Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

July 14th, 2008

Vosges Bacon and Chocolate Bar

I’m not sure how long the Vosges brand Mo’s Bacon Bar has been available, but when I first heard about it last year I knew I had to keep an eye out. The bar is said to have been an inspiration of chocolatier Katrina Markoff, who drew on her childhood experience of chocolate chip pancakes […]

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July 10th, 2008

Neapolitan Hershey Kisses

Another trip down the candy aisle at Sam’s Club recently turned up this large bag of Limited Edition Neapolitan Hershey Kisses. I love neapolitan ice cream so I had high hopes for these!

The bag I found is 24 oz and I picked it up for about $7. Each candy is wrapped in the standard Kisses […]

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July 8th, 2008

Chocolate for Breakfast

Yes, chocolate for breakfast - and it’s actually good for you!
I had the opportunity to try some Antioxidant Indulgence cereal recently and am very happy to report that it was delicious! Because of its health factor I was expecting it to be vitamin-y or at the very least bland, but the crunchy whole grain flakes […]

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July 2nd, 2008

Xocai Healthy Gourmet Chocolate Review

My husband recently discovered that one of his co-workers is a distributor for Xocai Healthy Gourmet Chocolate. I hadn’t heard of the company before but when his co-worker offered to let me try some of course I was more than happy to!
Overall I really liked the chocolate and would love to get my daily […]

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July 1st, 2008

Candy Bar Identification Quiz

How well do you know your candy bars? Well enough that you can identify them without a wrapper and from their insides only?
Check out the Candy Bar Identification Quiz to see how well you can do!
I scored 18 out of 20 - apparently it’s been too long since I’ve had an Oh! Henry, and […]

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June 25th, 2008

Valor Dark Chocolate with Marcona Almonds

We took a trip to Cost Plus World Market last week to stock up on some more good chocolate (they finally have Tim Tams! And Aero Bars!).
I got a nice little pile of chocolate I’ve been wanting to try and my husband went right for this one, which is saying a lot because he’s not […]

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