I recently went to a candy store that had a pretty decent selection of imported candy bars from the U.K., so along with this review you can expect a few more British candy reviews coming up. Time Out is a bar that I distinctly recall being introduced in Canada in the early ‘90s. I remember [...]
The very idea of a Cinnabon candy is pretty exciting to me – I’ve always been a big fan of Cinnabon and what they do. Diet food it is not, but when you’re on the lookout for a really rich, satisfying dessert, you could certainly do worse than one of their pastries. I [...]
Is there a better combination out there than peanut butter and chocolate? There’s something about the creamy sweetness of milk chocolate combined with the nutty richness of peanut butter that make them perfect bedfellows. So it’s a bit odd to note that if you want that particular combination, the Reese line of products are pretty [...]
Twix is (as George Costanza describes it) “the only candy with the cookie crunch.” I recall wondering, when that episode first aired, if this was really the case – if Twix really was the only candy bar with cookie in it. And as far as I can tell, it’s true, at least as far as [...]
I should probably mention that the Oh Henry! bar that I’m reviewing probably isn’t the Oh Henry! that you’re used to – unless, that is, you’re a Canadian. In the U.S., Oh Henry! is made by Nestle, while here in Canada it’s manufactured by Hershey. This is one area in which I’m definitely [...]