Homemade Cioccolato

Since I came back from Europe, one of the things I miss most is the deliciously thick cioccolato in Venice. Cioccolato is simply an extremely rich and gooey hot chocolate. Heck, there's probably no milk in it, it's a cup of liquified chocolate! Starbucks had a similar drink called the Chantico a few years back, which I didn't try because the concept was too far-out. And at 390cal for a 6floz serving, the drink didn't do too well
Tired of the from-package hot cocoa found here, I have an urge to make my own cioccolato. I devise a simple recipe: a 15g slab of Cadbury Milk Chocolate, with 40ml of 2% milk. I'm not sure how much milk to use, the chocolate needs a liquid to melt in, but I don't want results to be too thin. Anyway, the rest goes something like this:

Microwave the milk on "beverage" setting until it just starts bubbling. We don't want the milk to scald, nono that would make for a nasty tasting drink.

Break the Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar into small pieces for easier melting, and stir in a few at a time. This took a bit of time and stirring but, with some persistence, all the chocolate melted. After 1/3 of the chocolate, the milk has a tinge of brown.

When the milk cools down too much, place it back in the microwave. Rinse and repeat until all the chocolate is dissolved in the milk. As more chocolate was melted in I began to gain hope it'll taste oh-so-good. Not until all the chocolate was incorporated did it smell like cadbury milk chocolate, at first it smelled similar to packaged hot cocoa.

After the chocolate is all incorporated, I find it helpful to let the drink sit for a few minutes. Particals of chocolate will float to the top and start seperating from the milk. Don't worry, pop it in the microwave one last time, and give it a good final stir until everything is smooth. I found this last step makes the drink come together more smooth.

Well my homemade cioccolato wasn't as thick as I wanted, but the aroma & taste was all there. I won't say it's exactly as I remembered - but it smelled like the cioccolato I had in Italy, and was super chocolately and sweet. I may never go back to powder again.

Anthon Berg Marcipan Brod

I never knew the popularity of marzipan! This Anthon Berg Marcipan Brod (no that is not a typo, I'm safe to assume marcipan is danish for marzipan) is made in Denmark. According to the wrapper this company has been around since 1884, I'd never guess marzipan was around back then
A stylish reflective pink wrapper covers the 40g bar. The bar itself looks like a giganto fat Cadbury Finger. The hard 54% dark chocolate shell is all smooth and round on top, and cracks when broken in half. Inside the almond colored marzipan has a courser texture than the Darrell Lea Marzipan I previously reviewed, and smoother, sort of like green bean paste you find in mooncakes or mochi rice balls.
Sweetness of the marzipan is subtle, so the flavor of almond distinctly stands out. I enjoyed this a little more than the Darrell Lea Marzipan because of its less sweet taste. It might be the first chocolate bar I've seen with such a round, smooth chocolate shell.

Bites - Reese & OhHenry!

Similar to Pop'ables from the US, these are bite sized versions of popular Hershey chocolate in Canada. Coming in 70g-80g handy packs, they're available in Reese, OhHenry!, York, and KitKat flavors. They are so easy to eat that before you know it, you've finished the whole pack and eaten more than a regular-sized chocolate bar!
By far the Reese Bites is my favorite, and even better than the regular peanutbutter cups! Inside the balls of chocolate is a really flavorful, dense peanutbutter filling - there is way more peanutbutter to chocolate, yay! These resemble PeanutButter M&M's, but I give it to the Reese Bites 'cause they're just so darn good - with much more peanut butter taste. In comparison to Reese's Pieces, these definately win!!
The OhHenry! Bites are not much different from the original candy bar. They are, however, more theatre friendly - handier to eat without all the mess (I know we've all walked out of a dark theatre to discover chocolate on our clothes )

Darrell Lea Peanut Brittle

Have my taste buds become more sophisticated, gaining a liking for these fine chocolate bars? I admit it's nice deterring from the same-ol' Snickers, and I'll be sad when my stock of these shiny-wrapped chocolates run out. I'll enjoy it while it lasts
I'm not crazy for peanut brittle, because they're super sweet and stick to my teeth, and then I wait for the saliva in my mouth to do its job and slowly dissolve off the sugar. For sake of chocolate though, I'll make an exception for this Darrell Lea Dark Chocolate Coated Peanut Brittle, which is described as Crunchy peanut brittle smothered in rich dark chocolate.
Outside of the bar is a shell of 47% dark chocolate, look at the ripply top. Breaking the bar in half takes some effort but I manage, yarr rock hard brittle. The whole thing breaks cleanly, without chips or crumbs. The brittle is really umm.. should I say, crystallized.. There seems to be more sugar than peanuts. To be sure I check the label, and sure enough the bar composes of 19% chocolate, 25% peanuts, leaving 44% for sugar.
The peanut taste is lacking, in its place is sweetness from the brittle. The chocolate brings a contrasting flavor, with a bit of dark bitterness. Quite truthfully it could have worked, maybe even better, without the dark chocolate coating - but then it wouldn't be a sophisticated fine chocolate bar I like the crunch of the bar more than the taste itself. Ok enough of criticizing, I like to imagine I'm a food cricket sometimes. Oh, and sure enough, the toffee stuck to my teeth

Darrell Lea Ginger

Not only do these fine chocolate bars have pretty shiny wrappers, what's more impressive is their out-there flavors. Continuing with the same line of fine chocolates, my next consumption is this Darrell Lea Dark Chocolate Coated Ginger. Description on the wrapper reads Rich fudge blended with succulent pieces of ginger smothered in dark chocolate. I think this is the first time I've seen "succulent" used in describing a chocolate bar I'm a little apprehensive on the flavor combinations - specifically the duo of fudge and ginger.
"Fudge" can be a term used to describe a flavor or a texture. In the case of Fudge Oreos and Mr. Big Fudge, it describes a chocolately flavor of a component of the item. For homemade fudge slabs, the term describes the fudgey texture (and usually sickeningly sweetness).
Here, "rich fudge" would better describe the texture, if that. Biting into the bar, density of the fudge exceeds my expectations (ie. it is a bit hard a chewy) - and the richness is all there. The fudge is sweet, without being too sweet.
From the picture it's difficult to tell, but within the fudge filling there are pieces of ginger. These ginger pieces are quite mild, not hot like candied ginger. Adding more to the texture than flavor, while still bringing the subtle zing of ginger to the overall bar. The dark chocolate coating is good, but nothing that stands out in my mind.
For my first chocolate ginger bar, it's quite the exotic treat. For me, 55g is a little hefty for this fine chocolate. It would work better in small pieces as part of a boxed chocolate set.

Darrell Lea Marzipan

My mom recently returned from a vacation in Australia, and you know what that means... Mary now has a nice stock of foreign candy bars
Within the bunch, there are a few from the Darrell Lea Fine Chocolates company. The lucky first to be chosen for sample is the Dark Chocolate Coated Marzipan bar. Inside its reflective gold and marroon wrapper dawned a delicate tab of fine chocolate. Texture of the bar reminded me of the Bounty - a dark chocolate shell which cracked to reveal the soft marzipan inside. Very simple bar - marzipan, dark chocolate.
Marzipan is a sweet almond paste. I've always found it very sweet, the marzipan treats I've tasted in the past. The marzipan filling here was the perfect sweetness. Coupled by the contrasting 47% cocoa dark chocolate, it was very enjoyable. Yes it was some fiiiiine chocolate.

Dairy Milk Top Deck

Until recently I never knew South Africa made chocolate. Well ok, I never really took time to ponder all the chocolate factories of the world. Description on the bar reads Milk chocolate with milky mounds. Now I know what you're thinking, 'cause I was thinking the same thing - mounds of peanuts?? mounds of coconuts?? Why no! Quite the opposite in fact - "mounds", as it turns out, is pure silky white chocolate. I think some part of that got lost in translation.
There's nothing complicated about this deliciously creamy bar - just a smooth layer of white chocolate, on top of a layer of the famous Dairy Milk chocolate. Ingrediant list reads a ratio of 28% "mounds" to 78% milk chocolate. Eyeing it, I would have guessed 40% white to 60% milk chocolate, oh well.
The chocolate is smooth, just the right sweetness, and without the distinct Cadbury Canada chocolate taste (the je ne sais quoi, you know what I mean). Quite utterly delicious!

Heath bar

Wrapper of the Heath bar is quite boring, it's description of milk chocolate English toffee bar isn't much fun either. I would have passed it up for one of the many brightly wrapped KitKat versions - had I not kept seeing it in episodes of "Unwrapped" and wanted a try.
Made by Hershey USA, the Heath bar is reminiscent of the Skor bar in Canada. Unwrapping it unveiled a flat bar looking identical to the Skor. That is where the similarities ended-ish. The toffee is grayish, with bits of the familiar Skor toffee pieces spread throughout.
The bar itself was very delicious. The outer Hershey's chocolate was smooth. The inside toffee was crunchy, but not rock hard, and doesn't stick to your teeth too much (I find the Skor bar does). At 39g, this bar satisfied my sweet chocolate craving, without being too filling. Ignore the boring brown wrapper, it's what's inside that counts - and the inside is very good.

MilkyWay Pop'ables

Of the top 200 things that bring joy to my life, one is coming across a candy bar not usually found on your grocer's shelf. Such was the event when I found these MilkyWay Pop'ables at a local Dollar store (after some Googling I learned the Pop'ables line have been discontinued - good 'ol Dollar stores and their crazy stocks ).
For those unaware - Milky Way is the name used in the US, and Mars in Canada, for the same candy bar. Here we also have a similar Bites line of chocolate balls (KitKat Bites for one, though no Mars Bites as of yet).
Inside each ball of chocolate was a Milky Way filling of fluffy light nougat and caramel. They were really fun to eat, and reminded me a bit of Junior Caramels. The chocolate balls were shiny and waxy on the outside, so they'd melt in your mouth and not in your hands - oops I've got the wrong candy here

Hershey Double Chocolate Milkshake

This isn't actually a bar per se. Buut it is Hershey, and it is super chocolatey. At a local 7-11 today, I found these along-side the usual Milk2Go in the fridge aisle. Foregoing the slurpee machines, I picked up a bottle of Hershey Double Chocolate Milkshake - there was also a Cookies 'n Creme variety.
And wow what an extremely thick consistency this drink had. Sweet and rich, but not thirst quenching. In fact, I had to drink water while drinking it!
Looking at the label, one can see why it's such a filling drink! 370cal for a 350ml bottle. Not something I could stomach too often, but it can be a refreshing treat. For those on a liquid diet, come get your Hershey fix in drink form!

Nestle Yorkie, Milo

Wrapper of this bar screamed for me to buy it. It's Not For Girls is the slogan labeled on Nestle UK's Yorkie. Big, bold letters, with a no-female symbol in place of the O. forbidden fruit.. now I can't NOT try it.
First things first, getting to the bottom of the mind boggling slogan. After extensive research (aka Googling it), I find the story behind this bar. When it was produced, the Yorkie targeted men, men who eat their chocolates in big chunks. Women were thought to devour their chocolates slowly, bit by bit. Ok, I admit to taking my time savouring chocolates. To spite the creators of the slogan, I shall eat the Yorkie, and eat it slowly at that
After tearing off the shiny blue wrapper, I find the bar inside is sectioned into 5 chunks. To my surprise, the Yorkie is comprised of solid milk chocolate. I expected there to be peanuts, something to chomp on, to reflect the macho image. Nope, notta, pure milk chocolate. And what good milk chocolate it is!
Like all UK bars, the chocolate isn't as sweet, and lacks the waxiness, of American ones. I would prefer the Yorkie over the Hershey bar anyday, for taste and slightly smoother texture. As for the motto, if anything, I'd say this bar of pure chocolate good-ness is perfect FOR girls.
My verdict: thumbs down for message of the bar, thumbs up for its top quality taste. I don't care what the package says, I'll have my Yorkie. And I'll enjoy it, slowly, one chunk at a time.

And the Milo, how sneaky you are to make eating chocolate seem healthier. For those who don't know, Milo is a malted chocolate drink (which I haven't actually tried), and this is the more convenient bar version - 'cause we can't always be carrying around cups of boiling water now can we
Description in big bold letters say Energy Food - sweet! - until you read the label and discover the nutrients are same as any other candy bar. Actually, the Milo is quite lovely and delicious.. and gave me alot of energy... *cough from all the sugar

KitKat White Strawberry&Yogurt

Tastes like strawberry pocky! This KitKat White Strawberry&Yogurt from Germany (or Austria? I forgot) is unlike other KitKat's I've had. I'm not sure whether the coating is white chocolate or yogurt, as the name suggests. If I had to guess, I would say yogurt, because it doesn't taste like white chocolate. Definately it does have the essence of strawberry and yogurt. Imagine eating just the coating of strawberry pocky. Sweet, but not sickeningly sweet in a white chocolate way. Mmm strawberry.

StarWars M&M's

Heehee, so I found these pics of StarWars Episode III M&M's on my computer. I remember sneaking these into the movie for the whole StarWars experience (sshh don't laugh ).
There was a dark chocolate version (the dark side), and a peanut version (light side). It was a whole "choose your side" thing. I got both, but secretly I woulda chose the dark side The dark chocolate m&m's were really good, and don't usually come in individual packs.
Inside the wrapper was "Galactic Gossip", tidbits of info on Starwars. There were 72 of these gossips.
I love movie themed chocolates, like the more recent Shrek3 m&m's, 'cause you get to eat it while watching the movie and I like to be matching that way

Nestle Chocolate Log

I had to do a double take when I saw the Nestle Chocolate Log in an Italian import store. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a chocolate bar, until I saw the Nestle logo. Reading back of the wrapper, I was ecstatic to find my first bar from South Africa!!
Description reads Creamy Marshmallow on Crisp Wafer Covered in Milk Chocolate. After opening the wrapper, I discover a rather squished bar (think sort of a squished Wagon Wheel). I guess the marshmallow isn't creamy as the description says, 'cause it wasn't oozing out of the cracked chocolate shell
After taking a bite to examine the cross section, I see it's a thin wafer base (like KitKat wafers without the creme), with a layer of marshmallow on top, and covered in a chocolate shell. Reminds me of the chocolate marshmallow Santa's you get at Christmas, with the addition of wafer.
The components and taste are simple. Aside from its slightly staleness, it wasn't half bad. Err.. if it was fresh it would have been pretty ok!
Reading the back wrapper once more, I examine the ingrediant list: Cane Sugar, Wheaten Flour, A blend of vegetable fats,... and some of the more interesting ingrediants I found: invert sugar syrup, yeast, agar agar. But yes there was cocoa, 6th on the list!! Well there you have it.

Nestle Tollhouse Brownie bar, Toggio

I received these in the mail the other day as part of a candy swap from Swap-Bot. I tried the Nestle Tollhouse Brownie bar once before. Inside the wrapper were two (slightly squished) chocolate covered brownie bars with caramel and morsels (aka chocolate chips!). The brownie base, not very chewy as the wrapper describes, had a taste and texture comparable to chocolate protien bars. Despite the below-par milk chocolate coating, non-creamy caramel, and slightly stale brownie, all the components together made the bar pretty good.
The second chocolate included in the package was Mocha Grande Toggi - made in Greece, two chocolate wafer bars. The name and picture on the wrapper (a cup of cafe) led me to believe this would be like a Coffee Crisp. After taking a bite, I was surprised it is amazingly light and crispy. After some more bites, I was pleasantly surprised it was so very light and refreshing. My only complaint is there was hardly a hint of mocha flavor. Reading the label, I discover coffee as one of the last ingrediants (after hazelnut in fact...). If Coffee Crisp's motto is makes a nice light snack, motto for this bar should be makes a super light snack, eat me even though I'm relatively unknown, but don't expect to taste coffee as the wrapper suggests.

KitKat White Chocolate

I was about to list this as a Nestle bar, but stopped when I notice the back of the label reads Hershey. I guess in the US, KitKats are made by Hershey! Gosh I might have to go back to change some of my old posts.
Back to the KitKat White Chocolate at hand. Well.. it's a KitKat with white chocolate in place of the regular milk chocolate. The white chocolate taste is quite strong. I taste white chocolate more than I taste the wafer/creme inside. This is similar to the KitKat Inside Out version.

KitKat Fine Dark

Despite not being a big fan of dark chocolate, I really enjoyed my KitKat Fine Dark from Germany. It contains 52% cocoa (52% of something... I can't read German but that's my good guess). It's really easy to eat, just the right (not-too) sweetness that doesn't leave a bitter taste, as many bad quality dark chocolate does. The wafer and (milk chocolate) creme was fresh and complimented the dark chocolate really well. Canada has its own KitKat Dark Noir version, which I'll have to try and see how it compares.

Smarties Xplosion

Smarties.. Chocolate.. Pop Rocks.. all melded together?? NOOO!! I mean, yes they've come out with such a thing, Smarties Xplosion bar. Now, I'm not a big fan of pop rocks. The first chocolate I had with poprocks were Cadbury's Elves. Those were ok, as the chocolate was good and the poprocks were there but not setting off firecrackers in your mouth.
Now this is a different story. The bar is a sectioned milk chocolate slab, with dark chocolate mini-smarties, and poprocks. I notice the mini-smarties have a much thinner candy coating than usual.
Snapping off a piece, I let it melt on my tongue Aero style. Taste: all I could taste were the candy poprocks.. is that chocolate I'm tasting? Nope it's poprocks. Texture: all I could feel were the poprocks exploding on my tongue. After all the chocolate had dissolved, I was left with a lump of the popping candy still on my tongue.
The bar was quite the party in my mouth. But I don't recommend this chocolate unless you are desperately craving poprocks and they are out-of-stock.

Hershey Symphony

Yet another bar not available in Canada. Hershey's Symphony contains the famous milk chocolate with bits of almond and toffee. The bar is thicker than their Cookies n Creme bar, and wrapped in gold-paper with an outer paper label, like the old KitKat.
Many Hershey bars from the States leave something to be desired, but this one isn't bad.. you can even say it's good! Although not super-smooth, the chocolate is tastey. The finely chopped pieces of almonds is spreadout thoroughly. There must have been toffee bits inside, because it says so on the label. But I couldn't find any! Could be they were so alike the almond bits that I missed them.

Cadbury Picnic x2

I was a little iffy about Cadbury's Picnic at first. Raisins are usually a nono for me. Cadbury's Fruit&Nut bar from Canada - nono. I was pleasently surprised by this rather big looking bar (in reality, it's around your standard 60g weighted bar). The bar contains raisins, caramel, rice crisps, peanuts, and chocolate - alot of ingrediants yes. It's raisiny chewy, rather than peanutty crunchy. The raisins are rather soft and juicy, not dried up. Sweetness the raisins bring makes this bar sweeter than others from Britain.
Another Cadbury bar diced into bite-sized pieces, the Cadbury Picnic chocettes are quite tastey. But wait! The raisin component is missing from these, replaced by wafers! What is the deal. After some contemplation, I figured a raisin would account for half the size of a chocette piece. Well they are delicious non-the-less.

Cadbury TimeOut x2

Canada used to have the Cadbury TimeOut bar. In fact, I still have its Christmas tin from some years ago. They ceased to be produced here, so I got this bar from a UK import store. The package contains two very, very light wafer bar scovered with the lovely UK chocolate. They are not sweet at all, and you don't feel bogged down after eating it. Of course, if you're starving, don't reach for one of these bars
Cadbury TimeOut chocettes are from Australia (or Malaysia??) that my mom and sister brought back from their holiday. Basically, bits of TimeOut wafer bars covered in milk chocolate. These were more fun to eat than its predecesor. In fact, they were super good and beats the regular bars out of their chocolate coatings!

LE OhHenry! OhCanada!

I found a display case of these at a Shoppers Drug Mart, still 2 months early for Canada Day. My first reaction upon seeing the wrapper was "Not another maple flavored bar". There was already a OhHenry Maple released for a short while some time ago - a fan of, I was not. But hey, it's a Canada theme, so maple it is! Oh, we can't forget the caption on the wrapper, what does it say... Red and White in Every Bite... intrigueing indeed...
The taste, I can say, is similar to the OhHenry Maple - sweet nougat, caramel, lots of peanuts, covered in milk chocolate. But ohh does it look different. The nougat is red, and the caramel (which I thought at first was marshmallow) is white. Despite my brain expecting to be crunching into a chocolate covered peppermint stick, it was all OhHenry goodness.
There must be a "color the filling" trend going on, what with green Shrek3 Snickers and now red/white OhHenry!
Oh and I was feeling pretty patriotic while eating this

Hershey Roundup

I've died and gone to Hershey heaven... like Homer Simpson's dream where he bites off the butt of a chocolate bunny and eats chocolate mailposts. In par with my plan to induce a death-by-chocolate and go to this heaven, I will consume many chocolates, including these Hersheys to the left.
Limited Edition Hershey Strawberries 'n' Creme / Raspberries 'n' Creme - Two of the very few fruit-flavored bars Hershey has released. White chocolate, one with strawberry pieces and the other with -you guessed it- raspberry pieces. Though the fruit pieces were very small and artificial, I really liked these two. The white chocolate was smooth, and went well with the fruit flavors.
Limited Edition Hershey's White Chocolate with Almonds - A US bar with white chocolate and almonds (whole almonds?? I don't remember). Not bad, not spectacular.
Limited Edition Hershey's Double Chocolate - Another US bar, this one is milk chocolate with a dark chocolate filling. The filling was rather thin and artificial tasting.
Limited Edition Hershey with Fudge - This flatter bar is, again, milk chocolate, with a fudge filling. I enjoyed this one more than the Double Chocolate version.
Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds - This bar is basically the same as the white chocolate with almonds. A standard milk chocolate version

GooGoo Clusters

I was pretty happy to come accross these at Giant Tiger (never know what you'll find at these stores!). GooGoo clusters are one of the grand daddy's of candy bars... the first candy bar, created in 1912 (so I learned from FoodTV's Unwrapped).
The products inside the wrappers were a bit melted, but they were still damn fine. My preference went to GooGoo Peanut Butter, which consists of milk chocolate, peanuts, and peanut butter. Think oversized Turtle in terms of shape. There was alot of peanut taste - plenty of whole roasted peanuts on top of a thick layer of peanut butter. Reminded me of Reese Cups, only better! The milk chocolate was not waxy, and melted easily, but who cares!
The GooGoo Supreme was a thick layer of caramel, sandwiched between a marshmallow layer below, pecans on top - all covered by rich milk chocolate. This one reminded me even more of an oversized Turtle. The marshmallow was quite smooth. Name of the candy is fitting, it was like such yummy goo in my mouth. MMM.

LE Kit Kat Inside Out, Cappuccino

There must be as many Kit Kat variations as there are blades of grass in your front lawn. This Limited Edition Kit Kat Inside Out is made by Hershey USA. Chocolate wafers and chocolate cream in the middle, white chocolate on the outside. The name is a bit deceiving.. after all, if it was really inside out, there would be sticks of milk chocolate covered with wafer. This version reminds me of Kit Kat White. Anyway, it's quite delicious. A bit of change, if you like that, without the far-out fruit flavors (you know who you are.. you Kit Kat Banana..).
Ahh Kit Kat Cappuccino.. very similar to something... it's on the tip of my tongue... I've got it - Coffee Crisp!!! The chocolate coffee wafer bar produced by the same company. I got this Kit Kat Cappuccino from Germany. Wrappers of German Kit Kat's are super fragile. Like the Kit Kat Strawberry Cream, I tore the sides even when being so careful. For taste, it is very good. More superior chocolate, coupled with a distinct but not too strong coffee taste. MMM . I might just replace my Coffee Crisp, which replaces my coffee, with this Kit Kat Cappuccino (I know coffee != cappuccino... just go along with me).

KitKat Peanut Butter versions

Two KitKat Peanut Butter versions go head to head. The first, KitKat Chunky Peanutbutter, was purchased in Austria. The second, KitKat Peanut Butter, is the permanent bar here in Canada.
Taste: I have to give it to KK Chunky PB. The European chocolate is far superior than the ones Nestle Canada use. Peanut butter was a bit sweeter and richer.
Texture: Don't know where the "Chunky" aspect comes in. Both were the same.. chunkiness.. KK Chunky PB had smoother peanut butter and chocolate texture. Chocolate in KitKat PB is harder. Other than that, not too much difference.
Wrapper: Definately goes to KitKat Chunky PB!! Color of the wrapper actually makes you think of peanut butter! Come on Nestle Canada.. GREEN??? I know brown already went to KitKat Caramel, but still...

And the verdict - KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter has a slight edge in taste, texture, and looks. Don't worry Canada, our KitKat Peanut Butter is still pretty good.

Limited Edition OhHenry!'s

Here are three Limited Edition OhHenry! bars. OhHenry! in Canada are produced by Hershey and contain a nougat centre, caramel, peanuts, all covered in milk chocolate. The US version is 2 pieces of caramel peanut fudge coated in thick chocolate and produced by Nestle. Needless to say, our OhHenry!'s > US ones
OhHenry! White Chocolate lasted not long. I remember its promotional comercial, with a teenager eating the bar. I am surprised they spent money on a comercial for a product that didn't do so well. Somehow white chocolate doesn't work with OhHenry! Milk chocolate is engrained too much into this classic.
Limited Edition OhHenry! with Honey Roasted Peanuts! The honey roasted peanuts DO make a difference - not much, but some! The peanuts are sweeter, and make the bar better overall. There was also a Honey Roasted Reese Cups released at the same time.. ooo shiny gold reflective wrapper.
Limited Edition OhHenry! Double Chocolate - Can't recall what the second element of chocolate was in this bar.. chocolate nougat.. chocolate flavored caramel perhaps? I can recall I enjoyed it though!

Reese's Collage

I've consumed my share of Reese's over the years. Instead of making a bunch of seperate posts, I figure I'll just round up (most of) them at once! ..Yes I make collages out of my candy bar wrappers.. shh.
Think this can account for a jar of peanut butter?

• Limited Edition Reese's Inside Out: Peanut butter coating outside, chocolate inside. The concept is neat. The chocolate tastes confectiony-like, not creamy at all. There are two different packages, one says Limited Edition, the other sans. One was a US release.
• Limited Edition Reese More Peanut Butter: For the peanut butter lovers (like myself). This cup consists of peanut butter filling, plus coating that is half peanut butter and half chocolate. Not as sweet as regular Reese cups.
• Limited Edition Reese More Chocolate: Have to please everyone, this one is for the chocolate lovers. Though I must say, if you're a real chocolate lover, why are you eating Reese The chocolate is not your top quality kind. Anyhoo, the chocolate coating is expanded, giving you more chocolate, less peanut butter.
• Limited Edition Dark Chocolate Reese's: This was the worst Reese cup I have ever eaten. Found it at a dollar store, so hopefully the stale taste and texture was due to it sitting on the shelf for too long... err wait I mean hopefully not... The peanut butter was unlike any found in other Reese cups, it was like P-O-W-D-E-R. Dark chocolate coating was pretty bad too
• Limited Edition Reese Fudge: This one made me laugh. The only difference in these is the Fudge flavored coating, which tastes pretty much the same anyway. Stir in a flavoring and BAM you've got a new product
• Reese with Caramel: I'm not sure if these are Limited Edition, doesn't say on package. I can't see them being permanent. The caramel makes for a sweeter treat.
  
• Limited Edition Reese Marshmallow: Sigh, a marshmallow trend. Sadly this doesn't work with Reese's. The peanut butter, marshmallow, chocolate coating all seperate and does't go well together texture or tastewise.
• Reese Big Cup: mmm, what can I say, these rock! It's like eating 2 Reese cups, without having the extra layer of chocolate in the middle Gooood.
• Limited Edition Reese Big Cup with Nuts: Kudos to Reese on these. Stick with what you know, peanuts IN the already lots-of-peanutbutter cup. The peanut butter and chocolate in this is creamier than other Reese cups. YAY.
• Reese's Nutrageous: This was purchased at a US import store in Paris, France for approximately $5CAD (blah I don't think straight overseas). It's like an OhHenry bar and Reese cup mated and formed this wonderful concoction. Peanut butter center, surrounded by a layer of peanuts and caramel, coated with chocolate. Delicious! Great balance between all of the components. Canada should get to carrying this bar!
• Reese Peanut Butter Crunch: New on the shelves here in Canada. Similar to the Butterfinger bar, with less of the stick to your teeth thing. Crispy peanut butter candy, then a layer of creamy peanut butter, with a bit of crushed peanuts on top, and covered with chocolate. The bar seems to melt in your hand, but I think it's the chocolate coating that's used. Really like this one.

Fried Mars Bar.. err..

To pay homage to my blog title, I think Mar must fry a Mars Bar. Hell yeah, I've seen it done on the FoodNetwork, I know what I'm doing...



Ingrediants used: Tempura mix for the batter (I find out later this is a bad idea), Almond Mars Bar, some oil for frying




Regarde - the Mars Bar in all its exposed glory



Dunk the bar of chocolate into the prepared Tempura mix.

This is when I should have seen the warning signs.. look how thin the 'batter' is.





Drop the coated Mars bar in a pan of hot oil and let it fry up nice and.. - cripes the chocolate is leaking out!!



Well as you can see, the tempura batter was not thick enough to coat and protect the Mars bar

Once the chocolate started to melt out into the oil, all hell broke loose

As tempting as it was, I didn't have a taste


Until next time my sweet, I'll have you fried yet