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Monday, January 21, 2008
Fancy Food Show 2008 Notes - Part TwoHere’s the second half of my notes on the Fancy Food Show in San Diego last week.
The cool thing about Malie Kai is that they do more than just plain chocolate, they have some combination bars as well ... and as you might expect they include Hawaiian items like Kona coffee and macadamia nuts as well as citrus and almonds. Lovely two ounce bars and wonderful hospitality at their booth. I’m looking forward to tasting the full bar I picked up.
Haribo was also there with a their same booth. I don’t really have anything to report on their product line. I know they have their new Root Beer Gummis and as much as I’m a fan of root beer as a flavor, these just don’t do it for me (they might be too citrusy). I did have a few of their spectacular Pink Grapefruit Slices though. You can just enjoy these close ups of their lightbox display: Jo’s Candies based here on the Los Angeles area will have some new Vanilla Caramels available at all their usual outlets. They were soft and tasty, perhaps a bit more milky than buttery than I’m used to, but super-traditional in plain wax paper and sold in clear bags. I also enjoy Elegant Gourmet’s booth every year. They have stunning handmade lollipops and hard candies that look like painted ponies on a carousel.
I’ve never pictured their candies as an everyday sort of sweet, but for special occasions like baby showers, weddings and gifts, they’re something to consider. Acapella Gourmet has an awesome new line of “coffeelatte” called Caffe Acapella ... basically, it’s cocoa butter mixed with coffee solids (coffee beans) instead of cocoa solids. So it’s not coffee flavored, it’s coffee! I have a few samples of those for a full review later.
I tried a few of the caramels, being especially careful to stay away from anything with walnuts and was definitely pleased. It’s a stiff caramel, not too chewy but soft and with good buttery notes. I think the next thing of theirs I’m going to plunk down some money for is their Volcano Island Honey Truffle collection.
Other items I picked up samples of: For the most part I zoomed through the show this year. I usually take all three days and spend a lot of time with each company. This year I had my priority hit list and made it to most of them. A few I didn’t get to I know I can probably visit with at ExpoWest in March down in Anaheim (like Theo’s new Phinney bars). Of course my speed meant a lot fewer take home samples (usually I have conversations to discuss what I might be interested in taking home for a full review) but the money I saved on not having to get a hotel room in San Diego can now go to buying that candy instead. (All above photos by Emanuel Treeson.) POSTED BY Cybele AT 8:29 am
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Can’t wait to hear how you liked the MoPure and the Bali’s best!
Haribo’s Pink Grapefruit gummi slices are known variously as “them” and “mind control candy” around this house. I don’t allow myself to buy more than a small bag at a time because I can’t stop eating them if there are more than a few.
So glad to hear someone else so impressed with Elegant Gourmet’s products. For me, it was love at first sight. Talk about eye candy! I carried a lot of their Christmas candy and am looking forward to ordering some more stuff from them for spring. l am not connected with them in any way and don’t mean to sound like an ad for them, but I love it when someone gets it so right. The candy is beautiful, the packaging is well, elegant, and everything I’ve tasted of theirs is delicious. I’ll stop now. I think I’ve had too much sugar.
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