Casey's Candy Tales

It’s New Candy Time at the All Candy Expo 2009!!!

gant77 — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:30 +0000

I am very sad as I am not able to go to the All Candy Expo:( I was not invited, poor me! Hopefully next year I will be able to attend!
The best place for coverage is http://candydishblog.com/ AND the official site of the candy expo http://www.allcandyexpo.com/

ALSO check out my friends at CandyDishBlog which is the Offical blog of the National Confectioners Association
they have people there surrounded by all that candy! I hope they all make it home ok with no stomach aches!

Happy National Cheese Souffle Day!!!

gant77 — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:21:44 +0000

Yea! It’s National Cheese Souffle Day! Yummy!

I am BAD on the weekends!

gant77 — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:21:41 +0000

I was being very lazy this weekend. I found some good looking NEW candy to review soon. M&M’s has put out a new M&M for the release for the Transformers Sequal.
The candy is called —”Strawberried Peanut Butter” M&M’s.

They taste as if you just got done eating one of the Strawberry Bon-Bon’s and chased it with Peanut Butter M&M’s. It’s a surprsing taste at first and I really didnt know if I liked them or not but I do! I could go for another bag right now! I will try and freeze them to see if that has any change on the taste, but I will not be mad if it doesn’t. Do not taste this expecting a Strwberry Jelly-ish, Peanut Butter taste. It won’t happen, and you’ll be very dissapointed! Taste it as if you have never had those flavors together and you will be happily pleased!

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day!

gant77 — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:04:52 +0000

Hey everyone, go grab a big bag of Nestle Toll-House Chocolate Chips, your kids (if your so lucky!) and make some memories!
More to come!

Here is a video, courtesy of youtube.com and Nestle about making the old favorite-Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Off topic info about me!

gant77 — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:57:06 +0000

Since my offical candy review post wont be or a week or so i thought I would give info into other things I love!

My non-candy love is Fringe, which just had it’s Season Finale last night! Great show! I have already pre-ordered the DVD. The show centers on a Scientist, his son, and a FBI agent who are all part of a new part of the Government that investigates “Fringe” sciences that may have part to do with the nightmare attacks going on for years identified as the “Pattern”.

It’s on Tuesdays @9pm after Idol, but with the seaosn over it can be found on:
http://www.fox.com/fringe and
http://www.hulu.com/fringe (Must be copied and pasted-Sorry!)

Are you a Fringe Fan?

Today is Free Ice Cream day at Haagen-Dazs! Help the Bees!

gant77 — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:49:10 +0000

Today at all participating Haagen-Dazs scoop shops will be offering a single size serving of their “Bee-Built” ice cream for free! Head to your local shop between the hours of 4-8 Pm and grab a scoop!

Check here for your local shop! http://www.haagen-dazs.com/shops/default.aspx

Enjoy!

Candy Holidays 05/15/2009

gant77 — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:43:26 +0000

On May 15th it will be National Chocolate Chip Day!!!

It will be a fun day of yummy treats and Chocolate Chip History!

Stay tuned, I will be adding fun recipes and video as the day approaches!

Nice tid-bit from: http://www.practicallyedible.com/

Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Chips are small drops of chocolate about 1/4 inch (6 mm) round, though they also come in mini and large sizes.

The chocolate used in making them can be semisweet, bittersweet or unsweetened, milk, mint (the chocolate is flavoured with peppermint extract) or white chocolate.

For the best quality, look at the ingredients on the package to see how high up on the list “chocolate liquor” is listed.

Cooking Tips
Chocolate Chips retain their shape when “melted”.

Some food writers advise not to swap Chocolate Chips in for recipes that call for regular cooking chocolate to be melted, as the chips were meant to hold their shape, and when you force them to melt beyond that the chocolate becomes grainy and hard to work with. They neglect the minor fact, however, that there are a zillion recipes that call for you to melt Chocolate Chips. In fact, most people who’ve blithely done it haven’t come across any life-changing challenges in doing so. To melt, melt over a double-boiler or (easier, less fuss) in a microwave. They melt more easily if you put in with them some of a liquid that your recipe calls for, such as milk or syrup.

Substitutes
Carob chips; chopped cooking chocolate.

Equivalents
1 cup = 6 oz by weight = 175g

Storage
Store in a sealed container for up to 4 months.

History
Nestlé was the first to market Chocolate Chips in 1939. They bought the name “Toll House” from Ruth Wakefield, in Massachusetts, who had been making what she called “Toll House Cookies” with chopped up chocolate. Nestlé has sold the “Toll House” Chocolate Chips in a yellow bag since 1939.

Also called:

Capuchons au chocolat, Pépites de chocolat (French) Schokoladentröpfchen (German)

All I know is that I call them yummy!

Want to help the Bee’s and get some FREE Ice Cream?

gant77 — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:48:03 +0000

On 05/12/2009 between the hours of 4-8 pm all participating Haagen Dazs shops will be offering a single-scoop cup or cone serving of their “Bee-Built” Ice Cream for free!

To find your local scoop shop go here- http://www.haagen-dazs.com/shops/shopLocator.aspx

Be sure to learn more about the Honey Bee crisis at http://www.helpthehoneybees.com/

ENJOY!!!

Open SOON!

gant77 — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:36:39 +0000

I will be debuting this blog around the end of May. My first review will be about Original Hawaiian Chocolate Co. chocolate!

What are the Celebrities sweet on?

gant77 — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:20:08 +0000

I will update this as I get new news! I am asking Celebrities what their favorite candy is Via: http://www.twitter.com

I hope to get some answers soon!