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Sunday, July 15, 2007
This Week in Candy - Taking Advice
The first is the Storck Chocolate Riesen in the individual pack (thanks so much for the heads up on their existence!). I finally found these at the Shell station on Hollywood where I fill up when I want a car wash. The pack looks a little bit like a roll of Starburst, it’s long and narrow. It holds five unwrapped caramels. They were tasty, though I think they might have been softer than the individually wrapped ones (or it could be the candy-unfriendly heat around here).
The watermelon is rather true feeling but the grape is very odd. I usually like SweeTart type grape items, but when I first tried this one I’d just brushed my teeth and for some reason that combination made it taste of sulphur. (Of course there are very few candies which do well after a hefty serving of toothpaste and it shouldn’t be a requirement.)
In other posts I’ve seen around the other candy blogs, here are the other reviews I’m going to try to track down the candy for: Terry at The Chocolate Review has an array of Niederegger Marzipan. I’ve always been fond of the idea of the stuff, but not the actual flavor (amaretto just doesn’t do anything for me). But I did try the Niederegger capuccino marzipan bar a couple of years ago and think that this assortment would be similarly enjoyable for me. Rebecca at Sugar Hog had a similarly lovely assortment from Europe called the Ferrero Garden. I know they’ll probably never sell these in the States, but there are always friends that are willing to pick up stuff for me at Duty Free. The week in reviews: Monday: Trader Joe’s Espresso Chocolates (9 out of 10) Tuesday: 3 Musketeers Mint with Dark Chocolate (7 out of 10) Wednesday: Dogs versus Cats ... fruit snacks that is (5 out of 10) Thursday: Jelly Belly - All Natural (8 out of 10) Friday: Baby Bottle Pacifier Tarts (6 out of 10) Weekly Average: 6.67 ... 33% chocolate content. Coming up this week, I took at little tour of the new Valerie Confections store (write up on Chowhound & photos here) and also finally visited L’Artisan du Chocolat (a high end chocolatier here in my neighborhood in Los Angeles). 
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Caitlin on 7/15/07 at 4:47 pm #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Valeries Confections has a new store!!! as in full of those aMAZing caramels you directed us towards!? In L.A!? I can’t wait to read your review. drool.
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