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I wasn't sure if there were LPN programs in Illinois...Do they offer any at the hospitals or just the colleges? Where? Thanks for any direction on this. :wavey:... Read More
0Aug 19, '06 by JilaweezHarper college in Palatine, IL has a program. You can get your LPN and then bridge to RN if you choose to. The pre-req's are the same though.
0Aug 22, '06 by AspiringRNin09Prarie State has a great LPN program, a friend of mine just graduated and is in the process of bridging to RN. She has nothing but great things to say about Prarie State. Good Luck!
0Aug 29, '06 by itsk80Illinois Central College in East Peoria has an LPN program http://www.icc.edu/catalog/cat_display.asp?id=111
0Sep 13, '06 by mamasonThere is an LPN program offered at Beck Vocational College in Red Bud,IL. It is located in Southern Illinois.
0Sep 13, '06 by AspiringRNin09Also, South Suburban College offers LPN.
0Sep 16, '06 by meownsmileYes capitol area is a good school. LLCC also has a good LPn program.
0Jan 31, '07 by notsoinnocentkaliI just started in Springfield at CASPN Tuesday.
0Mar 30, '07 by FeathersHi all, I found this link while I was looking for some LPN program info, figured I'd post it here too.
0Mar 1, '10 by misspeachyAmericare Institute in Schaumburg IL has a fantastic LPN program. I am a current student and absolutely love it. They are also in the works for gettting their RN program approved, so hopefully within the year they will have their bridged program up and running Hope this helps!
0Oct 28, '11 by mamie981I was interested in night classes at CASPN, but when I called they didn't have enough people so they are not continuing it this year, so I have to wait two years for the LPN program at LLCC and take all the pre-reqs first I wish there were more choices around Springfield for LPN!


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raiderpublishing.com Adam - raider publishing raiderpublishing.com is a FRAUD , Internet
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raiderpublishing.com is an scam & fraude , actually that is no company any more , just this guy ADAM, who keep writing mail from saveral names & adress , he have no team at all .
Services mention on his web site is all bluff & fraude , he do not provide that services at all .
He promise always compromising pakages but never honer it .
I would like to take him to court & if any one knows as Good Advocate , I would like to know .
he keep lieing & giving false hole , do not send him money & ur work , he just put in on online e-book .. and do nothing , what you can put your self also .
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Kitchen & Bath Design Center1610-12 west 33rd place, hialeah, fl 33012 miami, Florida United States of America
Kitchen & Bath Design Center I am extremely concerned about my kitchen, I've contacted them on January 2012 and they haven't done anything yet, I've paid in full $23,480 and now they desappeared, they don't answer the phone and i miami, Florida
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AUTHOR: Kitchen & Bath Design Center - (United States of America)
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There is a personal insterest involved on this report. We are proud to say that we have been in business for the last 7 years with an impecable record. In fact, we have done more than 550 kitchens in the dade and broward counties and our customers are extremely satisfied.
Regardless of the accussations, we believe there is a GOD and we trust that justice will be made at anytime very soon.
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Please visit us at www.facebook.com/Kitchenbathdesigncenter and you will be quite impressed of the work that we have done and the excellent references that we have.
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Just wondering what everybody's thoughts are on the name Lucien. The more I think about it the more I like it. Also, our last name is somewhat French so I think it works. How do you think it sounds with Quincy and Romilly (Romy)? My only concern is wondering if it sounds too "soft" next to the girls. Also, is the pronunciation going to be butchered? I say it like LOO-shin. Nickname would be Luc (pronounced like Luke). Thank you!
Quincy, Romilly and Lucien
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Christmas is over. You want to reclaim your house. What stategies have you got for getting your family to leave?
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No more liquor runs......or groceries....stop cooking!
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Throw their presents outside and when they go to retrieve them lock the door.
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Woot.com "free shipping" offer is scam or glitch, you are charged anyway. Internet
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Woot has this circular thing with Paypal where you log in to Paypal then it takes you back to woot. When you click Buy, you are charged. There is nothing telling you how MUCH you are charged until after you have paid. This is not standard practice. When I saw the free shipping offer, I decided to order. So, I ordered a $7 mug and some other things. On woot they have thi complicated system where there are different stores and your order from one gets wiped out if you want to order from another even though it is all on the same site. So you end up ordering each thing separately. I learned at the end that I was charged $5 shipping on an $8 mug. The shipping also covered the other things I ordered but was still not worth it. I only ordered because of the free shipping. I immediately wrote an email to customer service--it was late at night, too late to call. I did not receive any confirmation email right away, it took a good 10 hours (same every time I contacted them or answered an email). The customer service person told me I must have been confused and that the $5 shipping fee was normal. I said I am aware of that, but it offered free shipping. They asked if I would like to cancel and I said yes. (I assume that means my whole order would be cancelled not just the mug). 12 hours later I got a confirmation email that someone would get back to me. When they finally did, they told me it was too late to cancel. In the meantime I also got email that one item in the order has shipped. I replied that the last person told me I could cancel. I have not heard back. I know $5 is not a lot of money but I feel I was lied to. If I had only ordered the mug, I'd be paying almost 100% shipping. I would not have ordered anything if not for the free shipping. I'm unclear if this is a glitch or a scam. Customer service was beyond unhelpful.
Woot is owned by Amazon, it is a large corporation and should do something about the site making dishonest offers. The amount you are paying should be clear before you have paid. I have never been charged simply by clicking BUY. There is always another email after that with the amount. The woot interface was pathetic, the shopping experience terrible and confusing with it dumping out the existing items when you wanted to buy more, the Paypal circularity unacceptable.
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ÉSTAINE Sunburst Scarf
ÉSTAINE designs luxury accessories inspired by the hauntingly beautiful shapes, colors, and patterns of the dyes used in diagnosis. Through the sale of exquisite fashion, ÉSTAINE fights the war on cancer through revenue sharing and sparking conversations around early cancer detection.
The Sunburst Scarf is a 100% silk twill scarf made in Italy and is 90x90 cm with hand rolled hems. The design is an artful depiction of the battle with breast cancer, its diagnosis and the path towards a cure. The naturally occurring patterns of the H&E dyes, as seen under a microscope, tell the story of life and strength.
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Thorlos Distance Walking Socks - Thick Cushion - with Exclusive THOR*LON®
The Distance Walking Sock was specifically designed for the extreme walking conditions faced by women walking long distances. It offers maximum protection from the damaging effects of impact, foot fatigue, and blistering when training for and walking the actual event. Breastcancer.org will receive $1 from each pair sold!
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Thorlos Everyday Walker Socks - Thin Cushion - with CoolMax®
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News roundup from Indian newspapers, news wires and websites on Wednesday, May 02, 2012. Deals India has not verified the stories from other media organizations and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Wipro Buys Australian Analytics Firm
Global software major Wipro Ltd. has acquired Australian-based analytics firm Promax Applications Group for Australian $35 million. (Source: The Hindu Business Line)
Apollo Hospitals to Invest $394 Million in 4 Years
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is planning to spend $394 million over four years for adding 2,900 beds to its hospitals network and equipment purchases for existing hospitals. (Source: Business Standard)
Mobius Says India's Proposed Tax Rules A 'Big Mistake'
India is faltering as an investment destination because of significant policy mistakes and stock prices there will slide if the nation's credit rating is cut, according to Mark Mobius, one of the world's best-known emerging market investors. (Source: Reuters)
Subway to Invest $58 Million by 2015
Quick Service Restaurant chain Subway is planning to set up 1,000 stores in India by the year 2015 with an estimated investment of $58 million. (Source: The Hindu Business Line)
Advanced Hair Studio to Invest Rs 200 Cr in India
Hair replacement company Advanced Hair Studio India plans to invest around Rs 200 crore in the next three years to strengthen its presence in the country, a top company official said. (Source: Financial Express)
SMFL to Allocate Equity Shares to Anchor Investors
Samvardhana Motherson Finance as finalised the allocation of 1.93 crore equity shares to Anchor Investors at a price of Rs. 115 per equity share aggregating to Rs 222.03 crore. (Source: Economic Times)
BPCL Arm Bharat Oman Refineries to Raise Rs 737 Crore
Bharat Oman Refineries, a company promoted by state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation with equity participation from Oman Oil Company, is raising $140 million (Rs 737 crore) of external commercial borrowing for its refinery project at Bina in Madhya Pradesh. (Source: Economic Times)
ReGen Powertech Raises Rs 52 Crore from PEs
ReGen Powertech, the Chennai-based wind turbine maker has raised Rs 52 crore from two large private equity firms, as it looks to upgrade the capacity at its manufacturing plant in Udaipur. (Source: Economic Times)
DLF to End Partnership With Salvatore Ferragamo
Less than a fortnight after ending its joint venture with Giorgio Armani, DLF said it is in the process of breaking its partnership with another Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo as part of a move to exit luxury brands business. (Source: Times of India)
Reliance Industries announced that it had bought back 71,92,462 shares for Rs 538.56 crore as on April 30, 2012. (Source: The Hindu Business Line)
Dutch PF Manager APG Invests in Lemon Tree Hotels
Dutch pension fund manager APG will invest a total of Rs 650 crore to take a 6% stake in Lemon Tree Hotels and form a JV with the Delhi-based mid-market hotels group to build 35 hotels in the country in four years. (Source: Economic Times)
Cyrus Driver Joins Singapore-based Partners Group
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Conan O'Brian missed the goalpost when he was on top of a van and only a few feet away from it.
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The funniest show known to mankind. Makes fun of Michael Jackson, Kirstie Ally, George Bush, Saddam Husein. You name it. This guy is the funniest man in the world, not only does he make fun of other people but himself. You can't not laugh at this guy. Especailly his Drummer Max Weinberg, when they have stare downs. Max's one liners kill me. Just watch the FUCKING show!!!
Conan O'Brian: ...and we have a wonderful show tonite, don't we Max?!
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That thing where you live in the Northeast and you're just wiaitng for what's said to be a massive snowstorm to hit. Right now, I'm sitting here waiting on word of "Snowstorm Titan" or whatever intense name they have designed. Whatever the case may be, we've got mixes to keep us company... and if you move right, these things will keep you warm. All different varities and turn ups. You know how we do.
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Imagine yourself standing in a dark, cavernous space: a perfectly square room with a high ceiling and black walls so dark that the clean, glossy white floor seems suspended in space. In the center of the room a tall metal tower beams light and emits the robotic sounds of computer-controlled motors. Read more
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In the summer of 2014 the Department of Painting and Sculpture approached sculpture conservation to inquire if Bruce Conner's work CHILD could be restored. CHILD was created in 1959 as a response to the sentencing of death-row inmate Caryl Chessman who had been incarcerated for the kidnapping and sexual molestation of a woman in Los Angeles. Conner responded to this high-profile capital punishment case and his visceral repulsion to it by creating a frightening sculpture of a deformed corpse-like child. Made from casting wax, the figure appears strapped to a wooden highchair with belt and twine, the head tilted backwards with a gaping or screaming mouth, and body veiled in torn and stretched nylon stockings. Read more
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Looking at the exhibition Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, one can immediately sense how strikingly modern the artworks feel, even after 120 years. Organized by senior curator Jodi Hauptman and curatorial assistant Heidi Hirschl, the show features the artist's experimental and radical works that have rarely been attached to the widely conceived notion of "Degas" (two words: pink tutus). Read more
The Kids Are All Woke: Experiencing a BFA's Worth of Art in 10 Weeks with BHQFU
Creating spaces for free, hands-on art experiences is a cornerstone of the educational and artistic philosophies guiding our work within Teen and Community Partnerships here at MoMA. For far too many young people living in NYC, the idea of pursuing (or even exploring) a career in the arts can seem frivolous, intimidating, and, ultimately, unattainable. Add the high cost of undergraduate and graduate education to these gaps in basic accessibility and the difficulties young artists face are compounded exponentially. With these ideas in mind, this season saw MoMA Teens working with the staff and community of artists from Bruce High Quality Foundation University, or "New York's freest art school," as they aptly describe themselves. Set up as an introductory "art school for people who hate school," the 10-week program they developed has taken the participating teens through the strange, scary, and oftentimes outlandish world of a college-level fine arts degree, as seen through the wonderfully distorted BHQFU lens. Below Andrea and Sean, our two BHQFU collaborators, share their experiences here so far.
—Calder Zwicky, Assistant Director for Teen and Community Partnerships, MoMA
For the past season, the Bruce High Quality Foundation University has had the pleasure of working with 25 incredibly sharp teenagers from across the five boroughs of New York City. In a world that has robbed many of them and their peers of a stable, prosperous future, we're learning together about the social and political power of art.
And they're all about it.
Each week, we invited a Bruce family member to lead a guest workshop outlining their studio working methods, political motivations, and cultural influences. This resulted in a crash course of sorts, a hyper-accelerated BFA experience that not only showed how art is made, but why art is made and for whom. The best part has been, our students got to experience all of this for free, thanks to this incredible program, MoMA's In the Making teen art courses. At the end of each class, participants earned a merit badge celebrating the techniques and concepts they'd learned to add to their BHQFU camo vests. We're earning them, too, and we'll all have pretty killer art education maps on our backs at the exhibition opening on April 15.
We learned about Institutional Critique + Critical Pedagogy through a brief history of the Bruce High Quality Foundation and BHQFU that culminated in a group "sculpture tackle" of Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE work located a few blocks from MoMA. Rapper and visual artist James Allister Sprang (AKA GAZR), himself an alumnus of the MoMA Teens Apprentice Educator program, showed us the connection between Performance Art + Pop Art, challenging us to incorporate personal narrative and critiques of popular culture into our art. Queens-based sculptor Anne Wu encouraged us to see the human touch evident everywhere in the urban environment of New York, and how to translate sketches of the world around us into three-dimensional sculptural objects. Eamon Monaghan shared the secrets of his DIY Video + Set Design process as we learned how to construct miniature film sets and how to splice ourselves into them using the green-screen method. Continuing that DIY theme, the artist collective Packet Biweekly discussed the political value of Artist Books + Self-Publishing, working with us to knock out a brand new collaborative artist book in a single class session. We deconstructed, figuratively and literally, imagery from mass media, reconfiguring those images to reflect our individual perspectives through a Collage + Media Literacy workshop with artist Ariel Jackson. And we tapped into the other side with Orlando Estrada, whose Psychic Intuition + Alchemy class taught us relief mold sculpture techniques hinged on improvisation and drawing exercises encouraging us to find a sixth sense.
Consistently, our students have expressed their discontent with the way things are in the world—justifiably so! It's easy to get jaded, right? But the thing is: none of them are jaded. They're fired up and they're making plans. Collectively and individually, they're beyond driven. They are demanding an alternative future. BHQFU is equally fired up as we see in action the inarguable value of accessible art education. Our students are unafraid of speaking truth to power, of dismantling structures designed to marginalize them. Each of them is in possession of a truly unique voice and perspective, and they've learned the skills to amplify that voice through creating art.
Join us on April 15 for the opening of the In the Making: Spring 2016 Teen Art Show. We're so fortunate to have met the next generation of merry pranksters and political dissidents. We can't wait to show you what each of them can do.
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A Day-by-Day Look at Katharina Gaenssler's Bauhaus Staircase photo-mural
For Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015, MoMA commissioned Katharina Gaenssler to create a photo-mural right outside the exhibition galleries on the third-floor platform of the Museum's Bauhaus Staircase, which is inspired by Walter Gropius's famous staircase in the Bauhaus building in Dessau, Germany. Gaenssler photographed that stairway, as well as two works that reference it, both in MoMA's collection: Bauhaus Stairway (1932) by Oskar Schlemmer and Bauhaus Stairway (1988) by Roy Lichtenstein. She collaged the resulting thousands of pictures together in an installation that explores the relationship between MoMA and the influential modernist school, tracing the history of the Bauhaus's monumental contribution to the history of art and architecture through works of imitation and homage. In the process, she adds a new artwork to this lineage. Read more
MoMA Collects: Introducing New Acquisitions
From an initial gift of eight prints and one drawing in 1929, MoMA's collection has bloomed to nearly 200,000 works across six curatorial departments—Painting and Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, Media and Performance Art, Photography, Film, and Architecture and Design—including everything from Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) to Maya Deren's lush film Meshes of the Afternoon Read more
Making Picasso's Glass of Absinthe in Wax
Pablo Picasso's Glass of Absinthe is a series of six sculptures created in the first half of 1914. The sculpture depicts a drinking glass with the front cut away to reveal the liquid inside, and perched on the rim is a sugar cube atop an absinthe spoon. Each is painted differently on an identical bronze form. For the current exhibition Picasso Sculpture (through February 7), they are shown together for the first time since they were cast and painted, offering a unique opportunity for study and comparison. Read more
Rising from Ruin: Conserving Frank Lloyd Wright's St. Mark's Tower Model
As I've been going through the architectural models in Frank Lloyd Wright's Archive—in preparation for future display—I've seen all kinds of condition problems, from acidified paper, to warped and crushed elements, to losses and detachments. But this is not too surprising. Unlike more traditional museum objects like bronze sculptures or oil paintings, architectural models are utilitarian: they exist to articulate a design. Thus, their materials are more often selected for expediency than for longevity.
The painted wood and paperboard model for St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Towers represents one of three apartment buildings Wright planned to build around St. Mark's Church in New York's East Village. Of the 19 models in the Archive, St. Mark's Tower is undoubtedly in the worst condition; it has suffered just about every kind of damage I've seen among the models. It arrived acidified and embrittled, with approximately 50% of its exterior missing, its floors warped and separating, its wooden base and finial exhibiting large jagged losses, and every surface covered with an accumulation of dirt, cobwebs, and mouse droppings (see images below).
The St. Mark's Tower model is arguably one of the most important models in the Archive. Had the project been realized in the early 1930s, it would have been Wright's first skyscraper in New York City, and the first building in that metropolis with an all-glass exterior (beating out the Lever House and United Nations building by 20 years!). Though St. Mark's Tower was never built, Wright exhibited the model frequently, into the early 1950s. (Price Tower, a later version of this building, the model for which is also included in the Archive, was built 20 years later in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.)
When loss to an object is as severe as it is to this model, conventional restoration techniques are brought into question: to introduce so much 21st-century material to an object from the early 20th century raises issues of originality and authenticity. In consultation with curators, a range of options were considered, from leaving the model incomplete and damaged, to restoring it entirely, to fabricating a whole new model. To strike a balance between restoring Wright's vision and respecting the history of the object, we decided to restore it partially, leaving a quarter of it in its damaged state. From a specific angle, the model will look completely restored, but the unrestored portion will present primary evidence of the extent of the model's loss and retain its material history. I will use materials in the restored sections that can be distinguished from the original, making the restorations reversible so that future generations can undo the additions if they so decide.
After extensive vacuuming and surface cleaning, the paperboard elements needed to be consolidated and reformed. For this task, I benefited from the expertise of our paper conservators, who advised me to use a combination of moisture, pressure, wheat-starch paste, and time to manipulate the model's floors back into plane.
Replacement parts were cut from acid-free matboard. The thicker elements, such as the vertical window casings, were cut by hand. Creating these elements, which are repeated 468 times over the model, made for monotonous but meditative work (not unlike that undertaken in Wright's studio, some 80 years ago). But I've been fortunate to work on this at a moment when it's possible to also take advantage of new, time-saving technologies, like laser cutting, which was employed to cut the thinner elements such as the window mullions, and ink-jet printing, which I used to replicate repeated, hand-drawn pencil designs found on existing exterior walls.
After painting these parts with acrylic paint, I attached them to the model with a water-resoluble adhesive and a clamping system of cotton string loops.
I then applied the designs, printed on mulberry paper, which become transparent when saturated with adhesive.
This process has taken over 450 hours, 60 of which are condensed in this time-lapse video:
Now nearing completion, the restored model looks less like a ruin and more like an idea. In 2017, it will be exhibited for the first time in over half a century, allowing today's visitors to gain insight into both Wright's groundbreaking innovation and his working process. New Yorkers in particular may enjoy imagining how a trio of towering glassy structures would have transformed the landscape of the downtown lowlands.
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- 1 onion, chopped
- salt and pepper
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- 1 tablespoon milk
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The part I love about this is the major movement up that we get from the dividend. Individual investors have their accounts setup to automatically invest the dividends so the day of and after (depending on the broker they use) all the float is taken out and there is a major up tick. With the payout being 23%, I am looking for a $.60 movement and this will put it on the list of top 10 gainers which sparks more interest. Money for nothing ....... Time will tell.
When is next ex-date?I bought shares yesterday, I'm losing money already.Why is this being traded so bad and depressed?GL to all and thanks for the answer.
I did not receive the dividend.Is there IR e-mail I can communicate with?
I'm not sure about MTL's ex-div date. But provided you got in at the right time, you'll get about $ 0.90 per ADR (-15% tax) within a few days. Just relax and enjoy the div.
Does this stock really pay dividend?How much in $U.S?Yahoo does not show.
Of course, MTL does pay an annual div. They used to be very generous about it before the crisis. This current one is great too. Yahoo stinks at div info for foreign stocks. For instance, Yahoo doesn't list any div from MBT, either. MTL's US investors should get their div payment within a few days. Just have some patience.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Four 99%-100% Chocolate
Before I took on this challenge of the all-chocolate chocolate bars, I did take a test to find out if I'm a "supertaster". People are divided into three categories: nontasters, regular tasters and supertasters.
Our tongues can detect five tastes: sweet, salt, bitter, sour & umami (savory). Nontasters (about 25% of the population) tend to enjoy more intensely flavor things such as super sours and liberally salted products, enjoy fatty & sweet foods while regular tasters (50%) shy away from intensity but sample liberally from all the major tastes & textures equally. Supertasters (25%) dislike stronger bitter & sour things and even high fat content foods. There are all sorts of scientific studies about evolution and how each of these types can be beneficial or detrimental to your ultimate longevity ... or enjoyment of that long life.
Although I have a very keen sense of smell, I am a regular taster. (I like coffee, super sours, broccoli & used to drink pickle juice - though I really like chocolate & cheese, I'm not that keen on other types of fatty foods.) So I figured I might be a good candidate for appreciating the more authentic tastes of the purest chocolate.
Dagoba makes one of the few 100% chocolate bars and the only one that I could find that was organic. It's called Prima Materia which means, literally, prime matter. It's usually used to refer to alchemical ideas about the base matter that makes up the universe, that all matter can be changed back into and then reformed. Kind of like stem cells are for living creatures.
In this case, this is the essential chocolate - just beans from Madagascar, ground up and made into a bar.
At only $2.75 retail, it was about the same price as a baking bar (though smaller of course). I got this one as a sample at the Fancy Food Show in January.
The Prima Materia is a dark looking bar, nicely glossy with a solid snap.
The melt on this was a little sticky, I can't really explain it. Whatever it is, it's not terribly dry. The melt lets the flavors come out slowly. I taste a bit of cherries and raspberry at the very start, but once it melts a bit more it's all about the dark mulch of the forest floor.
There's a light yeasty note in there that reminds me of dark beer. The bitterness is noticeable, but not enough to keep me from eating more pieces. By far this is the most edible of the bars I tried. I wouldn't say that I'll be eating a lot of it, but with some almonds or cashews nearby, it's an acceptable form of entertainment for a while.
It really doesn't take much to satisfy my chocolate craving either. (Of course then I start craving something else, like a glass of water & some sweet caramels.)
2 ounces - 185 calories per ounce - Kosher
After Christmas this bar, Ghirardelli 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate, was on sale for only $1.25, and found in with the baking products, I thought I'd throw it into the mix as a way to see if I was just being overly picky about what eating chocolate is in the first place (besides a fancy way to charge two or three times as much as chocolate chips).
The wrapper is very simple, but still quite compelling. The bar is large and flat, a little larger than the regular bars in the candy aisle, in this case it's 4 ounces instead of 3.17 of the current Intense Dark line.
To their credit, Ghirardelli is clear that this is a baking bar. So this is an off-label application of the confection.
As lovely as it was, and it is a lovely bar, nicely tempered, perhaps a bit stiff but a deep red-brown, they are correct in not promoting this as an eating bar.
The smell was quite woodsy, like cedar and a bit grassy. It tastes like olives and asparagus. Bitter, moisture-sucking, mulchy and green.
Looking at the nutrition label it's easy to see why this is so chalky, it has less fat than the Prima Materia, a whopping 40 calories per ounce less fat. (Have i mentioned lately that I love cacao fat ... sometimes I wonder what it'd be like if donuts were made by frying them in cocoa butter.)
4 ounces - 145 calories per ounce - Kosher
Meiji Chocolate Kolika Caca 99% Ita has a very short, but less "pure" list of ingredients: cacao, cocoa powder, soy lecithin & artificial flavor. (I'm guessing that's vanillin.)
Meiji is a good consumer brand in Japan. They make all sorts of candy, not just chocolate products. (My favorites are their Gummy Choco and Chelsea.)
It's a pretty bar with 15 nicely shaped scored pieces. The package is also good, an easy to open paperboard box that fits back together pretty well to hold the leftovers (and there's gonna be leftovers, who eats the whole thing?). I was encouraged that it had a pretty high fat content, too.
The bar wasn't expensive ($1.99), which is probably a pretty good indication of what I should expect for a chocolate without any sugar. The scent is of the dark roasted cocoa flavors, a bit of charcoal. There's a very abrupt high-note of the vanilla flavoring in there as well.
On the tongue it melts pretty nicely, but it's quite bitter and dry. Keeping it further back on the tongue seems to help to recognize the other flavors that included a bit of a yeasty note of baking bread, wood smoke and burnt sugar.
I should note, in case you haven't noticed so far, these are not low-calorie bars. In fact, this "sugarless chocolate" is some of the highest caloric density reviews I've ever done. (It's the cocoa butter.)
But note that chocolate has a good amount of iron (10%), and about 3 grams of protein per ounce and 4 grams of fiber per ounce. That doesn't even go into the positive effects that all those antioxidants have for your heart and circulatory system.
1.58 ounces - 161 calories per ounce (contains soy lecithin & artificial flavors)
My passion for this bar can hardly be contained. The happiest part of this whole experience is that I know that once I'm done writing this, I don't have to eat this bar any longer.
I was so excited when I bought the Chocolat Bonnat 100% Cacao. I've never had Bonnat before, the only experience I have with it is reading this exhaustive series at DallasFood.org about Noka and seeing the bars at several upscale stores. At $8 a bar (granted it is a big bar at 100 grams), I was hoping for some sort of miracle. I've come to realize there's a reason that chocolate with sugar is so widely available ... it's just better that way.
The wrapper, I admit, is lovely. The regular Bonnat bars have white wrappers with similar lettering, but the 100% gets the special brick red treatment, which should be a good indication that you should stop and think about it. 100% Cacao. No sugar, not even lecithin or vanilla. Stop. Hazard. Danger.
The bar was wonderfully tempered. (As wonderfully tempered as I was ill tempered when I was done.)
When I first unwrapped it, it smelled strongly of green olives. Later when I tasted it, I kept getting the strong, puckering flavor of green olives, grassy matcha and artichokes. These are all good things as far as vegetables go, but I don't like them together and I don't like them as the primary notes in my chocolate.
Here's the thing, I hear my flavors. Well, not quite hear ... they have wavelengths in my head (and kind of colors that go along with them). Flavors create vibrations. And different kinds of flavor combinations create different combinations of these vibrations & wavelengths. It's called synesthesia and many people have it to some degree.
So when I talk about things being harmonious, it's not just a metaphor, it's an actual description of my experience. In this case the bar was screechy. It was unripe, unrehearsed, stuttery, weak and tinny.
I've had the bar for a couple of months and have unwrapped it a few times to see if it was just that I'd had the flu, the lights in the house were at the wrong level, the moon was in the wrong phase or was in a bad mood. No, this is like Phillip Glass & Stephen Sondheim collaborating on some sort of atonal opera about database programmers performed by deaf alley cats in a poorly ventilated auditorium with squeaky chairs that pinch. It's probably a wonderful intellectual experiment, but it's not an enjoyable physical one. (But again, this may be an experience colored by the way that my brain processed certain things and might be just glorious to folks who don't get the cacophony of wavelengths.)
3.53 ounces - unknown calories
The best news is that I have a deeper appreciation of my blended chocolates now and single origins even more so. As far as pure chocolate as being a "sugarless" alternative to regular sweetened chocolate, I think a very small quantity of sweetened chocolate will be more satisfying than a larger portion of one of these. But your mileage may vary. I definitely recommend the Dagoba if you're itching to try just one. (The fact that it has a reasonable price is also a selling point.)
All of the remaining bits of these bars will be taken next door to the neighbors this evening where I will donate them to Amy in the hopes that she'll create some awesome and rich brownies out of them so that I may love this chocolate again.
Casey at Chocolate Note has far more appreciation for the most concentrated chocolate bars. For other deeper appreciations for these bars try the Seventy Percent for: Michel Cluizel Noir Infini & forum discussion about Bonnat & Cluizel.
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Hershey's Favorites - Sugar Free
Hershey's has a line of sugar free candies, while they're not a low calorie snack, they do have a lower glycemic index because they've substitute sugar for sugar alcohols. I gave their version of the Hershey's Chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and York Peppermint Pattie a try.
As is always the case, there's no such thing as a free lunch. While sugar alcohols may lower the calorie count, they're also not as sweet as sugar and sometimes have unwanted side effects. Here's what the packages say:
Sugar alcohols have another benefit, they do not promote tooth decay, as they cannot be metabolized by oral bacteria.
Say what? Polyglycitol? That's a new one on me, so I looked it up:
I'm well aware the many of these sugar alcohols can cause intestinal upset (and other euphemisms to erupt). For this reason I was exceptionally careful not to eat too much. I only ate two a day, even though a serving as determined by the package was 3-5 pieces.
Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolates
Well, they look really good. Each one was a pristine little chocolatey block.
But there was something amiss. It has the same slightly fudgy, slightly grainy texture. But it's cool on the tongue and the chocolate flavors are a little too much on the high range, lacking depth. The milkyness was missing completely.
It doesn't taste like Hershey's chocolate. It's not bad, but it doesn't really taste like chocolate ... it's too sweet.
Here's what I know about sugar alcohols: they don't have as many calories as sugar, but they also don't taste as sweet. In the case of maltitol it's 90% as sweet as sucrose, which basically means that when they add it to something and they want an equivalent delivery of sweetness, they put more in. Putting in more sweetener means something else has to be reduced by proportion. My guess in this case is that they reduced the cocoa solids ... which are already pretty low in Hershey's Milk Chocolate. (Or they reduced the milk, which may also reduce the flavor profile.)
As a low calorie treat, these do definitely have a lower caloric density:
139 calories per ounce for regular Hershey's Chocolate
If you like R.M. Palmer chocolate, you might find this acceptable.
Rating: 2 out of 10
Sugar Free Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Like the Hershey's bars, these were lovely little cups of perfection at first glance. They're wrapped in orange foil, not gold, so it's easy for trained candy eaters to tell them apart. They seem a little smaller than regular Reese's Minis (just shorter) but otherwise are glossy and pretty.
They smell of sweet peanut butter.
The chocolate shell is similar to the Hershey's bar ... the same cooling effect on the tongue, decent melt but lack of chocolate kick. No matter, the peanut butter center seems to overwhelm that in a satisfactory manner. The peanut butter is crumbly and sweet and creamy all at the same time. A little salty kick seals the simulation as being pretty close to the original.
145 calories per ounce for regular Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
I didn't realize until after eating two of these that there was Sucralose in there too (this is the only one of the three that uses an artificial sweetener - though I could hear arguments that polyglycitol is also not natural at this point). I didn't notice any of the ill effects that I get from Aspartame (headache, shakes & nausea) but there was a light lingering sweet and ever so slight aluminum-like metallic aftertaste.
Rating: 4 out of 10 (if it didn't have the aftertaste, it'd be a 7).
Sugar Free York Peppermint Patties
They look exactly like the full-sugar York Peppermint Patties, smell a little chocolatey and very minty. The mini size is my favorite, so this was an easy one for me to wrap my head around.
The chocolate shell is only slightly sweet, which is pretty much the way the regular York is. If anything, this one had a better, less chalky melt to it.
The fondant center is a little different. First, it's rather cool on the tongue. It's a little grainy, which is fine with me, but then there were some other lighter grainy bits in there . But they weren't sweet little grains, I'm wondering if the sugar alcohols create a different crystalline matrix. Even so, they're tasty. Fresh, a bit chocolatey and of course melty and smooth.
102 calories per ounce for regular York Peppermint Patties
As a lower calorie alternative, these are real winners. There are 30 calories in each piece.
Rating: 7 out of 10
In general Hershey's has done a nice job of approximating the experience of their full-sugar candies. They look great, which is part of the appeal of candy. The packaging doesn't even feel like a compromise (though the price does).
But these are only good if you can tolerate the sweeteners. If you're one of the unlucky majority (it seems to be a majority) of the public who experiences the side effects, it's pointless to eat this stuff. (I had a full box of each of these from a photo shoot and passed some along to a friend of a friend who is diabetic ... who did not react well to them.)
If you want to know if you can eat them, please, start slow unless you have no plans for the next day or so. I seemed to tolerate it pretty well, but again, only two pieces a day, not really the way you want to eat candy you can otherwise eat because of dietary restrictions.
(Package images at top compiled from Hershey's website.)
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Regional Flavors: Key Lime, Pina Colada & Huckleberries
I reckon one of the best things about traveling is finding new candies that reflect the local flavor. I've collected quite a few of them over the years from friends & relatives who travel and have presented quite a few of them.
Some of them are kind of hokey, but some truly reflect the local ingredients that the region is known for. (Just look at all the wonderful things the South does with pecans, molasses and peaches.)
My neighbor & friend, Robin, just brought these goodies back from Key Largo, Florida last week. They're two different kinds of chocolate dipped coconut patties made by Anastasia Confections. (Robin & Amy are the same friends that sparked the idea for Candy Blog via their seating arrangement at their wedding reception seating plan ... and have also graced Candy Blog with other confections like the big old mess of Peruvian goodies, Charleston Pralines, Cowgirl Chocolates Hot Caramels & Rocky Mountain Huckleberry Gummi Bears.)
The first one I tried was the Key Lime Coconut Patties.
It has a lovely scent of lime, that unmistakable smell of key limes. Key Limes are softer on the tongue, I think. But they're also more bitter but slightly less acidic. There's something a bit chalky about key lime juice and the resulting key lime pies. This doesn't quite capture all of that (as it's not a custard), but it gets many of the notes.
It's all sweet with an overtone of the lime essences and of course a lot of sickly sweet coconut. The coconut is moist and flaky and the chocolate coating is a nice counterpoint.
It's not a treat I'd buy often or eat a lot of in one sitting, but it's a fun item to have one of, maybe with some tea or a glass of milk.
Anastasia Confections are Kosher.
The Pina Colada Coconut Patties are similar to the Key Lime ones. They're dipped in chocolate, they're oddly tinted and smell like a fruity cocktail.
While Key Limes may sport a tart flavor as part of their profile, you can get by with just the essence of it and people will buy it. But in this case the pineapple here is only a faint waft. There are a light and creamy yellow color, still the same sweetness and crumbly flaky coconut. I liked it better than an actual pina colada (but no one's quite figured out how to dip those in chocolate, have they?).
Another interesting thing I noted here is the resemblance of these to the Disney Mickey Coconut Patties I got last summer at Disneyland. I'm certain they're made by Anastasia Confections (which is based in Orlando, Florida ... as is DisneyWorld). So if you enjoyed those at the park, you can get squared off versions via their website.
Amy went to Spokane, Washington on a separate trip over a month ago and brought this unique item back. It's made by Spokandy a chocolatier that's been around since 1913. At first I thought that's what the actual product was called. Turns out it's just the name of the company.
The box is simple and elegant and says that it holds some Huckleberry Almond Bark.
The picture shows something that's an indescribable shade of lavender. It's not pale, it's shockingly bright, yet still a pastel.
The picture is actually accurate. It really looks like that. It looks just like that.
They call it a creamy bright, flavorful huckleberry chocolate coating with slivered almonds blended for the perfect balance of flavor and texture. THis mouth-watering treat is not complete until we top it with real dried huckleberries..
It smells like blueberries and has a nice glossy appearance. The berries were not actually distributed evenly. Some pieces had no bits and others had huge clumps. However, the bark itself had a nice integration of slivered almonds.
It has a nice smooth and milky melt. It's very sweet. It tastes a bit like BooBerry Cereal smelled. I enjoyed the almonds and the berries when I got them. But it's not a real white chocolate confection there, there's no actual cocoa butter, just an array of tropical oils and partially hydrogenated palm oils.
The color I couldn't quite peg? That's FD&C colors Red #3, #40 & Blue #1.
What it really needs is some salt, so maybe their Huckleberry Pretzels have a better balance. If this is one of your wedding or baby shower colors, though, this might be the candy for you.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Crispy Cat
It's often puzzled me why there aren't more organic candy bars out there. For the most part candy bars are made (or can be made) with all natural/organic ingredients pretty easily. Why no one does this is beyond me, so for the most part candy fiends with an eco bent have to eat just chocolate (sometimes flavored) or hard candies or pay for bars to be flown from far away places and pay ridiculous prices for kinky combinations ... in reality all I want is the tried and true candy bar, only made with pure ingredients.
Crispy Cat has a nice line of candy bars that seem to defy that notion that candy bars have to be made with sub-par ingredients. Their bars are also dairy free, gluten free, non GMO and use a large proportion of organic ingredients (70-90% organic, depending on the bar). In fact, their ingredients list only looks long because they put things like "organic" or "made with gmo" all over it.
They come in three varieties: Toasted Almond, Roasted Peanut and Mint Coconut ... all with dark chocolate.
Here's what Joel, the founder of Crispy Cat has to say:
The Toasted Almond features dark chocolate, crispy rice & toasted almonds.
It has a wonderful dark, woodsy and chocolatey aroma. The bite is a bit stiff, it's not quite crunchy and certainly not chewy. It's just lumpy.
Once I got used to the complex center, I was pleased with the combination of flavors and textures. It's part crisped rice, a little bit of a caramel-like chew to hold it together, a toasted sugar flavor and some pieces of almonds for an added crunch. I would have preferred a lighter crunch to it, something easier to chew (either crispier or softer).
I admit, I thought Mint Coconut is a weird combo. I love mint, I love coconut but I don't put them together. (Well, partly because it probably never occured to me.)
This bar also has a crisped rice center. In this case it's a bit fluffier and softer than the others, with a light peppermint scent.
Instead of the firm and chewy center, this one was a bit crumblier and has big pieces of naturally sweet coconut in it. It's an interesting flavor combo, very tropical and fresh, a bit of a grassy note to the whole thing.
I can't say that I loved this one, in fact it was my least favorite of the three. But I can't help but be pleased that someone is paying attention to coconut these days. I love the stuff.
The Roasted Peanut bar was much softer (and a little flatter) than the Toasted Almond.
The center felt fattier though had the same number of calories as the Toasted Almond at 220 it has 10 grams of fat (TA has only 9).
The dark chocolate is rather bitter but has a decent melty texture. The crunchy rice, peanut butter and peanut chunk center is tasty. It's dark and nutty, a bit salty and only lightly sweet. This one hits it out of the park as far as a peanut candy bar can go.
It definitely tasted like a candy bar, not one of those nutrition bars.
I was kind of surprised to see that they weighed only 1.75 ounces, it's actually bigger than a Snickers bar, which gives the perception of a much larger mass of satisfaction.
Overall, these are fun and have very few compromises. And what's the biggest one? Price. These retail for $2.50 ... that's three times the price you'd pay for a non-organic bar. Pretty startling. But compared to other premium meal replacement bars, they can hold their own. The two nut varieties have 4 grams of protein (not from soy, though they do use soy lecithin so they're not soy free) and 2 grams of fiber. They also clock in at 220 calories, which is a decent snack. I'd probably prefer these in a smaller variety though ... they'd make an awesome Halloween Treat if they came in snack size.
The Roasted Peanut bar is the one most likely to appeal to kids but none are too mature to miss with a true candy bar fiend.
I'd also recommend a bit of a change in the design of the package. I'm not sure who it's supposed to appeal to, but it's not grabbing me. They call themselves "tree huggin' treats" and have the image of a couple of arms around a tree on the left size of each wrapper. (I'm not sure where the cat comes in.) The website looks completely different and inconsistent from this (but I'm not keen on the web's cartoon designs either).
I'm not quite sure about them, they're definitely on the right track and I'd be most inclined to eat the Roasted Peanut again, but if I were faced with eating one of these or a Lara Bar, I'd probably go for the Lara Bar.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Ghirardelli Intense Dark
Ghirardelli has really expanded their line of chocolate bars over the past five years. Not only that, I see their products everywhere now thanks to the expansion of higher end chocolate into grocery stores and drug chains. They even have a charming chain of ice cream stores.
But I've ignored them on the blog for a long time. Probably because my initial impression of them has been that the chocolate bars is waxy and bland. But they're wildly popular and have been making chocolate since 1852 in the Bay Area, one of my favorite candy destinations, so I needed to put those impressions to the test.
That's not to say that I don't use their chocolate chips, I prefer them to Nestle's Toll House Morsels or Hershey's Baking Chips and they're often on sale for a decent price.
So I picked up this assortment of tasting squares after Christmas when they were on sale. They feature the new line of Intense Dark in three different flavors.
The Espresso Escape wrapper says: dark chocolate with finely ground espresso beans in 60% cacao. As usual I was worried about the bits of coffee beans, but in thsi case they really were so finely ground as they matched the particle size of the cocoa solids.
Roasted brewed coffee flavors mixed with the woodsy taste of real beans. Very little chocolate flavor here, it's all coffee but with a smooth chocolate texture. Good cocoa butter melt, very silky. Light vanilla overtones. But the cedar and smoke is quite tangy.
While I enjoyed the texture quite a bit, the flavor was just a little too, well, Intense (tm).
The Mint Bliss package says: dark chocolate with natural mint in 60% cacao. What the front of the package doesn't mention is that there's also some unidentified "artificial flavor" in this as well.
Nice buttery texture, but an incongruous tangy and musty taste along with the peppermint. It's more of a fresh peppermint leaf taste, not a pure peppermint oil, which is a nice change of pace from their Peppermint Bark that I had over the holidays. But the combination of flavors still doesn't quite jive for me.
The Twilight Delight wrapper simply says 72% cacao in big bold, gold letters.
It has a nice buttery melt with a light cool feeling but the flavor is a little thin. It's a little fruity, on the raisin side of things.
It's sweet, only the lightest trace of bitterness. Light dry finish.
Ghirardelli has some other versions in their Intense Dark line, including the Midnight Reverie that has 86% cacao, Evening Dream with only 60% cacao and two other flavored 60% called Citrus Sunset & Toffee Interlude. They also have some filled bars that I haven't tried yet.
Overall, it's nice stuff, certainly worth the price and a fun little pickup for coffee or after dinner, maybe a mid-day munch. I like the 10.6 gram squares, it's a good size for a little taste of chocolate.
Note: the Mint Bliss & Espresso Escape have milk fat in them, so are unsuitable for vegans, but the Twilight Delight is milk-free (though made on equipment that processes dairy).
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Snickers Adventure Bar (Indiana Jones)
I was looking forward to this bar when I heard about it at All Candy Expo last September. It was teased, "Satisfy your taste for adventure! Rich chocolate. Crunchy nuts. And a cliffhanger kick of exotic spice and a hint of sweet coconut flavor." That description doesn't sound that gripping, but still a tasty combo.
The bars began showing up on store shelves in the past few weeks, along with the other tie-in items like the new color & icons in the Milk Chocolate M&Ms and Peanut M&Ms as well as the Mint Crisp M&Ms.
Here's the obligatory and gratuitous cross-section:
It looks like a regular Snickers, it has the same milk chocolate coating and two layers inside. The top layer is caramel studded with peanuts and the bottom is a fluffed nougat.
There is a faint whiff of coconut, but I'm not getting any chai spices in there.
I actually found the Minis first, and found them a little bland. So when I saw the full sized bar, I picked that up too, thinking maybe that would have the promised adventure.
Still, all I'm getting is a bit saltier nougat and the coconut flavor mixed into the caramel.
It's not bad, but certainly doesn't live up to its name. If you've always wanted a coconut Snickers (and I know a few people mentioned a love of coconut in the Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Ideal Candy Bar question) this might be the bar for you. Of course it may also be a big disappointment for true coconut fans, as there is no actual coconut in there. You might just want to pick up an Almond Joy and smash it on top of a regular Snickers for a better effect (and a true mash up!).
While this may have disappointed me (and the Snickers Rockin' Nut Road Bar didn't), I've got to give them props for trying some new things instead of just using the same ingredients in different ways (like the Snickers Nut 'n Butter Crunch) or taking away an element (like the Snickers Xtreme).
The package design is a bit better on this one, I think, than the Mint Crisp M&Ms. Don't forget to check out the new colors of M&Ms, too.
The Milk Chocolate M&Ms are in a muted color palatte: Red, Brown, Amber and Cream.
The Peanut M&Ms also come in Red, Brown, Amber and Cream with the traditional Yellow thrown in.
They all have assorted new icons on them, integrated with the letter M in some way. I like the one that's wearing the Indiana Jones hat and the map ordinal. There are also various pyramids and native masks. Some of them feel a bit like a retread of the Pirates of the Caribbean, including the skull. But I guess that's the genre of movie. The Peanut ones rarely have a legible icon on them as well, but hey, that's the hazard with using a real peanut center.
All of the Indiana Jones tie in Mars products are available in stores now. I found mine at CVS and Walgreen's.
I don't think many folks are excited about the Adventure Bar. Check out reviews by Sera at Candy Addict and Rebecca at Sugar Hog.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Mike and Ike Alex's Lemonade Stand
Last year Mike and Ike let us vote for a new flavor blend and when the winner was clear, they announced the new Mike and Ike Lemonade Blends. But it wasn't just a new flavor set, this one has a tie in with the foundation called Alex's Lemonade Stand, which supports research into pediatric cancers.
There was also a stunning candy buffet, as you can see, that featured all the Mike and Ike flavors and little bags where you could design your own mix. (Mine was mostly pineapple from the Tangy Twister mix and some strawberry-banana from Tropical Twister and a strong dose of the new Lemonade Blends.)
I went to a press reveal at All Candy Expo last September where Alexandra Scott's father told the story of his little girl who started a lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research, all while she was battling the cancer that would ultimately take her life at the age of eight. (There wasn't a dry eye in the house, it's an amazing story of a selfless kid.)
Just Born will be making a minimum donation of $100,000 a year for three years. (And this mix will return each spring/summer as well.)
Finally the candies are hitting stores and I can post my review!
I was pleased with the quality of the Mike and Ike Tangy Twister, but didn't care much for the set of flavors. Since citrus is one of my favorite flavor sets, I had a much better feeling about the new Lemonade Mix.
The new assortment has the following flavors: Lemonade, Raspberry Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade, Lime Lemonade, and Tangerine Lemonade flavors. The odd part is that these flavors aren't mentioned on the package, or even on the website, unless you dig deep into the Just Born press release archive. But there are little images of five different fruits on the package, so I guess folks need to make the jump themselves.
The colors look like highlighter pens.
Yellow - Lemonade - a good zesty and really sour lemon. After chewing, as with most Mike and Ike, the flavor fades and it's just pleasant and bland jelly candy.
Green - Lime Lemonade - not as tart as the lemonade, but has a good rounded lime flavor.
Orange - Tangerine Lemonade - I was hoping this one would be really tart but it didn't quite rise to that. It's definitely tangerine and not orange though.
Light Pink - Strawberry Lemonade - I enjoy real strawberry lemonade and this has a nice mix of the fragrant berry and the tangy lemon-ness.
Purplish Pink - Raspberry Lemonade - not as tart as the strawberry, this has a more floral berry essence to it.
They're all tasty and all have that lemony zazz to them. It's easy to eat them together or separate your colors. I liked all the flavors ... I wish they were just a little more flavorful, but that would be wishing away one of the essential parts of Mike and Ike, which is the mellow jelly center. (Which is made with pear juice.)
Mariko at Candy Addict also had a preview of these and found them so good she'll be happy to hear that they're on shelves so she can get more now. For more fun Mike and Ike adoration, check out Jason Liebig's photo set of his collection of boxes.
The package says that these are Gluten Free. The colors are all artificial, so I guess these are also Vegan.
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Mint Crisp M&Ms (Indiana Jones)
Mars has a series of candies coming out with a marketing tie-in to the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie. (Which is set to premiere in the US on May 22nd.) This is rather similar to the stunt last year with Shrek the Third and the Pirates of the Caribbean movie the year before.
The standard Milk Chocolate & Peanut M&Ms got a new skin: a fun shift in their colors and little Indiana Jones inspired icons on some of them. Then, of course, to really excite candy fans they've done something completely new, the Limited Edition Mint Crisp M&Ms.
It's not like they're completely new though, there were once Crispy M&Ms in the United States (go to Australia if you miss them) and the seasonal Mint M&Ms.
The package is one of the busiest known, rivaled perhaps only Pirate Pearls. There are lots of leaves all over the front, which at first I thought were mint, but turned out to be various palm and jungle-y things (I haven't the foggiest what's going on with Indy's arm and that big palm leaf though). We're encouraged to "Dig New Mint Crisp M&Ms" in the top left of the package and down in the lower right we're told to "Get M before they're Lost".
The Green M&M wearing a pith helmet is looking admiringly at Indy saying, "Treasure is a girl's best friend." At first I thought it was a little creepy that Green has the hots for Indy, then I realized that the Green M&M is actually a year older than Harrison Ford. (M&Ms were introduced in 1941, Harrison Ford in 1942.)
There's only 1.4 ounces in the bag, but that little bit of air inside each center does wonders to bulk them up.
I was really looking forward to these, though it's interesting to note that George Lucas has cautioned fans of the Indiana Jones movies not to build up their hopes to unreasonable levels. (And I think I know a bit about how much Lucas can let fans of a franchise down.)
They don't look so great, some are horribly bumpy and the size variations are pretty extreme, from rather sphere-like ones smaller than a regular M&M all the way up to large ones that could be mistaken for Almond M&Ms.
The little icons are themed shapes that include the letter M. There are pyramids, masks, a compass ordinal and even a hat like Indiana Jones wears. They're rather irregular as well, but more obvious on the themed Milk Chocolate M&Ms:
But shape and color aside, it's what's inside that counts, right?
The crispy shell gives one kind of crunch, then a layer of mostly semisweet chocolate strongly flavored with mint and then a bland crispy center that has a light kick of salt to it.
They're really easy to keep crunching away at ... a little chocolate, a little mint, a little crisped rice. Kind of like a Girl Scout Thin Mint.
I'd be happy to see these as a seasonal item, though I doubt I'd eat them as often as the Almond M&Ms. I suspect they'll be a huge hit.
Rebecca already got a hold of these and has a review of the Adventure Bar, too. I'll have the Snickers Adventure bar review soon. Thanks to Define23 for helping me to find them here in Los Angeles.
UPDATE: Sera at Candy Addict also has a review now & I have the Snickers Adventure Bar. These are also available as a limited edition in Japan, here's a photo I found by CindyC81 (you too can share photos in the Candy Blog Flickr Photo Pool).
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The ball B has a weight of 5lb and is originally rotating in acircle.
As shown, the cord AB has a length of 3 ft and passesthrought
the hole A, which is 2ft above the plane of motion . If 1.5ftof cord
is pulled through the hole, determine the speed of theball when it
moves in a circular path at