17 May
While not all chocolate candy in nature, you’ve got to hand it to the creative minds behind some of these ads. How do you sell chocolate, standing out from the crowd in an eye pleasing and taste bud tingling way? Or make an older brand pop with the fun of a new one?
Here are a couple of my favorites, be sure to check out all 75 Modern Candy Advertisements!
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Bing Travel has a great article (with pictures!) on 17 Great Destinations for Chocolate Lovers. Be sure and head over there and checkout the locations you’d expect- Belgium, Switzerland and the less expected Belize and Memphis, TN.
07 May
Purdy’s Chocolates has a line of chocolate candy called “Meltie” in various flavors, of which today we are trying the Mint Meltie and the Orange Meltie in dark and milk chocolate respectively. Both flavors come in milk or dark, but I’m not made of money, so I just picked one of each. I am starting to run low now on my Purdy’s haul, so that can only mean one thing: it’s time to go back to Canada!
30 Apr
Yep, that’s all it’s called is “Marshmallow” and that is what it is exactly- a giant marshmallow coated in dark chocolate. This can’t possibly go wrong, can it? My trip to the Purdy Chocolate factory in Vancouver, B.C. yielded all sorts of tasty chocolate candy treats, this just being one of the many that wasn’t Easter themed!
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I love Trader Joe’s. I love going in and finding something new. I love going through the Fearless Flyer, circling what should be purchased and then buying it plus 6 other things that aren’t on the list that I couldn’t help myself on, including this Dark Chocolate with Raisins and Pecans bar. And it’s organic too!
23 Apr
TCHO, a San Francisco based chocolate company/factory is “where technology meets chocolate; where Silicon Valley start-up meets San Francisco food culture.” An employee owned venture, their website goes into great depth as to their methods (where they get the cacao beans), recycling, technology and even “beta” editions of chocolate that they’re currently testing. Could this be The chocolate candy for nerds and geeks alike?
And yes, that is a flavor wheel on the back of the packaging. So, how does it taste?
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