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Darker than Black, Week 54: Sugarfina Dark Choc Sea Salt Caramels
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melishus_b was in town. There's a candy store where people can make their own "candy bento," by which they mean taking several pre-packaged boxes of candy and putting them in a box together. Without rice, of course. They didn't even try to make some kind of sweetened coconut rice.
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schoolpsychnerd bought these caramels. A woman walked up to the table and picked up a box, and then said to me that the candy looked lemon-flavored. I smiled, and then she asked, "Are these lemon-flavored?" I informed her that I did not work there and she apologized and went to find someone who did. This isn't the first time I've been confused for an employee, but usually it's at a particular kind of clothing store, not a brightly-lit candy store in the same building as Nordstrom.
Sugary as advertised.
I can't eat these without thinking about Kirby because of this.
Imagine a set of deluxe Milk Duds, using dark chocolate instead of milk--"Dark Duds," if you will--and sold in a clear plastic box. I could easily see this chocolate sold at an arthouse movie theatre and eaten in plush seats with special square holders for the boxes of candy. Well, this caramel. The caramel was quite good, and though I was pretty full after our dinner of ground beef and vegetables with homemade sourdough bread, I still had more caramels that I wanted and now I feel overstuffed. But they were caramels first and foremost, with everything else an accent to that. The chocolate was just there to coat the caramel and I doubt much effort was put into its sourcing or preparation, and there wasn't any salt to speak of. There's nothing interesting to say about the chocolate here.
This doesn't look as appetizing as usual.
schoolpsychnerd's Opinion
These? Just get Milk Duds. It'll be cheaper.
melishus_b was in town. There's a candy store where people can make their own "candy bento," by which they mean taking several pre-packaged boxes of candy and putting them in a box together. Without rice, of course. They didn't even try to make some kind of sweetened coconut rice. I was wearing my usual clothing, which is to say that I looked like a refugee from some kind of post-apocalyptic enclave that has finally fallen to the raiders and whose inhabitants had been forced to flee into the wastes, and standing near a display while
schoolpsychnerd bought these caramels. A woman walked up to the table and picked up a box, and then said to me that the candy looked lemon-flavored. I smiled, and then she asked, "Are these lemon-flavored?" I informed her that I did not work there and she apologized and went to find someone who did. This isn't the first time I've been confused for an employee, but usually it's at a particular kind of clothing store, not a brightly-lit candy store in the same building as Nordstrom.Sugary as advertised.
I can't eat these without thinking about Kirby because of this.
Imagine a set of deluxe Milk Duds, using dark chocolate instead of milk--"Dark Duds," if you will--and sold in a clear plastic box. I could easily see this chocolate sold at an arthouse movie theatre and eaten in plush seats with special square holders for the boxes of candy. Well, this caramel. The caramel was quite good, and though I was pretty full after our dinner of ground beef and vegetables with homemade sourdough bread, I still had more caramels that I wanted and now I feel overstuffed. But they were caramels first and foremost, with everything else an accent to that. The chocolate was just there to coat the caramel and I doubt much effort was put into its sourcing or preparation, and there wasn't any salt to speak of. There's nothing interesting to say about the chocolate here.
This doesn't look as appetizing as usual.
schoolpsychnerd's OpinionThe place we bought these was featured in the Tribune's Eat This, Drink This guide that I am slowly working my way through (seriously, hit me up to go eat things!) for their Champagne gummis. Those were delicious and worth the price, so I had high hopes for the chocolate. It was good, but it felt more like a high end milk dud...like i mean with less of the caramel sticking to my teeth and dark chocolate. I got a little bit of sea salt but not as much as I wanted. Given how good the gumi based candies were from here, I had kind of expected better. I guess I'll stick to my bougie gummi bears then (they're kosher!)I don't like champagne at all, but I did like those gummi bears. I'd recommend them.
These? Just get Milk Duds. It'll be cheaper.