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March 2010Monday, March 29, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: Blommer Chocolate
This little milk chocolate square is from a collection with names themed to the American Revolution but made in the Swiss style. Package photo here. POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:09 am Candy • Featured News • Fun Stuff • News • Photography • Sunday, March 28, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: EveLeonidas used to have many shops around in Southern California. Sometimes I’d pop in and pick up a few pieces, I was hoping to make it through all varieties eventually. Most of them are gone now (thankfully replaced by other sweet shops, so I just have other things to sample now).
The Eve piece is a milk chocolate shell with a thick base with a frothy banana creme inside. POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:24 am Candy • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • Saturday, March 27, 2010
Eat with your Eyes: L.A. BurdickA couple of years ago I placed an order with L.A. Burdick just before Easter. (Full set of photos here.)
I ordered a box of Chocolate Crispy Eggs.
It contained a little milky plastic box with four eggs, two in dark chocolate and one in white and one in milk.
The chocolate eggs are about the size of a small chicken egg and are filled with a rich, creamy and not-too-sweet gianduia (chocolate/hazelnut cream) and some little crispies (kind of like corn flakes). POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:13 am Candy • Easter • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • Friday, March 26, 2010
Jumbo Gum Ball Eggs
But let me go backwards a bit. I have a definition for candy. It’s kind of long and includes a list of criteria. One of them is that the product needs to be ready-to-eat. This means it doesn’t need assembly (though might benefit from it) and doesn’t require implements or tools, especially ones not provided.
They are 2.25 inches tall and weigh about 1.75 ounces each. Yes, they’re hollow but they’re about a third of an inch thick. A gumball the size of a small chicken egg requires tools. I used a saw.
I was able to stand on one of them without smashing it. After chewing the slice I’d cut off the top I did manage to smash and pull apart the larger piece by stomping on it and then prying it apart. It’s tough stuff. The package says that a single serving is half an egg, but of course gives no clue about how to sever it yourself. The candy shell is thick and crunchy and the gum inside is rough and leathery, kind of like playing with thick rawhide. It smells slightly like Juicyfruit gum. The overall flavor is sweet with a light fruity and tangy note that disappears quickly as the sugar dissolves with chewing. The flavor is inconsistent and has cinnamon and bubble gum notes from time to time. It’s an all sugar gum, which tend to lose their flavor quicker than the artificially sweetened ones. That’s fine with me, I like to chew mine up, make a few bubbles then toss it out and put in a new piece. It does work as a bubble gum, but certainly not very well. They’re fun to look at and would make nice decorations. For a child they’d be a frustrating mess. If you lick it the blue colored shell will run (and could stain clothing or upholstery). A parent or older child would need to help with creating manageable bites - so really I don’t recommend this for anyone under the age of 14 and of course must caution folks when using tools like saws or a serrated knife to cut this open. Again I come back to saying that these are probably better than plastic stuff for decorating, though obviously they’re not waterproof. They’re made in China under the house brand of CVS. They also came in pink (photo of them on store shelf here). I admit that I’m concerned about the safety of the food colorings because of the origin of the product but I have no facts to support that. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:14 pm Eat with your Eyes: Sugar Twist
An all natural Hammond’s lollipop. How simple, just a little boiled sugar and corn syrup and a lot of work. (Review was here.) POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:15 am Candy • Featured News • Fun Stuff • Photography • 
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