TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Macarons From Dana’s Bakery & Great Gifts

White Chocolate Peppermint Bark, a seasonal macaron flavor. Photo courtesy Dana’s Bakery.   Dana Loia, we want you to be our new BFF. Dana is the creative force behind Dana’s Bakery, specializing in macarons. Her macarons rock—even more than other good macarons, because she’s quite the flavor artist as well as a designer, creating beautiful…
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STOCKING STUFFERS: Conventional & Sugar Free Sweet Treat Favorites

Sugar free bridge mix, licorice and Gummi Bears (inside package) from Nuts.com. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Nuts.com is a third-generation purveyor of nuts, dried fruits, chocolates and other sweets. They offer some 3,000 items sold by the pound, but will also package the wares into snack packs, 3.2 ounce bags sold…
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PRODUCT: Cheeky Monkey Peanut Butter Puffs

A tasty, gluten-free snack—organic and kosher, too. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   Imagine if cheese puffs tasted like peanut butter instead of cheese, and you’ve got Cheeky Monkey Peanut Butter Puffs. They’re airy, peanutty, kosher, gluten free and organic. The ingredients are simple: organic corn, organic palm oil, organic peanut butter and…
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TIPS: How To Eat Smart Over the Holidays

How can you resist? Just stop at one! Photo courtesy Baked NYC.   The onslaught of holiday eating has begun. But you can have your cake and eat it too, according to a physician and food lover. Says Michael Fenster, MD, F.A.C.C.: “What makes the holiday season so difficult for many people is that it…
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GIFT: Silverland Sugar Free Brownies & Lemon Bars

What can you give someone who adores cake but can’t have sugar? Sugar-free brownies and lemon bars from Silverland Bakery. The bakery’s sugar-free line was years in development, trying alternative noncaloric sweeteners and settling on the world’s finest, maltitol (see the different sugar substitutes). Current choices include: Sugar-Free Lemon Bar: Same great look and flavor…
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