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NEW PRODUCT: Energy Mints & Chocolate Chews

October 9, 2008 at 9:00 am · Filed under Candy & Confections, Food Holidays & More, Giftable

Need that energy but don’t like energy drinks and coffee? Or need something you can pull out of your pocket no matter where you are? Well, Vroom Foods has YOU in mind. One of its “seriously caffeinated” Foosh energy mints is equal to a cup of coffee, as is one of its Buzz Bites chocolate energy chews (think of a chocolate caramel). Both contain caffeine, taurine, ginseng and B vitamins, and both taste like a regular mint or chocolate chew. $3.99 per tin for 12 mints or 6 chews (with savings on multipacks). A great stocking stuffer for your fatigued friends.  
Who needs to find an energy drink? Just
pop a chocolate Buzz Bite.

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HOLIDAYS: Have A Gourmet Halloween

October 8, 2008 at 9:00 am · Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Desserts, Holidays & Occasions

  There are Halloween cookies everywhere, but if you need to please a discriminating palate, head over to CRRichDesign.com, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (read our review). Her seasonal collection includes Enjoy our Halloween Treats, which includes a more delicious rendition of the usual Halloween creatures: a dark chocolate cookie cat with black sugar coating, a gingerbread cookie jack-o-lantern topped with royal icing and sugar and a rich butter cookie ghost with vanilla icing. But for something a bit different, our favorite is this bat sandwich, a mocha cookie with dark chocolate espresso liqueur ganache filling.
 

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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Mari’s New York Brownies

October 7, 2008 at 9:00 am · Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry, Giftable, Top Pick Of The Week

Mari gives you the go-ahead to indulge your brownie cravings in a refined and sensible manner. By making individually-wrapped brownies that are 1-1/2” square, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Mari offers happy restraint: Have one compact, deliciously satisfying piece. If you insist on eating the whole box, it’s of your own free will.

These are brownies as they should be: portioned in a manner that doesn’t break the calorie bank. How can you feel guilty eating something so petite? Yet you’ll definitely be satiated, because those few bites are all that one could ask for: rich, chocolatey, complex—and varied. Mari makes brownies in seven flavors, plus three seasonal varieties. You can have it your way with an assorted box or your favorite flavor.

All of the flavors are charmers. Jewel-like in their little cello wraps with colorfully beckoning labels, the brownies tuck into briefcases, pockets, gym bags (yes, you deserve it!) and lunch boxes. Use them as place settings and party favors. For a simple dessert, serve them with coffee. For a gourmet dessert, add a scoop of matching or contrasting ice cream.
Mari’s New York classic chocolate
brownies are available with or without
walnuts. Or try one of the other eight
flavors. Shown in photo, clockwise from
bottom: Blonde Bombshell, Coconut,
Sugar & Spice, Cranberry Cognac and
Thai Coffee.
In these days of financial uncertainty, Mari’s is a bright light in the gloom of holiday gift obligations. Give six brownie “jewels” in a beautiful box. It’s less than $20, but to a food lover, it dazzles as much as a Tiffany trinket. In fact, we repurposed the stunning coral and white boxes to hold jewelry. Read the full review and see more photos, as we describe each delicious bite.

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