sweets
Shocking New Figures Suggest That Britain May Be Eating Less Snacks
A new report from market research agency Mintel shows that Britain’s consumption of chocolate, cake, and crisp snacks has fallen over the past year.
You Should Be Eating Better Chocolate Easter Eggs
All of your chocolate Easter eggs are the same: generic, sweet crap. It should be like this: cocoa beans and sugar. That’s chocolate.
Marzipan Pigs Are the Sweetest Way to Celebrate New Year's in Germany
In the German language, Schwein gehabt or “having a pig” means being lucky, and giving away little porkies made of sugar and almond paste is a New Year’s tradition meant for good fortune.
Eating Something Sweet Could Stop You from Snacking on Garbage Later
In a win for dessert lovers, a new study suggests that if a meal includes something sweet, you’re more likely to remember it.
Salty Licorice Is Beloved by Swedes and Reviled by Everyone Else
One of the most popular candies in Sweden is salmiak, licorice flavored with ammonium chloride. It's salty and it might make you shit yourself, but it's still delicious.
Calcutta's Last Jewish Bakery Makes the Best Bengali Desserts
After many of Calcutta’s “Baghdadi Jews” emigrated following Indian independence in 1947, Nahoum and Sons stands as the city’s only Jewish bakery. “Tourists from Middle East visit but our customer base is 99.9 percent non-Jewish now,” says owner Isaac...
Advertisers Still Don’t Get That Not All Women Love Chocolate
Stereotypes around women and chocolate melt together stickily. I, for one, am obsessed with the stuff. I eat giant bars of Dairy Milk standing outside my flat, too impatient to get inside. But are women really hard-wired to crave Toblerones?
This Is Why Sugar Is So Damn Addictive
According to new research from UC Davis, the root of our global sugar addiction isn't just an inescapable sweet tooth: Sugar can actually act as a stress reliever.
Relax, Those White Bits on Old Chocolate Probably Won’t Kill You
Taking care of the one thing standing between you and bingeing on all your old Easter Eggs.
Christmas Turkey-Flavored Candy Might Cause an Airport Riot
Heathrow Airport is doling out candies to holiday travelers that are supposed to taste exactly like Christmas dinner. There was only one way to find out if they succeeded—to give each and every one a good yule-time sucking.
Dark Chocolate Hanukkah Gelt Recipe
Nothing gold can stay, especially if it's homemade and comprised of deliciously rich dark chocolate.