Candy

5 posts in 'Candy'

Feel Envy Chocolate munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   May 4, 2006   ⋅   Comments [2]

So my friend has been bugging me for the past few months, pointing at the “Munchies” section and asking “when are you going to update it?” Another friend also asked this of me, mostly because he brings me treats from his trips to Japan. Even some of Chris’ friends have asked him about [...]

Cucu Azuki and Cream Candy // munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   December 2, 2005   ⋅   Comment [1]

If you’re Japanese or into the culture, you probably already know about the azuki (red bean) and cream (evaporated milk) fetish. In Hawai’i, they have snow (shaved ice) treats with the stuff piled high on it (Waiola Shave Ice in McCully is *da best*) and now there’s even the portable variety: Cucu hard [...]

Ramune Soda Candy munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   August 13, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

I love handing these out. When my friend passed one to a co-worker in his dept., I could hear cries of “it burns.. it burrrrns!” from my desk. The “burrrn” is thanks to sodium bicarbonate or baking soda to chemistry-phobes. What?! Baking soda in a candy? Well, the transluscent [...]

Elite Pezeks Man Big Bite Bar munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   August 9, 2005   ⋅   Comment now

It’s an Israeli “Big Kat” Kit Kat Bar –where the traditional four conjoined chocolate coated wafer fingers have fused to create one mighty log. That was supposed to sound more appetizing, though. Hmm, how about this: a tapered choco-wafer Teotihuacan with basketball motifs on each quartered mesa, quietly suggesting what “bite-size” really [...]

Wonka Nerds Rope munchies review

by Kris   ⋅   July 15, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

We’re looking forward to the movie Corpse Bride from the Depp/Burton power team, but we’re going to have to pass on the Willy Wonka remake… well, until we can possibly procure a freebie DVD or something during rental season. Until then, Wonka Nerds Ropes will have to suffice.. well not just suffice, they are [...]

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