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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
10 Underrated Candies
I often try to champion exceptional candies, ones that don't have million dollar advertising budgets or huge fandoms on social networks. But there are other candies out there that have been plugging away for decades just being dependable. They're not the best they could be, but they certainly don't get the attention they deserve.
So here they are, not the only 10 candies that are underrated, but just 10 that I happen to love and find myself eating more often, now that I've circled around and tried a few thousand other candies in the past eight years.
Chick-O-Sticks (Atkinson's)
Description: Orange crunchy layers of peanut butter crisp rolled in coconut.
What's to like about it?
Crispy peanut butter layers. You get right to it, no busting your way through some crazy overly-sweet mockolate. It's just about the peanuts, it's completely crispy, a little salty and totally nutty. The best format are the individually wrapped minis shown, they make far less mess than the long bar format.
They're vegan and gluten free.
Well, there's coconut on the outside. I'm not sure why, but it's there and it's always been there. There's not a lot and it really doesn't contribute much to the flavor but does give a little chew to the texture. What would make me even happier is if they got rid of the artificial colors in it, which I could swear give them a slight bitter aftertaste that I don't get from the equally lovely Atkinson's Peanut Bars.
What makes it underrated?
The packaging is lackluster and they can be hard to find, especially in the Northeast.
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews (Just Born)
Description: a molasses chew studded with peanuts covered in dark mockolate.
What's to like about it?
Molasses and peanuts. That's it. It's dark and mysterious, only slightly sweet, sometimes a little bitter. It's chewy and crunchy and with a lot of nuts, it's very satisfying and filling. They come in cute little bars, so you can just eat one or two and save the rest for later or share. They're vegan!
The mockolate coating is disappointing. It's usually a bit toasty flavored but waxy so it lacks a creamy smooth quality that might really tip this over into being an incredible candy.
What makes it underrated?
The name and packaging marks it as an old-time, regional candy bar. Just Born, who bought out Goldenberg's, renamed the candy, then brought back the classic name & design, further confusing people. The molasses component is a hard sell in artificial times.
Root Beer Barrels (Various Brands)
What's to like about it?
It tastes like root beer! I tastes more like root beer than most of the cheap and weak sodas on store shelves and it's more portable. It's a hard to find flavor that really shines in hard candy form.
Some brands are better than others. Voids in the candy can be sharp and make small cuts or abrasions on the tongue or palate.
What makes it underrated?
It's hard candy and hard candy is for old ladies.
Honees Honey Drops (DiNatura)
Description: little honey flavored hard candies filled with honey.
What's to like about it?
They're dead simple and satisfying, the honey center coats the throat and does actually soothe without medication.
They can be expensive and can be messy, as many packages get sticky because of the delicate filling in the pieces.
What makes it underrated?
They're stuck in the cough drop aisle, not with the rest of the candy. Sure, they're soothing, but they're also comforting, and who doesn't want to be comforted regularly?
Chocolate Covered Orange Zest (your local chocolate shop)
Description: candied orange peel is dipped in dark chocolate
What's to like about it?
It's extremely simple with a good combination of textures and flavors. There's the bitterness of the orange oils and dark chocolate, the chewy texture of the peel and the creamy melt of the chocolate.
They're a small treat, and the satisfaction is usually due to good quality peels done well (not to soft and sticky, not leathery tough) and appropriate amounts of chocolate. They're often expensive, which is odd because it's basically chocolate covered garbage, but they do require a bit of manual labor to make.
What makes it underrated?
Probably the fact that some places sell bad versions or put awful chocolate on them. They're also not for everyone, citrus is just not everyone's thing.
Hot Tamales (Just Born)
Description: rod shaped hot cinnamon jelly beans.
What's to like about it?
They're cinammony, soft and chewy. They're not too hot, so you can eat a lot of them, unlike some other super sizzling cinnamon candies.
The red food coloring is a bit overwhelming and sometimes I get a package that tastes like cherry.
What makes it underrated?
They're just jelly beans. There's only one flavor in the box.
Buttermints (Richardson)
Description: buttery mint puffs
What's to like about it?
They're like sweet, minty air. They're soft and melt in your mouth. They're lightly flavored like peppermint, the opposite of the blast of flavor from an Altoid.
They're hard to find and can get stale quickly or take on flavors from other foods around them. If they're sitting out in a bowl, they're going to be disappointing.
What makes it underrated?
They're marketed as an after dinner mint, not a treat in their own right.
Toffee Peanuts (Various brands - shown is Old Dominion also Adams-Brooks Candies)
Description: crunchy caramelized sugar covering peanuts
What's to like about it?
They're often found at truck stops and in vending machines. They're a great combination of satisfying peanut protein and sweet, buttery toffee. Though they're similar to French Burnt Peanuts, they're not as tough to crunch and often have a more authentic peanut and browned butter flavor to them.
They can be sticky and sometimes if the bag has been shaken up too much, all the toffee comes off the nuts. (But then it's just perfect as a topping for ice cream.)
What makes it underrated?
As you may have already noticed a theme here, underrated candies are usually in small pieces, not bar form. It's easy to dismiss a toffee coated peanut because there are other, more trendy candies out there. But they've been making these for hundreds of years for a reason.
Spearmint Leaves (Generic)
Description: spearmint flavored jellies shaped like a mint leaf.
What's to like about it?
There are so few spearmint candies in the United States these days, and these endure for a reason. They're sweet but with a really powerful spearmint note to them that balances it out. The sugar crust balances the sticky jelly of the center. They're usually vegan as there's no gelatin used in gumdrops.
They can get stale quickly, or worse, get sticky and damp. They're not easy to combine with other candies in a trail mix. I feel like an old lady when I pick them out in the store.
Sugar Babies (Tootsie)
Description: caramel bits covered in a grainy sugar shell.
What's to like about it?
If you've ever thought, "why don't they make caramel jelly beans", this is the answer. Why make a flavored item when you can give the same treatment to the real thing.
When the get stale, they're pretty hard. They don't do well in trail mix with things like dried fruit because the moisture will make them even grainier or sticky.
What makes it underrated?
I think folks stop eating them when they grow up, and never go back.
So that's my list. What do you think is undervalued or poorly marketed?
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Nestle Skinny Cow Divine Filled Chocolates with Peanut Butter Creme
Nestle is continuing their expansion of the confectionery line for Skinny Cow. The dairy dessert brand is now a candy brand as well. They started with wafer bars, which were passable, but contain a poor listing of ingredients.
These single serve packages of Divine Filled Chocolates have only 130 calories, but that's to be expected because it's only 1 ounce of candy. The wrapper describes the Peanut Butter Creme variety as velvety milk chocolate and delicious peanut butter creme.
As a treat, they're lovely. The pieces are well sized and really attractive. If you lined them up on a plate, you'll really feel like you're getting a treat. So kudos to Skinny Cow for recognizing that part of candy is the beauty of it.
The ingredients list is long and the filling isn't really peanut butter, it's more like a peanut syrup, as it's a combination of peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, dried milk and palm oil.
They smell sweet and nutty, not that unlike a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. The chocolate is soft and has an easy bite. The center of the chocolate has the thinnest possible strip of peanut butter creme in it. The chocolate is very sweet and milky, without much of a distinctive chocolate taste. The peanut butter creme is salty, that's what I got at first, an intense amount of salt. There's 80 mg in the package, which is a lot for only one ounce of candy, but really stood out because it was only in the filling. The peanut butter is gooey and melts right away because it's mostly sugar, not peanuts.
I actually prefer the wafer bars, even though they're not covered in real chocolate, because they have a lot of texture to them and feel more like a snack. This feels like a tease, it's pretty but it doesn't live up to the expectations that it's going to be decadent or filling. There's so little peanut butter in there and it's only one ounce, the package has only 1 gram of protein. For the same calories, you could have three Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures (44 calories each, almost 1 gram of protein each).
I really don't understand paying so much money for so little candy when it's of poor quality. I'd say get something like the Q.Bel Wafer Bars or just have some Reese's Miniatures (if you can stand to have the whole bag in the house).
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Pearson's Sea Salt Caramel Nut Goodies
The Nut Goodie is made by Pearson's and debuted in 1912, one of the oldest combination candy bars still in production. Though they're still mostly a local candy in the St. Paul, Minnesota area, they are found at specialty stores around the country. One of the notable things about the Nut Goodies (a maple cream covered with peanuts & chocolate) is that they're made with real chocolate. There are a lot of regional candy bars that somewhere along the way (or maybe they started out that way) ended up with cheaper "chocolate compound" (basically, mockolate).
Pearson's is busy celebrating their 100th anniversary with some special events, including the first new spin-off of the Nut Goodie, the Pearson's Sea Salt Caramel Nut Goodies. (I'm not sure why this version of the candy gets a plural on the package.)
The new Sea Salt Caramel Nut Goodie – made with real milk chocolate, Virginia peanuts, sea salt and caramel – marks the first permanent line extension in the Nut Goodie's 100-year history.
It's a very simple candy, which makes me wonder why there aren't more of these on the market. A caramel pattie covered in peanuts and milk chocolate. Dead simple, but not easy to find.
The caramel portion is soft and chewy, almost the point of flowing. When they said sea salt, they weren't kidding though. This 1.75 ounce candy has 220 mg, which is about twice as much as necessary. The nuts, as promised, are fresh and crunch and actually have that distinctive "Virginia" flavor which is a little more earthy and less green than other varieties. The chocolate is sweet but much richer with a stronger cocoa flavor than I expected. It was a welcome component to the piece. Really, my only issue with this is the too-salty caramel. I recognize that my low-salt lifestyle has made me much more sensitive to this, but I still think that the level, for a non-savory item, is just too high.
I liked the package, I liked the concept. I hope that Pearson's considers a regular caramel instead or at least in addition to this.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Zitners: Butter Krak, Peanut Butter, Double Cocoanut & Butter Cream Eggs
Zitner's Butter Krak Eggs are a local favorite in Philadelphia. Their Easter egg selections have been made since 1922. Like many candy companies, it started with a family recipe, sold to friends and neighbors at the holidays and expanded from there.
I don't remember eating them when I lived in Pennsylvania, and I've never seen them in stores anywhere else. One of my fellow candy bloggers did send me a couple about five years ago (but it was after Easter, so I didn't post a review) so I have had them recently.
I was looking forward to trying them again, so I put in an order from a webstore called PA General Store that sells Philadelphia favorites. I ordered a mixed box of 24, which included a selection of their four single serving sized eggs: Butter Krak, Peanut Butter, Double Cocoanut & Butter Cream Eggs.
Zitners Butter Krak Egg is one of those names that sticks with you. The odd thing is that the actual description of the egg was a mystery to me.
They're a coconut butter cream covered in dark chocolate, but the chocolate also has toasted coconut in it. (Well, they call it cocoanut. More on that later.)
All of the eggs are about the same size, about 2.5 inches long, about 1 inch in diameter and weigh 1 and 1/8 of an ounce. So they're nice portions, about double the size of a boxed chocolate.
The dark chocolate has a lot of the crispy toasted coconut in it, it gives it a nice texture and is actually toasted and crispy (which is hard to balance without them becoming too hard and difficult to chew). The center is soft and creamy, like a buttercream frosting. It's sugary but has an overall smooth texture. There's a lot of coconut in there, though it's shorter minced bits, so not too chewy.
The dark chocolate isn't bitter but still balances the sweetness of the center well. This is one of those candies that I would like once or twice a year and I can see why it's a local favorite. I'm not sure if I've had another version quite like it.
Now, if no one told me the names of these eggs, I would have thought the Butter Krak was double the coconut, because it has coconut in the center and the chocolate. But the reality is that the cream center of the Double Cocoanut Egg actually has twice the coconut than, well, I guess the Butter Krak center.
It is dense. It's not as buttery, sweet or moist as the Butter Krak. But it is coconutty. The center barely holds together. I liked how it was so much less sweet than all the other eggs I'd tried, it was far more satisfying. Still, it was just a chocolate covered coconut egg, though it was fresh and I generally like them, this one didn't blow me away.
Zitners Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Egg was my favorite. It's not really that hard to make a good peanut butter egg and they've done a great job. The peanut butter center isn't too dry and not too sticky smooth either. The texture is very similar to a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup with a noticeable grain and fair amount of peanut butter oils. The tops of my eggs were a little soft, a hazard when coating peanut butter with chocolate. But they held together well. The peanut butter has just the right hint of salt and has a peanut butter cookie dough texture.
They don't quite top the Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs but if you want to go for something locally made (if you are on the Eastern Seaboard) this is a nice option. (Though I don't know where their milk chocolate comes from.)
Zitners Butter Cream Egg was my least favorite of the bunch. It's extremely sweet. The center is pure mushy sweetness. I was hoping it was going to have a defined butter flavor, or perhaps a brown sugar note. Instead it's like a log of frosting covered in dark chocolate. The dark chocolate, though thin, does moderate the overt sweetness (as does a little bit of salt) but it's still too insanely sweet with no other flavors or textures to provide a respite.
On the other hand, Easter is always the most insanely sweet season, the time of year when I yearn for white chocolate, so I know there must be plenty of people out there who must have these.
If I lived in an area where I had a choice between these and Russell Stover, I'd probably go for these in Peanut Butter or the Butter Krak over any of the Russell Stover varieties. (Except for the Pecan Delight.) But I live in a See's area, and though they don't offer them at the drug store in individually wrapped pieces, I would make the trip to get their Scotchmallow Eggs or mix of Egg Quartet (though they cost about 25% more).
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:16 pm Candy • Review • Easter • Zitners Candy • Chocolate • Coconut • Fondant • Peanuts • 6-Tempting • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (2)
Friday, February 22, 2013
Trader Joe's PB&J Milk Chocolate Bar
Trader Joe's rarely takes a breather in their new product introductions. If I don't go in for a few weeks, I might miss its appearance on the New at Trader Joe's shelves only to stumble on it in the regular rotation. This was the case with the new Trader Joe's PB&J Milk Chocolate Bar . The bar is found at the check out stands, in my case, mixed in with the Speculoos Bars.
The bar is simply a milk chocolate bar with creamy peanut butter and tart raspberry jelly.
The bar is about 5 inches long and 1.25 inches wide. It's a nicely sized portion, at 1.75 ounces though the calorie count is a bit high since it's so fatty - 230 calories for the bar or if you'd like to compare it to others I've reviewed, it's 160 calories per ounce.
There's no statement about the origin or sourcing of the chocolate, but some of the ingredients are organic like the palm oil in the peanut butter filling and some of the sugar.
The bar looks very simple. There are six segments, each filled with a base of peanut butter and topped with a syrupy raspberry jelly.
The milk chocolate is quite dark and has a smoky flavor to it. It's smooth and has an excellent silky melt and strong flavor of its own, however, the overriding scent of the bar is peanut butter. Once I bit into a segment, though, the raspberry flavors were far more evident. The whole thing really was like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
The peanut butter is smooth, it has a dark roasted flavor with a hint of bitterness to it. There's also a fair bit of salt, 60 mg for the whole bar, considering how much actual peanut butter is in there, I feel like it's a lot but not over-salted.The jelly itself is a little runny. The best effect for the bar is to bite the segments, to get the smell of the berries, but that just makes the goo run. The raspberry is smooth, not at all grainy, it's sweet but has a tartness to it. There are no seeds, but the flavor of the seeds, that woodsy green note is there.
For a buck, it's a great bar. It's different from anything else you can get in this price range and the ingredients are top of the line. The profile is less sweet than most other candy bars, which is refreshing.
There are no preservatives or artificial colors/flavors. It contains milk, soy and peanuts and may contain traces of wheat, eggs and/or tree nuts. It's Kosher and made in Canada.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:41 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Trader Joe's • Chocolate • Jelly Candy • Kosher • Peanuts • 8-Tasty • Canada • Comments (6)
Monday, February 18, 2013
Annabelle's Abba-Zaba Strawberry Peanut Butter
The original Abba-Zaba bar has been around since the 1920s. It's a simple construction, a ribbon of thick peanut butter inside a chewy vanilla taffy.
Annabelle's, the California company that now makes Abba-Zabas came out with a new flavor last year, the Abba-Zaba Strawberry & Peanut Butter. The little starburst on the side of the package says "PB&J with real peanut butter."
The color of the package is extraordinary. The regular flavor is taxi-cab yellow and black ... for strawberry they went magenta and black. It looks like nothing else on the shelves.
I'm not a huge consumer of Abba-Zaba, I'm more of a Look or Big Hunk fan, as the Annabelle's bars go. The concept is strong, but the flavor profiles & textures are just a little off for my tastes.
The Strawberry Abba-Zaba has a fruity taffy outside. It's sweet, though not sickeningly. The bar is best if you smack it on the edge of a table before you open it to break it into easy to eat pieces. The taffy is flavored only with the scent of strawberries, it's not a tangy taffy. So the idea of getting the flavor of a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich is a little off ... because it doesn't taste like jam. It's more like a strawberry cake - all sweetness and not tart. The chew is good, not too tough, it's soft and combines well with the peanut butter center. The peanut butter is smooth and creamy, but lacking a big salty punch or enough texture to differentiate it well from the taffy when it's chewed together. I like the graininess of peanut butter in candies like Mary Janes.
Overall, it's not my thing. It's different ... but I'd be more inclined to go for a honey taffy or maybe even Banana if it was just going to be sweet.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:54 pm Candy • Review • Annabelle's • Chews • Kosher • Peanuts • 5-Pleasant • United States • Comments (1)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Liddabit Sweets - Candy Bars
Liddabit Sweets is based in Brooklyn, New York and makes candy bars with a gourmet twist. They're made by hand with premium ingredients and a bit more flair for decadence than the normal factory churned fare.
They've made a name for themselves using locally sourced ingredients and a lot of creativity to the whole genre of candy bars. From the boxes to the innovative combinations, Liddabit feels like more than a handmade version of factory favorites, they're original from the ground up. I picked up a selection of three from their stall at the New Amsterdam Market at the tip of Manhattan. They're also sold in stores in New York and if you check their website, at some other gourmet shops around the country. Also, they have a webstore where you can order them to be delivered right to your door.
Liddabit Sweets The Snack'r Candy Bar is their bar that most closely resembles an existing favorite, the Snickers bar made by Mars since 1930. According to the package, This chewy delight features crunchy, roasted peanuts in a golden caramel atop our creamy chocolate nougat, all covered in dark chocolate.
The bar is formidable. It's sold in a lovely box decorated with white flowers and a diagonal label that shows the premium ingredients (though they do also have gelatin, eggs, dairy, soy and peanuts in them, they're made in a shared facility with wheat and tree nuts as well). It's four ounces, almost twice the mass of a Snickers. I already find the Snickers to be too much for one serving, so this was at least three for me.
The bar is lovely, though a little bland to look at, lacking the swirls of milk chocolate on the top, it's a simple enrobing. The bars are over four inches long, 1.25 wide and one inch high.
The star of this bar is the nougat. It's really unlike any nougat you'll find in a commercial bar. Unlike the Mars version of nougat, which is fluffed and grainy, the Liddabit is smooth, creamy and light. There's a chewy pull to it, not quite marshmallow but a little more whipped than an Italian torrone. There's a note of cocoa in it, which keeps it from being too sweet. The base of caramel is chewy and salty with few peanuts, but those that I did encounter were large and crunchy. The dark chocolate pulls it all together with a smoky note.
The bar had a real boxed chocolate vibe to it, the peanuts were really the only element that brought this back into the snack territory. I started this review with the bar because it's by far the best example of an upscale bar I've had.
The Pecan Pie Candy Bar is actually a chocolate pecan pie. It starts with a flaky pie crust base, a homemade pecan dulce de leche with a bourbon ganache covered in dark chocolate.
The bar is interesting in that it's actually more like a Pecan Bar Cookie than a candy bar in some ways. The construction is this: a flaky cookie base with a layer of chocolate ganache and pecans covered in dark chocolate. The result is a decadent treat.
The ganache center is quite soft, so it's an easy bite even though it's a pretty tall bar. The pecans are well distributed and form a generous ratio of the center. The ganache is interesting, first because it's not overly chocolatey ... it's more cheesecakey. There's a noticeable tang to it, a little tartness that gives it that baked good note of sour cream instead of whipping cream.
As a candy bar, it's too much. It's too decadent to eat in several sittings, mostly because the cookie crust can't take sitting around after it's been opened. I enjoyed it, but I don't see myself buying another one. That doesn't mean that it wasn't well done, but it's not what I want from a candy bar.
The Humbug is definitely on the unique end of the candy bar spectrum. It features a cocoa sable cookie, a mint chocolate ganache, a white chocolate coating and crushed organic peppermint candies.
The sable cookie base is salty and sandy and crunchy and not at all sweet. It is a bit of a mess though, often creating a lot of crumbs if I didn't bite it perfectly. The minted chocolate ganache is just the right texture - soft enough to bite through with a quick melt but not greasy or oily. The cocoa flavors are light with the mint shining through for the most part and the white chocolate coating giving it another little hint of sweetness and milky flavors.
Liddabit makes about a dozen different bars, and some are likely seasonal (like the Humbug). I'm interested in anything that utilizes their excellent nougat and plant to try their other bars, such as The King which features peanut butter and banana. The bars are expensive, $8 each, but they're also huge. That cuts down on the number of different flavors I can do at a time, but now that I found a local shop that carries them in Los Angeles, I can take my time.
As a side note, I can't help but think of the song Give a Little Bit by Supertramp whenever I hear or read the name Liddabit. That could be just me ... or maybe this video will also get that stuck in your head.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Nectar Nugget Peanut Butter and Almond Butter Cups
While I was shopping at Whole Foods outside of Philadelphia back in September, I spotted these Nectar Nuggets Peanut Butter Cups. I'd never seen the before, but there was a little tag next to them that said "They're Back!" so I figured they must be a local favorite.
There were three varieties on the shelf, and I picked up one of each: Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup and Almond Butter Cup.
The name Nectar Nugget didn't ring any bells for me, but with the little picture of a bee in the corner of the wrapper and the word nectar in the name, I thought perhaps these were honey sweetened. That would definitely be interesting!
The packaging is quite spare. It's just the gold mylar wrapper. There's no paperboard card that they're sitting on and they don't come in a fluted cup.
The cups are of the same proportions that we're all accustomed to, two inches wide at the top and only one half an inch high.
The chocolate used for Nectar Nugget is Rainforest Alliance certified, so it's sustainably grown and audited to assure that no child labor or slaves are used.
It smells a bit grassy, like real peanuts but not dark roasted ones. The chocolate has a nice sheen. There's a little bit of a cloudy spot on top of the center, but I forgive that with real peanut butter, as the natural oils tend to migrate.
The peanut butter in the Nectar Nuggets is extremely smooth but also quite thick. It has a nice melt, like chocolate or fudge. The salt is light and gives the peanut butter a sort of warm feel as it melts. The milk chocolate is quite sweet but has a much quicker melt than the peanut butter and creates a good backdrop. It's not particularly milky, but also not very chocolately, just a nice sweet texture.
The package says that it's Giant Size, which is 1.2 ounces ... a bit bigger than a standard Reese's, but not what I'd call a King Size. The thick texture of the peanut butter makes it quite filling for me, so much so that I had to space out my review of this set of cups over several days (and I've been known to eat a lot of candy in one day).
Nectar Nugget Dark Peanut Butter Cup is, as the name would indicate, the dark chocolate version.
The ingredients include milk, so it's not a true dark chocolate (nor vegan) item. Like the other cups, the package says that there are 5 grams of protein in each cup. This makes them rather filling without that too-much-sugar crash later.
The dark chocolate cup is tough, but in a way it's worth it. The dark chocolate is smooth and buttery, though it starts a little waxy and stiff if it's cold. The peanut butter feels drier than the milk chocolate version. The melt of the dark chocolate is quick and really fatty, it rolls around on the tongue quite a bit. The cocoa flavors are very deep, nutty and on the bitter side. It brings a whole smoky flavor to the cup.
The Nectar Nugget Almond Butter Cup feels like a bit more of a special item. Chocolate cups made with other nut butters aren't that easy to find, but are becoming a little more commonplace.
I was wondering if this actually was a nut butter or a marzipan, but it's definitely nut butter.
The Almond Butter cup is interesting. Most notably, the nut butter interior is quite salty, especially compared to the sweet and smooth chocolate. It's 80 mg of sodium (same as the peanut butter ones) which is actually less than a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Like the peanut butter varieties here, the nut butter is a little on the dry side, but not crumbly, quite smooth and fresh. Instead of the roasted and grassy flavors of peanuts, the almond butter is a bit less vivid. Instead, the textures were the focus and the milk chocolate was more noticeable.
It still lacked a pizazz for me, but that's probably because I was indoctrinated as a child into the peanut butter culture of North America. Even so, since they're made in a facility with peanut butter, they're not suitable for those with allergies to peanuts.
They were good and I appreciate the attention to details with the ingredients and the portioning. The ratios are good. They're not my ideal cup but the fact that they're ethically sourced and have no artificial preservatives tip my opinion in their favor. So I think I might pick them up again even though they were pricey (I think they were $2.00 each or something close to that) but probably wouldn't seek them out at a special store. (They contain soy, milk and peanuts or almonds but there's no statement about gluten.)
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:05 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Chocolate • Ethically Sourced • Nuts • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Whole Foods • Comments (0)
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AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Department of Health and Human Services says the MaineCare rides mess is improving, but some clients and drivers say they don't see it.
Last week, we told you about the new system the state's using for disabled Mainers to get rides to their needed services. The state adopted that new system to comply with federal regulations.
But in its first week, the broker system resulted in dozens of people complaining about missed rides, double booked rides, even some little kids being dropped off at the wrong house.
Pam Lee, whose daughter missed rides during the first week, asked families to call her if they're having trouble. She says her daughter's now being well taken care of, but that's not what she's heard from other families, who tell her missed rides and double booked rides are still a huge problem.
Drivers Rita Roux and Carol Ojea have each been driving clients for close to 20 years. They say they've never experienced problems like they've seen these past two weeks. They've showed up to the same houses as other drivers, and heard from long-time clients, completely distraught by the confusion of not knowing whether or when their ride will show up.
Roux said, "Put it back. Please, put it back. The system was working. The community action system across the state was working well. And having a broker that lacks the compassion for the client is hurting the client."
Stefanie Nadeau, the Director of MaineCare services for DHHS, said she doesn't think the system itself is the problem. "We believe that the transportation brokerage system is the right model," she said. "What we need to evaluate is do we have the right brokers in place to meet the needs and the demands for the transportation in the state of Maine."
Nadeau says the state is doing a lot of number crunching with preliminary data right now, trying to figure out the scope of this problem. She said there are definitely still lots of complaints coming in, and it's clear that things are not where they should be.
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Employee: Karen A. Amoroso
Employer: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Self-insurer: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Board No.: 034740-02
(Judges Costigan, Horan and Fabricant)
Richard D. Surrette, Esq., for the employee
Thomas J. Murphy, Esq., for the self-insurer
COSTIGAN, J. The employee appeals from an administrative judge's decision denying her claim for incapacity and medical benefits. The employee argues that because she and the § 11A physician were both employed by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (hereinafter "UMass Medical School"), the impartiality which is the safeguard of the § 11A system was compromised, and the impartial medical report should have been stricken. We agree, and reverse the judge's decision. We recommit the case for the admission of additional medical evidence, which may include a new impartial medical examination by a different doctor.
Karen Amoroso, age thirty-six at the time of hearing, was employed as a janitor by the UMass Medical School. Her duties included making beds, cleaning bathrooms, washing floors, and emptying trash. A few months before her industrial accident, she began to notice pain in her [left] knee, brought on by no particular incident. She underwent MRI testing and medical treatment, but missed no time from work. (Dec. 2.)
On October 1, 2002, Ms. Amoroso caught her pant leg on a wheelchair, and fell onto her left knee. [1] She was unable to continue working, and has not worked since. ( Id.) On October 11, 2002, ten days after her work injury, the employee injured her back in a motor vehicle accident. (Dec. 3.)
Because of her intervening back injury, the employee did not claim compensation benefits for her knee injury until February 2003. [2] (Dec. 4; Employee br. 2.) The self-insurer denied the claim, and following a § 10A conference, the administrative judge awarded the employee § 35 partial incapacity benefits and medical benefits from and after February 27, 2003. The self-insurer appealed to an evidentiary hearing, and the employee was scheduled for a § 11A impartial medical examination with Dr. Thomas Goss. (Dec. 2.)
Upon receipt of notice of the impartial medical examination, and three months before the exam was to take place, the employee filed a motion for the appointment of a new impartial physician on the ground that Dr. Goss could not reasonably be expected to maintain impartiality where both he and the employee are employed by UMass Medical School. (Employee's Motion for the Appointment of a New Impartial Physician, filed June 10, 2003.) [3] The self-insurer opposed the motion, arguing that although Dr. Goss was a professor at the Medical School, he was more closely associated with the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, a private entity. (Commonwealth's Opposition to Employee's Motion for the Appointment of a New Impartial Physician, filed June 23, 2003.) (See footnote 2, supra.) On July 8, 2003, the judge issued a terse written denial of the motion: "After review, I see no reason to appoint a new impartial physician in this matter." ( Id.)
Dr. Goss examined the employee on September 5, 2003, and rendered a report bearing that same date. (Stat. Ex. 1.) Prior to hearing, the employee filed a motion to submit additional medical evidence arguing, inter alia, that the impartial report was inadequate due to the apparent bias of the impartial medical examiner stemming from his employment by UMass Medical School. (Employee's Motion to Supplement the Impartial Examiner's Report, filed January 2, 2004.) At the hearing on January 6, 2004, the judge declined to rule on the motion, indicating instead that employee's counsel could explore the issue of impartiality at Dr. Goss's deposition, after which, if he wished, he could renew the motion. (Tr. 57.)
Following the deposition, the employee filed a "Motion to Strike the Report of the Impartial Examiner," which the judge denied by letter dated March 24, 2004. Thus, the only medical evidence at hearing was the opinion of the impartial medical examiner, which had prima facie effect. See G. L. c. 152, § 11A(2).
At hearing, the self-insurer raised the affirmative defense of § 1(7A), contending that the employee bore the burden of proving her work injury was and remained a major cause of her disability or need for treatment. Adopting Dr. Goss's opinion, the judge found that the employee had suffered a relatively minor soft tissue injury at work on October 1, 2002, from which she would have fully recovered within four to six weeks, and that her ongoing complaints were related to pre-existing problems with her left knee. Because the employee did not claim benefits prior to February 27, 2003, by which time, according to Dr. Goss, any disability from the work injury would have ended, the judge denied the employee's claim for compensation. (Dec. 3-4.) In his decision, the judge addressed the employee's motions challenging Dr. Goss's testimony on the ground of bias with but one sentence: "An objection by the employee as to the impartial physician in this case was reviewed by me, and the objection overruled." (Dec. 2.)
On appeal, the employee argues that when the impartial physician is an employee of the employer defending the case, the impartiality of the § 11A examiner is necessarily compromised, and the impartial medical report is inadequate as a matter of law. (Employee br. 6.) The self-insurer acknowledges that Dr. Goss serves as a professor of the UMass Medical School and receives his paycheck from the Commonwealth. (Self-ins. br. 5; see also, Dep. 7, 10, 31.) It argues, however, that Dr. Goss is more closely affiliated with a private hospital, UMass Memorial Health Care, to which he is leased by the Medical School. [4] (Self-ins. br. 4-6.) The self-insurer also cites Dr. Goss's testimony that he did not know the employee prior to examining her, and that he had acted fairly and without bias in formulating his opinions. (Self-ins. br. 6; Dep. 35.) Whether the doctor's assertions are true or false is not the issue. It is the appearance of partiality or interest created by the fact of shared employment which taints the only medical evidence in this case, and thus adversely affects the employee's due process rights. We agree with the employee that the judge's decision cannot stand.
"Impartiality is the very cornerstone of the § 11A medical examiner system." Martin v. Red Star Express Lines, 9 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 670, 673 (1995). Accordingly, "an impartial physician acting pursuant to . . . § 11A must avoid even the appearance of partiality or interest." Tallent v. M.B.T.A., 9 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 794, 799 (1995), citing Martin, supra. An allegation of partiality or bias on the part of the § 11A physician is a challenge to the adequacy of the impartial examiner's report. Cramer v. Wal-Mart, 12 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 316, 318 (1998), citing Martin, supra.
Generally, the issue of whether impartiality has been compromised is left to the discretion of the judge, who must make findings and a ruling. "If bias, partiality, or the appearance of same is at issue, the judge must address it and make findings and a ruling in that regard. See G. L. c. 152, § 11B." Martin, supra at 673. However, where, as here, the record will support only one conclusion, we will rule on the issue as a matter of law. Tallent, supra at 799.
Our decision in Kenner v. Carney Hosp., 10 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 279 (1996), controls the outcome here:
The § 11A examiner's report and deposition stands alone as the pivotal medical evidence under the new Act. Because the parties' rights are dependent in great part on on this evidence and, absent inadequacy of the report or complex medical issues, no other medical evidence may be introduced, it is critical that the sole medical opinion be free of any taint of partiality. The § 11A medical examiner's affiliation with the self-insurer can only be construed as an appearance of partiality, if not a sympathetic inclination, (footnote omitted), and we conclude that the report and deposition are inadequate as a matter of law.
Id. at 281. We see no meaningful distinction between the facts of that case and those here. Dr. Goss admitted that he was employed by UMass Medical School. (Dep. 10, 14, 31.) The self-insurer points to the doctor's testimony that he spends most of his time at the hospital, not the medical school, and that he did not know the employee. These facts are irrelevant to the appearance of partiality created by the fact that his livelihood is dependent on the same employer for whom the employee worked. "[E]very effort should be made to avoid the appearance as well as the fact of favoritism or sympathetic inclination toward one party as against the other." Mattison's Case, 305 Mass. 91, 93 (1940).
Accordingly, we hold that the judge erred, as a matter of law, in denying the employee's motions regarding the appearance of partiality or conflict on the part of the § 11A impartial medical examiner. We reverse the administrative judge's decision, and recommit the case to him for the admission of additional medical evidence, which may include a new impartial medical examination with a different doctor, and for a decision anew based on that evidence.
So ordered.
Patricia A. Costigan
Administrative Law Judge
Mark D. Horan
Administrative Law Judge
Bernard W. Fabricant
Administrative Law Judge
Filed: August 24, 2005
[1] The judge found that the employee fell onto her right knee. (Dec. 1.) The employee testified that she fell onto her left knee. (Tr. 13.) The parties, as well as the § 11A impartial medical examiner, agree that the employee's work injury involved her left knee. (Employee br. 1, 2; Self-ins. br. 2, 3, 4; Stat. Ex. 1; Dep. 16, 17, 21, 22, 39, 41, 42, 45.)
[2] We take judicial notice of the employee's original claim, filed on January 9, 2003 and contained in the Board file. Rizzo v. M.B.T.A., 16 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 160, 161 n.3 (2002). That claim sought § 34 total incapacity benefits or, in the alternative, § 35 partial incapacity benefits, from and after October 1, 2002. Both at conference and at hearing, however, the employee claimed § 35 benefits only, and only from and after February 27, 2003. (Employee Ex. 1.)
[3] We take judicial notice of these documents in the board file. Rizzo, supra.
[4] At his deposition, Dr. Goss explained that a number of years ago, UMass Medical Center broke away from the medical school, and the medical center merged with Memorial Hospital to become UMass Memorial Health Care, a private institution, while the medical school remained under the state system. (Dep. 10, 35.) Both Dr. Goss and the employee are employed by UMass Medical School. ( Id. at 9-10, 13, 14.) Dr. Goss is a professor of orthopedic surgery at UMass Medical School, but he is also leased to UMass Memorial Health Care, where he serves as an attending orthopedic surgeon. ( Id. at 7, 10, 34.)


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General Off-Topic Board / Re: Democrats Weigh De-emphasizing Abortion as an Issue« on: December 28, 2004, 12:10:00 PM »
The majority of the country, though, is "pro-choice", depending on your definition. (The majority of the country is also perfectly comfortable with limiting abortions through such measures as requiring parental notification, for example.) What people are uncomfortable with in the way you suggested, I think, is abortion itself as opposed to its legality.
Really, as pro-choice goes, there are a lot of people such as myself who consider ourselves pro-life, yet who favor legal abortion in special cases. So this inflates the pro-choice numbers artificially. Of course I think there are situations where it is unavoidable... I just don't think it should be on demand. Does that make me pro-choice? Probably on paper, when a pollster asks me "do you believe that any abortion should be legal?". Now, I think everyone here would consider me pro-life; I certainly consider myself to be. But for the purposes of polling, I'd probably come across as leaning moderate, somewhat pro-choice.
I know you make a valid point. But it does depend, as you said, on how pro-choice is defined. I think that on a fundamental level of principle, this country is pretty staunchly pro-life, with a sizable pro-choice contingency. When it comes to exceptions and such, when abortion needs to be legal in special cases, I think you'll find that these same basically pro-life people have a "nuanced" position on it (all but the most extreme people). Nobody wants to see a woman die just because she was pregnant (life of the mother), and nobody wants to see young girls raped by their uncles bleeding to death with coathangers in dark alleys. Yet, there's certainly the overall point, which is not overcome by the exceptions: those same people are against abortion on demand, and especially against it when the statistics show (as they do) that the privilege is being grossly abused.
There are grey areas in abortion, like everything, which would make me somewhat pro-choice on paper. Does that mean I'd vote for a Democrat who wants to protect the privilege of abortion on demand? Not so much.
General Off-Topic Board / Re: Democrats Weigh De-emphasizing Abortion as an Issue« on: December 28, 2004, 11:58:18 AM »
If the Democratic party were more lenient on abortion I am sure they would pick up another 20% of the Evangelical Christian vote at least. I personally know dozens of Evangelical Christians who are generally left wing in regard to taxes, welfare, the Iraq War, etc., but are also pro life.
I know very many people like this too. These are the ones I was referring to. Heck, being a Christian, it's hard not to want to care about equality and the poor, and it's hard to really be a huge war hawk, without having a heavy heart about it. If the Democrats came to the center on issues important to evangelicals, I feel it would be possible to cut into the Republican base. I think, though, that the main problem then would be that the left wing of the party wouldn't want anything to do with evangelical types being under their tent. Which would cause division in the party.
Really, it's the radicals in both parties who keep the parties more of less irrelevant to the majority of typical Americans. As long as people feel like they're voting for the lesser of two evils, that's a huge problem. Most Americans are moderate, not at all radical.
General Off-Topic Board / Re: Democrats Weigh De-emphasizing Abortion as an Issue« on: December 28, 2004, 11:28:15 AM »
I think you're wrong. I think the pro-choice movement has gone as far as it's going to go. A substantial number of people are pro-choice, but even they are uncomfortable with it and don't really like it. It's more that they feel its a necessity. I really don't think this is the issue to be trying to win elections with for pro-choicers, simply because it's a really tricky subject and it's hard not to come across as immoral or inconsistent. It's possible, granted, but it's hard.
Then again, the Republican party embraces pro-choice Republicans (look at Arnold) so the Democrats would be shooting themselves in the foot if they didn't welcome pro-lifers like me into the party. There are a number of people who agree with several key Democratic ideas, yet are strongly opposed to abortion, and for that reason cannot bring themselves to vote (or run) Democrat.
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Yeah, evangelicals are the ones with the big emphasis on conversion, missionary work and outreach. At least that's how I understand it. Thus, some denominations may become more or less evangelical over time.
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