gum Orbit
Ok, that was sort of a silly way of putting it. But Orbit has launched two new flavors in its 14-stick package, which you can find at the supermarket checkout: Strawberry Mint and Positively Pomegranante. I’m a big fan of their mix of mint and fruit flavors. Out of the two of them, strawberry mint was my favorite. I’m convinced it makes the flavors last longer, but I have no scientific evidence to prove it.
I normally like things that are pomegranate flavored, but I think it needs the mint. Perhaps that’s not an obvious combination — some things paired with mint in the gum world aren’t — but I think it would work. If you’ve tried it, tell us. What do you think?
Guittard Chocolate Sampling
Guittard is one of those chocolate companies you start to hear more about once you dive into the chocolate and candy world a little more than your average candy eater. I didn’t really become aware of them until my love of candy went from “enjoy” to “enthusiasm.” Guittard works a little more behind the scenes than most chocolates, in a sense, as they don’t really produce a mass produced chocolate bar like Godiva, Ghirardelli, Lindt, Mars, Hershey’s, etc., yet you can find their chocolate most anywhere. For example, See’s uses Guittard chocolate to make all their confections, as do many other companies and bakers. You just gotta look for it.
Guittard also is a very groundbreaking company. They did a lot of work to establish themselves into Single Origin chocolates, Fair Trade chocolates, as well as the fight to “Keep It Real” when the FDA wanted to allow mockolate to take the same identity and the pure stuff. I admire them immensely for this.
I’ve been meaning to do a review of their work for some time and wanted to really express what wonderful chocolate work they do. I’m going to try and not overdo any of the tasting with too much information. Sometimes simple is best.
The Coolest James Bond Ever…
When I first read about the Daniel Craig frozen pops in Britain, I looked at my calendar to see if I had somehow missed April. Perhaps there’s a prank holiday in Britain that I do not know about, but seeing how this has popped up in more than one newspaper site in the UK, I am inclined to believe it.
The Daniel Craig Lollipop:
Photography by PA.
What to Do with Leftover Egg Whites
Let’s play Jeopardy-
Answer: Coconut Macaroons
Question: What is - what you do with leftover egg whites
Oftentimes a recipe calls for egg yolks only, so what do you do with the whites? Throw them away? That would be wasteful; instead, find a recipe that uses egg whites.
I make quite a bit of ice cream so I am often faced with this dilemma and have spent a good deal of time trying out various recipes that use up my leftover egg whites. One of my favorite recipes is a quick and easy recipe for Coconut Macaroons. So in honor of the recent National Macaroon Day (May 31st), I would like to share this recipe with you.
Intentional Chocolate: Raspberry Triangles
There’s a lot to be said about intention, especially if it is positive. I’ve heard so many times that how we go through life is all about attitude and how we intend to see things. If we keep a positive outlook, we experience positive things. I’ve always considered gifts of sweets and chocolate to be good examples of positive intent. Gifts are an act of kindness, and chocolate is something that makes everyone happy (If it doesn’t, you must be an alien or something…). I was presented with these beautiful chocolates, these Intentional Chocolates, by my boyfriend. A very positive experience overall.
So what makes these chocolate specifically intentional? Well, these chocolates are created and, get this, prayed upon by Buddhist monks with this intent:
“Whoever consumes this chocolate will manifest optimal health and functioning at physical, emotional and mental levels, and in particular will enjoy an increased sense of energy, vigor and well-being for the benefit of all beings.”
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