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By Noelle McElhatton, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Thursday, 23 August 2012 08:00AM
Where do we stand on Paddy Power? The betting brand attracts a full gamut of views ranging from 'cheekily irreverent and fun marketer' to 'tasteless troublemaker'.
If you fall into the latter bracket, it would be tempting to badge Paddy Power as the betting equivalent of Ryanair – two punk outfits with Irish provenance that delight in cocking a snook at the authorities.
Paddy Power is, like its compatriot brand, fulfilling a customer need that generates notable financial success. The betting group saw a 28 per cent increase in revenues and a 40 per cent increasing in online customers in the first half of 2012.
And a la Ryanair, Paddy Power's advertising is driven by stunts, some of them in poor taste. The 2010 TV ad featuring visually impaired footballers kicking a cat was that year's most complained about advert.
But that's where the comparisons end. For since then Paddy Power has shown serious marketing intent, as it attempts to realise its global ambitions with aggressive marketing that retains the craic at its heart.
The first statement of that intent came last year with the hiring of agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky with its suitably disruptive creative track record. We're told the agency is being driven hard, turning around the brand's ads almost overnight, with ideas geared to what's going on in the world.
Perhaps the most significant expression that the bookmaker wants to inject discipline into its marketing was the appointment, also last year, of blue chip marketer Christian Woolfenden.
Now settled in his second year on the job (see this week's Marketing), former Procter & Gamble marketer Woolfenden reflects on how he was persuaded by Paddy Power CEO, Patrick Kennedy, to join up.
Former KPMG accountant Kennedy will doubtless approve of Woolfenden's efforts to make the brand's considerable marketing output more accountable, the marketer professing to be 'a big fan' of econometrics.
Woolfenden clearly takes no pleasure in seeing expensive ads such as 'Ladies Day,' created by CP&B for this year's Cheltenham festival, being pulled off air.
Despite Paddy Power's all-powerful imperative to generate PR through controversy, my money's on Woolfenden not having his marketing instincts overridden.
But oh, to be a fly on the wall in meetings between the marketer and his PR equivalent, Paddy Power's 'head of mischief' Ken Robertson.
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Beginning Wednesday, May 30, and running through Wednesday, Aug. 29, Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) will feature "Hot Dog Wednesdays" and Ice Cold Slushies at donor centers in Rockford and Belvidere.
RRVBC will provide hot dogs and all the fixings to donors on Wednesdays. RRVBC will also feature ice-cold slushies each day throughout the summer.
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The resort is a lush enclave set in polo fields just outside the Dubai city centre, only a 15-minute taxi ride from Dubai International Airport. It blends high-end design with Middle Eastern exotica to create a truly exceptional desert retreat. Renovated in 2009, the air-conditioned resort comprises 26 guestrooms which provide indulgent luxury. All suites feature chic modern design and come with central air conditioning and heating, private bar, 40-inch flat screen satellite/cable television, and Bang and Olufsen surround sound. The resort offers glamorous daytime excursions such as 4x4 desert safaris, hot air balloon rides, and camel racing. SPA treatments are also available and health enthusiasts can work out in the superbly equipped gym. Entertainment for children is provided as well.
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Finding the perfect gift for a newly wed couple can be a taxing task indeed and it becomes all the more difficult when there are scores of others who are beating you when it comes to presenting the best possible gifts. But you can still stand out from the crowd and ensure that you give the couple a lovely little nugget of joy in the form of a personalized gift. They show that you care enough to invest both time and thought into the gift, instead of just picking up something on the list.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Russell Stover Dark Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pumpkin
This is a pretty simple product and is part of a large line of Halloween candies from Russell Stover.
The Russell Stover Dark Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pumpkin is what it says. A marshmallow in the shape of a pumpkin covered in a thin shell of semi-sweet chocolate.
The wrapper follows the same design, a stylized colored pumpkin drawing ... this one features a darker background from the milk chocolate version. It's also smaller than they used to be. My 2006 review showed them at 1.25 ounces, but as sugar & chocolate prices go up, either the candy increases in price or gets smaller.
It's a big, rather flat and vaguely pumpkin shaped piece. About 2.5 inches across at the widest. Even though they're just wrapped in a little mylar sleeve, they seem to take traveling pretty well. This one only has a crack from me trying to get it to sit upright for the first picture, not anything that happened in transit or at the store.
Breaking it in half is not advised. This is a candy that's best bitten & eaten in one sitting. The marshmallow is soft, moist and bouncy. It has a good pull, it almost looks like caramel or latex when I tried to pull it apart. The flavor is only the lightest vanilla, it's mostly about the fluffy texture and sweet melt. The dark chocolate is decent. The sticky marshmallow keeps it from flaking off, even when it cracks. It also keeps the whole thing from tasting too cloyingly sweet.
I definitely prefer them over the standard milk variety and hope they do the Marshmallow Rabbits in a dark version next year.
For those watching their calories, this is a nice, spare treat. It's only 110 calories but feels rather filling. (Of course as a marshmallow product it contains gelatin. They're not Kosher and are made on shared machinery with peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and wheat.)
Other traditional Russell Stover Easter treats are now restyled for Halloween. So if you can't wait until spring you can get Solid Milk Chocolate Pumpkins, Sugar Free Marshmallow Pumpkins, Caramel Pumpkins, Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Pumpkins, Coconut Cream Pumpkins, Strawberry Cream Pumpkins, Orange Marshmallow Pumpkins, Coconut Buzzard Nest, Strawberry Cream Buzzard Egg, Vanilla & Chocolate Creme Buzzard Egg, Marshmallow & Caramel Creme Buzzard Egg, Peanut Butter Ghosts, Marshmallow Ghosts and Coconut Ghosts.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Katjes Tappsy
I bought Katjes Tappsy because they're cute.
And they're also licorice. Actually, the completely unattractive sticker on the front of the bag informs me in English (the rest of the package is in German) that it's Licorice Foam Candy.
They're shaped like panda faces and I have to say that they're fraktacularlary cute. So cute I just wanted to eat them up. And the name? Tappsy! How could you not like something called Tappsy? (It reminded me of Stampy.)
What was also fun was the fact that they're a European candy, so they don't use any artificial colorings and seem to have all natural flavorings. (I don't know if ammonium chloride is consider natural or not ... I mean, it's a mineral.)
The light & flexible disk are shaped like cartoon panda faces. They're about 1.5 inches across at the ears. They come in two varieties - licorice faced and foam faced. (Panda's don't actually look like that, they have white faces with black eyes and ears.) The white faced ones had little noses made of a berry flavored jelly. (Real pandas also have berry flavored noses, but couldn't find any verification of this, so you'll just have to take my word for it and of course make mention of it in conversation until someone starts sending around emails and Snopes investigates.)
The little faces have a kind of cock-eyed smile that reminded me of Wybie from Coraline.
The licorice parts are quite mellow - a light anise flavor and not overtly sweet and a good caramel & molasses undertone. The texture is more like a chewy licorice than the foamy stuff - not the wheat based chew of the US/Australia and not quite a jelly or gummi. The foam white part is rather like a marshmallow - but smashed, just a bit more dense and not at all sticky.
I loved the licorice parts and ate the licorice-faced ones first (sadly they didn't make up half the bag). Licorice-eared ones were just a little bland, so towards the end, I just ate their ears and tossed the face ... it's the candy equivalent of shark finning.
I would definitely buy them again, though I would like to find them in bulk bins so I can pull out a better proportion of licorice. (They also come in a fruity version.) I looked on the Katje's website and think there may be some other products that are more balanced to my liking like the Domino Delicious (which appears to be the first same-sex-marriage-marketed candy I've seen - well, besides the Rainbow Mentos).
Finally, here's a commercial for Tappsy starring Heidi Klum:
I don't know what's going on in that commercial except that it's a pretty accurate depiction of my Saturday mornings in my breezy white-clad bed, rolling around with my candy.
Finally, just a note about the calories: each piece has only 28 calories. And a whole ounce clocks in at 97 calories. So this is definitely a candy you can use a a little low-calorie treat that looks like a high calorie one.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Rocky Road Supreme Peanut Butter
A couple of years ago I got a preview of a new line of candy bars from Annabelle's, makers of Rocky Road. The new Rocky Road Supreme bars didn't even have wrappers yet when I tried them at the All Candy Expo in September of 2007. They were finally released last year, but it took me another full year to find them on store shelves.
I finally found them at a new shop in Burbank called Rocket Fizz. Though it's supposed to be a soda pop store - with hundreds and hundreds of varieties of sodas sold in single bottles, it was also a candy shop with hundreds and hundreds of items to choose from. Amongst the mostly classic offerings I found the Rocky Road Supreme Peanut Butter Bar. Though it was a whopping $1.99, it's also nearly 3 ounces ... so consider it a king sized bar.
The package describes it as Handmade Marshmallow and Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts, Double Dipped in Velvety Milk Chocolate. I stopped eating several days ago in order to accommodate this extra 460 calorie pop.
The bar was a little worse for wear, though I tried to choose carefully from the bars on the shelf. I often have this problem often with Rocky Road bars ... they might benefit from at least a waxed paperboard tray.
The layers are nearly equal strips of marshmallow and peanut butter. Luckily the peanut butter is on the bottom, as it's the densest. Considering how much peanut butter there is in this bar, plus the peanuts on the top, it doesn't smell very peanutty. Just vanilla-sweet, a little milky and a little like roasted nuts.
The bar has a nice bite to it. The chocolate is soft and not at all flaky and the marshmallow is firm enough that it springs back easily but is dense enough not to give into the weight of the chocolate shell.
The flavors at first do well. The peanut butter layer has a salty pop and a mellow nutty flavor. The vanilla marshmallow isn't too sweet and gives a bouncy chew to the whole thing. The chocolate coating is a little lackluster in the flavor department, but also not too sweet. The peanuts give a little crunch. The whole thing is a bit slick & fatty though, it never quite melts.
As I went on, I tried eating the separate elements. The chocolate is satiny smooth, but lacks a real cocoa punch. It's all about the texture, I guess. The peanuts on top were kind of chewy instead of crunchy. The marshmallow is actually great, mostly because it's foamy and has a smooth texture without being too sweet. The peanut butter layer though is weird. It's very firm and has a greasy Crisco texture to it. A look at the list of ingredients reveals why #4 on the list is partially hydrogenated soybean & cottonseed oils ... that comes before #5 which is peanut butter.
Now I'm as much a fan of fat as the next person, but fat has to add texture ... it needs to give a pleasing mouthfeel as well as deliver flavors. This peanutty layer simply doesn't. It's like the grease is a cloaking device.
I really wanted to like this, I wanted it to be a powerful combination of textures & flavors. Instead it just left me feeling heavy & unsatisfied. (And I didn't finish it, so now I get to have lunch!)
Here's Sera's review from Candy Addict.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Compartes Chocolates
Though I wouldn't call Los Angeles a candy city, we certainly have our share of sweet spots. I'm more likely to go to San Francisco for candy adventures than the west side, but after promising for several years I finally made it to Compartes Chocolatier to pick up some items for Candy Blog.
This wasn't actually my first visit to the Brentwood shop, but certainly the first one in this century (I was a D-Girl in the 90s and my office was not far from there). I had to see the place since the new generation, Jonathan Grahm expanded the classic line of stuffed fruits & novelty molded chocolates with truffles & ganaches with inventive flavor combinations.
The shop is compact but has a lovely display area on the wall of the chocolates and the main counter that appears to be divided in to two areas: classic offerings and modern. (My distinctions, not theirs.) They serve gelato so there are a few tables inside and out front. (For those who follow Compartes on Twitter, I did spot Jonathan at his laptop tucked in the corner at one of the tables.)
The classic products are sold by the pound (as fruits & nuts tend to come in various sizes) while the truffles & bonbons are sold by the piece. The classics were $35 a pound and the bonbons were $2 each. I left the shop with $50 worth of chocolate in one rather large & heavy box.
Classic Chocolates
The fig is glossy is and sticky. It looks like a light fig (green) like a Kalamata. I prefer black figs (Mission) mostly because they have darker flavors ... it's like the difference between golden raisins & regular raisins. It's very sweet at first, the figgy flavors are tangy, a little grassy from the seeds with some raspberry & floral-like green tea flavors. The dark chocolate offsets this well, especially by bringing in the creamy melt.
It's definitely show-stopping beautiful. Best eaten fresh & quickly.
Candied Orange Peel dipped in Dark Chocolate
These tiny little fingers were wonderfully shiny on the peel edge. It was all peel, too, cooked in sugar syrup to a light and translucent tenderness - no trace of acrid & foamy white pith. The dark chocolate looked silken brown. Each piece was a combination of bitterness from the orange oils and dark chocolate, vibrant zest and sweet citrus & cocoa flavors. The texture was chewy & a buttery creaminess. Perfection.
Hazelnut & Orange in Dark Chocolate (not pictured)
These were simple little dark chocolate cups that could have easily been coconut haystacks. I was hoping that the combo of the chocolate & nuts with those awesome orange pieces would work ... sadly the whole thing tasted a bit "cheesy" and I couldn't figure out why ... something about the hazelnuts lacking their nuttiness. I'll pass on these in the future.
Ginger Medallions
The ginger coins are tender and soft, a bit juicy. With citrus notes and a warm woodsy burn, the sweet candied ginger goes well with the bittersweet chocolate that has a slightly dry finish. There's no trace of sugary grain here, it's more of a smooth jelly texture. Beautiful to look and and expertly made.
I would buy a pound of these. Ginger is a root vegetable, right?
Modern Chocolate
Mexican Hot - (skull & crossbones)
A strong mix of cayenne & black pepper notes in dark chocolate. The ganache is smooth while the dark chocolate flavors are woodsy with a slight tannin to go with the earthy pepper flavors.
Original - (blue stripes)
I try to buy these wherever I go. It's always good to try the base for everything else. The chocolate enrobing was perfect, the little design on top was cute and easy to remember. The dark chocolate flavors were mild, the ganache was very buttery with a good smooth and quick melt.
Vanilla & Black Pepper - (stripes with dots)
I should have taken a photo of this, I didn't realize it would be a white cream center until I bit into it far from the camera. The immediate hit was of vanilla and butter, in a cupcake sort of vibe. Then the peppercorns kicked in, giving the vanilla more of a rum & woodsy moderation. Rather sweet, but with a lingering brightness from the pepper & vanilla pods.
Jasmine Tea (pink flowers & blue lines)
The dark chocolate takes a back seat to the strong & musky floral notes of the jasmine. The tea adds a little pop of acidity to it that gives a fresh lingering feeling to this. The ganache is silky smooth and not too sweet.
Blackberry & Sage (blue & purple square mosaic)
The blackberry is a dark and jammy flavor with a light tangy touch, the sage brings it back around with an herbal splash - a bit on the strong side, so much so that I'm not sure I'd know that it was blackberry without a key. Still, a sage truffle is great.
Candied Fennel
This little ganache center was topped with some lightly candied (glazed) fennel seeds (instead of the brightly colored candy shells that most of us are familiar with). Fennel on its own has a light sweetness and anise flavor. These brought out the dark licorice and molasses notes of the chocolate. Smooth and satiny with a curious fibery crunch from the seeds.
Lavender Marshmallow in Dark Chocolate
Yes, it's a bit jarring to see that bright lavender center. The marshmallow was moist, fluffy but dense. Sweet but not sticky, it had a good bite. The flavor was woodsy & floral - but a bit odd combined with the chocolate. The whole thing reminded me of bug spray ... though not in a bad way, just that the floral notes weren't quite as balsam-ish as I'd hoped.
Coffee & Cacao Nib and Coffee
The ganache in this pair is flavored with real coffee, so there's a slight grain to the otherwise silky center. The flavor was good, rich & bold. I liked the crunchy nibs but I'm not that fond of eating coffee beans when it messes up the texture of well-tempered chocolate.
Fleur de Sel Caramels
I've made it pretty well known that I favor "wet" caramels, that's the chewy stuff that has a good stringy pull and long, smooth chew. These were the "short" caramel style and have a strong butter flavor. I wasn't fond of the texture, which was a cross between fudge & caramel and the lack of toasted sugar notes.
Shichimi - (the spice dusted one) this is made of seven spices: red chili pepper, roasted orange peel, yellow and black sesame seeds, Japanese pepper, seaweed, and ginger. The spices here angle towards the toasted sesame and chili peppers. I didn't get much citrus out of it. The whole thing kind of left my lips burning, but the chocolate & fatty ganache balanced it well. The only issue here was that the spices kind of got out of their cup and I caught a few of these flavors in the other chocolates I ate.
Smoked Salt - (square with black crystals on top) delicate and light chocolate ganache with an earthy & metallic aftertaste to the salt. I'm beginning to think that I don't care for smoked salts. Often they remind me of a campground in the morning, that lingering scent of a fire gone out mixed with damp sleeping bags from the morning dew & coffee made in an aluminum pot.
Cashew Fruit - (gold sphere) - this wasn't a ganache but a bit of gooey cream center, kind of like a runny creme brulee. The flavor was a bit like green bananas. Smooth, a touch of grassy brightness and sweet milk.
I loved the classic items. I'd go back and buy the orange peels (some of the best I've ever had), figs (though I'd like to have some candied figs too) and ginger medallions in a heartbeat. I thought the price was really competitive and fair ($30 when sold in full pound boxes) for a line that is so labor intensive and requires top quality ingredients.
The truffles & bonbons were good and I enjoyed some of the flavor combos and of course the plain one. The price was a bit higher than I'm willing to do for such small items unless they're particularly unique. The great option though is that it's a fun shop to visit, they're very knowledgeable about their products (they're made right there, after all). They also have a line of African-themed bonbons called Chocolate for a Cause that are made with African-sourced flavors (mango, coconut, cardamom, plantain, grains of paradise, red rooibus tea). They're a fundraiser for Relief International and their projects in Darfur and include a bead bracelet. After getting emails about these for year and pretty much going there to pick up a box ... they were sold out.
If I'm in the area, I will definitely visit again. The bonbons change constantly as new produce comes into season & Jonathan experiments with new combinations so I give them a 7 out of 10. I'll probably continue to taste the bonbons but will go home with the fruits/ginger so they get a 9 out of 10.
Compartes Brentwood Boutique Chocolate Lounge
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Cadbury Easter Mallows
Cadbury does more for Easter than just the Mini Eggs and Creme Eggs, but we see little of that in the United States. I was lucky to find these imported goodies at my local Cost Plus World Market.
This tray of Limited Edition Easter Mallows is huge. Even though it only weighs 5.29 ounces, the large tray made it look like there was a lot of candy in here.
The clear tray holds the 10 chocolate covered marshmallow domes. They're cradled well, and though a few of mine were cracked (could have been me treating the package roughly), none of them were leaking.
The candy construction is simple. A round cookie (biscuit) base with a dollop of Jaffa orange jam, then a heap of marshmallow, all covered in Cadbury milk chocolate.
They're about 1.75 inches in diameter and about .75 inches high. The bite is soft and the chocolate shell is crisp and adheres pretty well to the marshmallow.
They smell like dairy milk chocolate before biting, but after biting through to the jam center, it's definitely orange. The flavor of the jam is rather like marmalade, with a strong zest component along with some sweet syrup and tangy juice to it. The cookie base is soft and crumbly, like a graham cracker. The marshmallow, though soft and passable didn't do much for me one way or the other. The milk chocolate coating is very sweet and has a dried milk flavor to it.
On the whole, these are very appealing. I really liked the flavorful punch of the center much better than the filled marshmallows I've had from Asia.
They were expensive though, at $2.99 for the tray (but I felt like I've been leaving my UK reader friends out lately). I'm not quite sure what makes them an Easter candy (maybe if they were egg shaped) or if there's a non-Easter version that these are based on. The Cadbury site was no help. (But I did find out that these are sold at Aldi in the UK.)
Each Easter Mallow has 65 calories.
The gelatin is made from pork, so these are definitely not Halal, Kosher or vegetarian.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Russell Stover Marshmallow Rabbits
A lot of Easter candies seem to get smaller as the years go by, and portion control is a responsible way to go. But sometimes you just want a big, luscious rabbit to sink your teeth into.
Russell Stover offers a lot of Easter goodies, I'm most fond of their eggs, which are usually fresh and the perfect size at about an ounce for less than the price of a candy bar these days.
But I was mighty tempted by these Marshmallow Rabbits. They're two ounces, and since they're marshmallow they're pretty big. The packages are 6 inches tall in vibrant metallic colors with a rather realistic rabbit illustration on the front.
They come in two varieties, the regular vanilla marshmallow covered in milk chocolate and a chocolate marshmallow covered in milk chocolate.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened the package. Some marshmallow shapes can be curiously amorphous. These looked, for the most part, like the outline of the image on the package. They're about 4.5 inches tall and about 2.5 inches at their widest part.
I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a rabbit face with extra huge cheeks/jowls, or the whole body with a big meaty legs. (Part of me also thought they looked like a Buddha with rabbit ears.)
The chocolate is wonderfully rippled and I was pleased with how well I'd picked my rabbits out, as they were practically flawless (though I ended up dropping the chocolate one and denting his ear as I was taking the photo).
Russell Stover Marshmallow Rabbit
The chocolate shell has a nice snap to it and an overall chocolate malt scent. The marshmallow center is soft and moist with a strong vanilla flavor. It's not quite as fluffy as some I've had, but it's also very satisfying and has a bit of salt to it (60 mg in the whole 2 ounce portion).
Though the package says that a whole rabbit is a single serving, I found just the ears was plenty satisfying. The problem with a very large marshmallow items is that it's hard to save some more for later without it making a mess. Still, I found them pretty easy to slip back into their packages and pinch shut for later. (I wouldn't save it for more than a day or two, or else they get hard and tacky.)
Russell Stover Chocolate Marshmallow Rabbit
The chocolate on this one looked slightly lighter than its vanilla counterpart, though that could have been all in my head (well, it's all in my tummy now).
This one has a light cocoa scent that reminded me of cookie dough.
The chocolate has a similarly crisp snap but still doesn't flake or crumble off of the marshmallow excessively.
The marshmallow is soft, though not as mushy as the vanilla. It has a very springy and latexy quality to it. The flavor is mild, like a cup of hot cocoa, definitely less sweet than the vanilla but also much saltier (210 mg per 2 ounce portion).
The chocolate on both was really flavorful and helped to make these some of the better chocolate marshmallows I've bought at the drug store. The novelty shape and price makes them a really good deal. But the large portion size and awkward shape makes them difficult to share (as I think traditional chocolate rabbits are). There are no artificial colors in them.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Elmer's Dark Chocolate Heavenly Hash & Gold Brick Eggs
A few years ago, after trying a petite box of Valentine's chocolates from Elmer's Candy Company I decided to track down their two most famous products: Heavenly Hash Egg and Gold Brick Egg. Oddly enough last week I was contacted by Elmer's as they were promoting their new introduction, a dark chocolate version of both of the flagship products (can there be two flagships?).
I requested that they send along some of the original, as I'd tried very hard to find them in my area and they had no webstore. Sadly, they didn't include them so this review today is in a bit of a vacuum.
The packaging is rather bold, a black background with a fluffy blue and white cloud for the logo & description. (It does look like it belongs with the Hot Tamales Licorice Jelly Beans from yesterday's review.)
The Dark Chocolate Heavenly Hash Egg is rich dark chocolate, tender marshmallow and roasted almonds. This is a pretty big egg, clocking in at 1.33 ounces. I'm guessing these are sold individually like the Russell Stover eggs are, though mine arrived in a tray of six. For reference the Toasted Marshmallow Eggs I tried a couple of weeks ago were just .75 ounces each.
The eggs are pretty big, though each was a little different ranging from 3.5 to 3.75 inches long and about 2 inches at the widest.
From the description, I assumed that the almonds would be crushed bits mixed in with the marshmallow. I don't know why that was what I was expecting, but when I saw the candy out of the package, I thought it was really lovely. A marshmallow plank with four or five little lumps (almonds) covered in rippled and shiny dark chocolate.
The chocolate has a nice snap to it and adheres to the marshmallow well, I didn't have any issue with flaking. The almonds, when encountered, provide a crisp crunch. They're well roasted, most I came across had a good toasted flavor. And it was pretty easy to plan my bites so as to get some almond in each one.
The marshmallow is sweet and moist, but it's a bit soft and forms little peaks when I bite it. (Vastly different from the Pete's Gourmet, as you can imagine.)
There's very little flavor to the marshmallow, though every once in a while I got a bit of a honey note from it (though none is listed in the ingredients).
The dark chocolate isn't complex but is definitely less sweet than the milk chocolate from the Toasted Marshmallow Eggs, which is definitely a plus. However, since I still had a Toasted egg left, I tried one and much preferred the cotton candy flavor of that center to the rather plain Heavenly Hash. In the end, the textures and overall execution is much better with the Heavenly Hash.
Rating: 7 out of 10
The original Elmer's Gold Brick candy bar was introduced in 1936. It was priced at ten cents, twice the regular price for a bar at that time. Now they're sold as an egg during Easter.
The Dark Chocolate Gold Brick Egg package describes it simply as dark chocolate covered pecan melt-a-way.
The wrapper is similarly bold & dark, a black background with a bright yellow egg holding the logo.
It clocks in a bit lighter than the Heavenly Hash, at only 1 ounce instead of 1.33 ounces (which was also far bigger because it had fluffy center).
This piece consists of a molded center, which is the melt-a-way which is then enrobed. Some of mine had big puddly feet, but the one I chose to photograph was more crisp looking.
There's a slight rippling on the enrobing. They smell sweet, but a little more like fudge or hot cocoa than chocolate. It didn't seem promising. Neither did the ingredients. It went like this: sugar, dark chocolate, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, pecans, chocolate, skim milk ... and so on to list the less than 2 percent ingredients.
I had to nibble away pretty far on the one in the picture to make sure I got a pecan in there. (I did eat some pecans along the way, just no cross sections.)
Instead of a soft and melty melt-a-way, what I had here was more of a waxy and fudgy center. The texture wasn't quite crumbly, but it certainly didn't have that mouthfeel of even some candies made with tropical oils (coconut oil is good for that).
The flavor is rather empty, a bit like cocoa but not at all like deep, rich chocolate. There were a few pecan pieces, but they only provided some scant texture and not much on the flavor front.
Rating: 4 out of 10
I'm interested to taste the original Heavenly Hash, but have no interest in the Gold Brick. But they do have something called a Gold Brick Malt Egg that seems to be tempting me against my better judgment.
The Girl Tastes did a roundup last year of the classic milk chocolate Elmer's Eggs (with similar results): Heavenly Hash & Gold Brick plus Pecan Egg & Eggceptionals
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Pete's Gourmet Confections: Marshmallows
Since starting Candy Blog I've found there is a wonderful world of marshmallows out there beyond the See's Scotchmallow.
Pete's Gourmet Confections does something that I haven't seen very often: they offer gourmet marshmallows (mallows, as he refers to them) and other handmade confections that are certified Kosher. If you want to see Pete Coyle making mallows, check out this piece from the Food Network (it looks like sticky, sticky work).
I was definitely intrigued when they contacted me, so they sent me some samples of their most popular products.
This set of four was a good introduction, it's their year round product, the Gourmet Assorted Dipped Marshmallows. Each piece is about a one inch cube.
But chocolate covered handmade marshmallows, that's been done, right? What bowled me over was the look of the Easter version, these beautiful chocolate dipped eggs.
Pete's Gourmet makes two different versions for Easter. The ones shown here are the Ukrainian Easter Eggs.
Ukrainian Easter Eggs (Pysanka) are a folk art tradition characterized by geometric & stylized patterns made in the process of wax-resist. As a kid I loved making ornate Easter eggs and learned to blow them (make a small hole in either end of a raw egg, take a long pin or needle to pierce the yolk and then blow into one end to force the "scrambled" egg out into a bowl). The empty egg was then ready to be decorated. The traditional Ukrainian style is quite involved. Designs are laid onto the shell using melted wax, then the egg is dyed, more patterns are put on with wax, so that the lines and shapes are different colors. The final background colors after many layerings of dye are nearly black.
Then the egg is carefully heated with a flame to melt the wax, and wiped off to reveal the colors beneath (and gives the egg a bit of seal and shine).
These marshmallow eggs bear some of those designs on dark and white chocolate transfers.
The Ukrainian mix of eggs come in Vanilla, Lemon and Strawberry. There was no key with them, and I think I gave away my lemon one, so I didn't really get to try anything new here from the regular square version.
The Modern Chocolate Marshmallow Easter Eggs version is a spring pastel mix of flowers, waves and patterns. These are also white or dark chocolate - all over the classic vanilla marshmallow.
What I enjoyed, about this format was that they're not nearly as thick as the squares. These varied but were generally about one half to three quarters of an inch thick. There was more chocolate per bite than the squares, so the marshmallow to chocolate ratio varied (depending one whether I was at an edge).
They're also just stunning, everyone whom I've showed them to has admired them and also found them just as tasty as they look.
The other amazing thing is the price. For a handcrafted confection, I was surprised to see on their website that they were only $12.99 for a box of 12. Each marshmallow is about
one ounce and over two inches long.
One other item I have to mention is the lavender marshmallow. (I have a chocolate piece here much like the squares.) It's available as a flower-shaped pop which must look as amazing in person as the eggs do.
The marshmallow has a wonderful dark floral flavor of lavender (which reminds me a lot of rosemary). It balances the roasted notes of the chocolate and the sweet marshmallow so wonderfully, it's like it's holding hands with both of them. I'm now driven to distraction thinking about all the other floral/herbal flavors that could be infused into marshmallows: rosewater, orange blossom, lemongrass, bergamot, pistachio and even violet.
Again, at $10.99 for 12 pops (less than a dollar each), they sound like an incredible deal and would make wonderful favors or party decorations.
The packaging isn't as modern and chic as some other gourmet artisan folks, they're simple foil-type boxes with either a similar lid or a clear plastic lid (like the one show at the top) with the company sticker on it. But hey, I don't need fancy boxes if the candy is good and it does its job of keeping the candy fresh & whole. This was fresh, extremely well priced, attractive and for those seeking Kosher marshmallows, it's just the ticket.
If you're eager to order, there's a random coupon deal right now if you click on the little logo at the bottom of the home page.
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Senior Jake Hansen, an assistant captain for the Gophers, was protective of goalie Kent Patterson after the Gophers' 4-1 loss to Wisconsin on Friday. Patterson was taken out after two periods after giving up all four of the Badgers' goal on 15 shots.
"The kid has started every game this whole year, played every minute up until then," Hansen said. "And most of the year last year. That [the goalie switch] was a little strange."
Sophomore Mike Shibrowski replaced Patterson and stopped five shots in the third period.
"That one is not on Kent, it's on us," Hansen said, referring to the loss. "We played sloppy D. Our forwards were awful. We let Kent hang out to dry and we lost. Plain and simple."
Gophers coach Don Lucia was not critical of Patterson either. "It wasn't his fault," he said.
The one-sided score led to Lucia to change goalies. "It was 4-0 after two," he said. "Ok, let's get Shibby in there tonight."
Lucia said he did not ask Patterson how he felt about coming out. "That part of it is irrelevant," Lucia said. "At that point in time you are thinking big picture. It's 4-0 and the chance that you are going to come back are slim. You know what? Get a little bit of rest, and get ready to go [Saturday]."
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My final marathon of the weekend resulted in 2nd lady and first lady overall
Chrissi, how did you get on?
Jono..100 miles...thud. Not for me, that I feel may be one challenge too many. Heads down and achieve the target for the year!
John, fair point if it involves another individual's entry. Good luck on recovery though, what is your next challenge?
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John Bach..man up boyo, thrash it. Oh, perhaps you have more respect for your body than Jono and I have.
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Marathon 42 of the year passed by without too much issue. Autumn Shakespeare on Saturday. I was very careful due to recent scare so bimbled around a very flat course in 3.40 mins, could have been at least 10-15 mins faster I reckon but care was required! This weekend takes me to numbers 43 and 45, a back to back in sunny Cleethorpes
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Ukraine, Russia, and the International Order
October 22, 2014 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Kennan Institute
Over the last twenty-five years, the ideal of an integrated Euro-Atlantic community including Russia has gradually faded, as new dividing lines seem to be hardening on the European continent. The Ukrainian crisis and conflict with Russia have effectively brought an end to the post-Cold War era; it remains an open question what will be the outlines and nature of the new era that follows. William H. Hill, former head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, looks at the events in Ukraine from multiple vantage points. What happened in Ukraine and what are the prospects? What motivated Russia's conduct during the crisis, and what are Moscow's likely courses of action in the near and medium term? What are U.S. perceptions, motives, and likely responses to the crisis? Finally, what are the implications of the crisis for the Euroatlantic and global international order? Professor Hill shared his analysis on these questions and Kennan Institute Public Policy Scholar Michael Kofman provided commentary.
Russia and Ukraine: Hybrid War in the Donbas
October 09, 2014 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
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Much discussion has taken place about the political implications and outcomes of the conflict in Ukraine, but these have been shaped by military realities on the ground. Michael Kofman discussed the current military balance and the actual state of Ukraine's military and defense industry. The tactics employed in this summer's fighting by all sides will have implications that reverberate throughout the process of ceasefire and political settlement. It is important to understand the military nuances in order to gain perspective on Ukraine's options in the future.
Russia and U.S.: Is a Real Partnership Still Possible?
October 06, 2014 // 1:30pm — 3:00pm
Kennan Institute
Former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov spoke about the current state of U.S.-Russia relations during one of the tensest times since the end of the Cold War. Joining him to discuss current events affecting this important relationship was former CNN foreign correspondent Jill Dougherty.
"The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union"
October 03, 2014 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Kennan Institute
Serhii Plokhii presented his latest book, "The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union." Using recently declassified documents and original interviews, Plokhii examines the events leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. He reveals that it was largely inter-republic disunity and not American influence that led to the surprising dissolution of one of the world's two superpowers. Plokhii provides new insight into the events leading up to 1991, which continue to reverberate to the present day.
"Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia?"
October 01, 2014 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Kennan Institute
Former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar, Karen Dawisha, presented her new book "Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?" with Elizabeth A. Wood joining her as a discussant. The book traces Putin's sudden rise to power and examines the network of individuals who rose to power and riches along with him. Dawisha's provocative new study further addresses the nature of Putin's power vertical and the endemic corruption that accompanies his system.
Laying the BRICS of a New Global Order: From Yekaterinburg 2009 to eThekwini 2013
August 12, 2014 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
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The meteoric rise of the BRICS group has led to an unprecedented increase in partnership, trade, and investment among some of the world's most dynamic economies. Yet this increase in cooperation should not be allowed to obscure the complexities and contradictions inherent within this cohort of emerging global actors.
Putting the South Caucasus in Perspective
August 05, 2014 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Kennan Institute
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have been independent states for more than 23 years. Although geographically contiguous, they differ in language, religion, and political and security orientation. How is each country faring in state-building, developing democracy, and improving economic performance? What are their relationships with Russia and the West, and with each other? How does their historical experience influence current developments, and what are their long term prospects?
The Impact of Ukraine in the Neighborhood
July 22, 2014 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Kennan Institute
Russia's annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine is having ripple effects throughout Eurasia. But what has been the impact in the immediate neighborhood, the South Caucasus, Moldova, and Belarus as well as Ukraine itself?
Citizens, Subjects, and Slackers: Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes
July 16, 2014 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Kennan Institute
Marc Berenson's unique surveys of Poles, Russians, and Ukrainians, conducted from 2004 to 2012 regarding their attitudes towards paying taxes, illustrate that Polish citizens express a far greater willingness and support for paying taxes than Russian citizens, who, in turn, are more willing taxpayers than Ukrainian citizens. Unlike Poles, whose compliance is related to their trust in the state, and Russians, whose compliance is related to their fear of the state, Ukrainians, showing the lowest support for tax obedience, have reacted to state efforts to increase compliance with less fear and little trust.
Russia's Far Right and Far Left Friends in Europe
July 11, 2014 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Global Europe Program
In recent years Russia has shown a growing interest in East European far-right parties. Now Russia, as Political Capital Institute research demonstrates, is increasingly involving itself with far-right and far-left parties of Western Europe as well. At a time of political and economic crisis some European political forces have become particularly receptive to Russia's new conservative, increasingly nationalist message. PCI Director Peter Kreko will discuss the changing perception of Russia on the political fringes of European politics and the new challenges it poses for Euro-Atlantic integration at both the national and the EU level.


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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) - Authorities are trying to find whoever is throwing socks filled with sand and rocks at motorists northwest of Atlanta.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 8,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 287,000, as the total number of beneficiaries dropped to its lowest level in more than eight years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned Wednesday in the face of multiple revelations of security breaches, bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe.
NEW YORK (AP) â A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds.
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks sank in midday trading Wednesday as disappointing economic data in the U.S. and Europe weighed on investors' minds. Airlines stocks fell as investors feared that news of the first case of Ebola being diagnosed in the U.S. would discourage people from traveling.
DETROIT (AP) - Big discounts on pickup trucks kept U.S. auto sales strong in September.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fastest and surest path to marriage for same-sex couples in some parts of the United States would be for the Supreme Court to surprise everyone and decline to get involved in the issue right now.
BEIJING (AP) - The 10,000 doves released in a ceremony Wednesday for China's National Day underwent unusual scrutiny, each having its feathers and anus checked for dangerous materials, state-run media reports said, reflecting government jitters over possible attacks.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A man accused of abducting and killing a real estate agent in rural Arkansas pleaded not guilty Tuesday to preliminary charges of kidnapping and capital murder, hours after the woman's body was discovered in a shallow grave.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The maker of the world's top-selling erectile dysfunction drug on Tuesday will begin airing the first Viagra TV commercial that targets the less-obvious sufferers of the sexual condition: women.
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Chennai | India
- Current job title:Manager PurchaseBus Body company
Abhijit Waghmode*
Analyst, AXA Bus. Services Pvt Ltd.
Pune | India
- Current job title:AnalystAXA Bus. Services Pvt Ltd.
3 contacts
Abdul matheen Mohammad*
Workshop Foreman Tanzania Road Haulage (1980) LTD – Tanzania.
Hyderabad | India
- Current job title:Mercedes Benz System TechnicianAl Zawawi Trading CO LLC
- Previous job title:Technician cum workshop in charge Mercedes Benz Truck & bus deportment
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3 contacts
Amar Deshpande*
design executive, corona bus manufacturing pvt ltd
Pune | India
- Current job title:design executivecorona bus manufacturing pvt ltd
Tamilarasan G*
good thick accepter, lakshmi pvc pipe company
Salem | India
- Current job title:good thick accepterlakshmi pvc pipe compay
- Previous job title:good thick accepterlsl bus services
Irfan Ali*
3 year accounting exp, Reyadh Al Awadi (bus rental co)(Dubai)
- Current job title:3 year accounting expReyadh Al Awadi (bus rental co)(Dubai)
School: Kanpur University
Account assistant and bookkeeping
Krupa Shah*
chartered accountant, Ruby Bus Private Limited
- Current job title:chartered accountantRuby Bus Private Limited
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