Bunny’s TMI

Eventually I’ll get the photos/scans for these posted, but I wanted to blog this before it went too long and I forgot what they tasted like.

Nestle Coffee Crisp – Tasty coffee crunchy goodness, would be great crumbled and sprinkled on top of coffee ice cream.

Fran’s Chocolates GoldBites: caramel and almonds in dark chocolate – This was fantastic, the caramel was soft without being liquidy or chewey, and had a nice dark, rich flavor and color. The almonds were whole and crunchy.

Lake Champlain 5 Star Chocolate Bars: Hazelnut (praline, hazelnuts, milk chocolate) and Caramel (caramel, almonds, milk chocolate) were both major disappointments for the price ($4 or $5 for a tiny bar).

The Caramel didn’t hold a candle to the one from Fran’s, with much smaller chunks of almond, and fewer almonds for the amount of caramel. The caramel itself was fine, but nothing special. The texture was very similar to the one by Fran’s, but it didn’t have that dark roasted richness.

The Hazelnut was the worst – no better than Ferro Roche, but with a much higher price tag. Really the only difference is that it had the same texture as the crunchy outside of a Ferro Roche throughout – not sure if that was the praline, hazelnut chunks or both. I was expecting much larger chunks of hazelnut. If you like Hazelnut, you’ll like how it tastes, but for the price I think I’ll stick with Ferro Roche.

Trader Joe’s Belgian Chocolate Assortment – I haven’t tried them all yet, but I’m looking forward to it. These are only slightly lower quality than the Valentines Day Belgian chocolates that Costco carried. Still plenty tasty – but you better like hazelnuts as they’re in three of the seven types, two are caramels, and then there is a mocha and a plain chocolate. The flavors are easily as strong as the Costco ones, but they’re a bit overly rich, much like See’s candies. Which isn’t really that bad of a thing as prevents you from eating them all at once.

Ghirardelli Intense Dark Citrus Sunset (60% Cacao) – This is what I wanted the Newtree one to be like, only this is more orangy than lemon. The texture was just right, and the orange was sweet and tangy but didn’t overwhelm the chocolate flavor. I’m not sure I tasted the caramel crunch, but it did give it a nice little crunch.

Lindt Excellence Toffee Crunch Milk Extra Fine – I split this with MM, sooo yummy! So their milk bars can be good too. I just don’t get why their truffles are so bad. I actually tried one again recently thinking maybe I was remembering wrong. Nope! They still fall in the “not worth wasting calories on” category. This bar however I’d happily get again, smooth, creamy and great toffee crunch and flavor.

We went to Bistro 33 last night with a bunch of friends for dinner.

Just so I don’t forget this, I tried their Turkey Club Sandwich (or whatever it’s called) without mayo and that was good. The fries seemed really bland to me, so that made it easy not to eat them. Plus they were the skinny ones but right in that zone of not soft enough but also not crunchy enough to be good. I tried a bite of BW’s spinach lasagna and that was sooo yummy. So next time hopefully I remember to order it. Also, JG mentioned that their french onion soup was a tad bland. I don’t recall liking it, but I don’t recall hating it either, so that sounds about right. We didn’t have the chocolate pate this time, but that was really good. I hope to try making my own sometime.

Also, I managed to cram in my workout before we left, which was good because we were tired when we got home. I did forget to run by the pharmacy though, so that will have to happen today. But for now I need to get ready and go for my blood donor appointment.