The Look: Something like giant green caterpillars. A bar of bright green marzipan with both ends and the bottom dipped in chocolate. The Pitch: “Swedish apricot marzipan confection,” says the package. “Sign me up,” says me. Reality Check: A key […]
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Review: Chocolate Almond Fudge Clif Bar
I work at a newspaper, with all the rush-rush deadlines and oddball working hours that life as an ink-stained wretch entails. Meals are regularly eaten at desks, and feeding times change based on workload, so I sometimes find myself with […]
Review: Lotte Yukimi Daifuku Mochi Ice Cream
A year and a half ago on a trip to Honolulu, I spotted a display in the Shirokiya department store window that confused the hell out of me. There, in a glorious rainbow of colours, was a selection of round […]
Review: Rogers’ Chocolate Covered Blueberries
As the name would suggest, at the core of each glossy Rogers’ Chocolate Covered Blueberry is a delicious dried blueberry. The berry is wrapped in chocolate, which is then wrapped in an outer layer of blue-tinted blueberry-flavoured chocolate. They’re a […]
Review: Terry’s Chocolate Orange
In our family, Christmas morning isn’t Christmas morning without a Terry’s Chocolate Orange in each of our stockings. I have no idea why the treat has gained a foothold in our family tradition, but I’m not complaining. Each “orange” is […]
Review: Vitasoy Peppermint Chocolate soy milk
Maybe I’m so used to the flavour of soy milk that it’s ruined my ability to instantly detect that characteristic soy milk flavour, but in my mind all you can taste in Vitasoy’s Peppermint Chocolate soy milk is chocolate and […]
Review: Reese’s 100 Calorie Peanut Butter Wafer Bar
Peanut butter is one of life’s great pleasures. It’s also packed with calories. Hence, people looking for a peanut-buttery snack without the caloric baggage are stuck with roughly zero options. Add in an element of chocolate craving, and you’re stuck, […]