Fun Fact! Today’s picture was taken at the dentist’s office. I have one cavity. No idea how that happened… COW Advent 12/14/11 – 11 days ’til Christmas! Item: 3 Lindt truffles Source: Adams Sweet Shop Country of Origin: Switzerland Yum Factor 5 of 10 (I’m jaded with all these international candies, it takes more than [...]
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13 Dec
December 13, 2011
COW (Calories Of the World) Advent 12/13/11 – 12 days ’til Christmas! Item: Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss Bar Source: Adams Sweet Shop Country of Origin: UK Yum Factor: 9 of 10 (Eating this reminded me of waiting for the tube in London, where every station has a Cabury vending machine. The chocolate is smooth, the [...]
12 Dec
December 12, 2011
COW Advent 12/12/11 – 13 days ’til Christmas! Item: Mozartkugeln Dark “A soft hazelnut cream center surrounded by pistachio marzipan filling, covered in dark chocolate. Created to commemorate the gifted composer, Mozart.” Source: Adams Sweet Shop Country of Origin: Austria Yum Factor 3 of 10 (These were in a bag in a sale basket. Even [...]
11 Dec
December 11, 2011
Can’t take these pictures too late in the day – no flash on the cell phone camera! COW ADVENT 12/11/11 – 14 days ’til Christmas! Item: Ritter Sport Pralines Source: Adams Sweets Shop Country of Origin: Germany Yum Factor: 5 of 10 (They call this “sport” and I think it’s because eating all this sugar [...]
10 Dec
December 10, 2011
COW Advent 12/10/11 – 15 days ’til Christmas! Item: Stockholms Konfektyr Fabrik Lingon Source: The Swedish Booksellers Association (they brought gifts when they came to visit our office.) Country of Origin: Sweden Yum Factor: 5 of 10 (They’re little lingonberry flavored jelly candies covered in sugar. They were good to eat and share during my [...]
9 Dec
December 9, 2011
COW Advent 12/9/11 – 16 days ’til Christmas! Item: Meiji Yam Yam with Strawberry Créam Dip – Look inside for fun words! Source: The Dragon’s Den Comic Book Store Country of Origin: from the back of the package: “Product of Singapore. Does not contain pig fat.” Yum Factor: 7 of 10. (The fun is in [...]
8 Dec
December 8, 2011
COW Advent 12/8/11 – 17 days ’til Christmas! Item: de la Rosa Dulche De Cacahuate (Peanut Confection) Source: Casa Latina, City of Poughkeepsie Country of Origin: Mexico Ribbon: added by me so I could hang it on the corkboard. Yum Factor 7 of 10 (Have you ever wanted to just eat the center of a [...]
7 Dec
December 7, 2011
COW Advent 12/7/11 – 18 days ’til Christmas! Item: Nestle’s LION Source: Adams Fairacre Farms Country of Origin: UK Yum Factor: 8 of 10 (I was a little apprehensive at first, I thought this was going to be so dense, being named after a big cat and all. But it’s a kit-kat like wafer covered [...]
6 Dec
December 6, 2011
Note to the handful of you who are Facebook friends and RSS subscribers: I’m sorry to be so repetitive in my postings this month. I promise that come 2012 you’ll either hear nothing from me or I’ll triple it up by cross-posting on Twitter, just to fully drive away everyone. :) COW Advent 12/6/11 – [...]
5 Dec
December 5, 2011
COW Advent 12/5/11 – 20 days ’til Christmas! Item: Terry’s Chocolate Orange Source: Stop & Shop Country of Origin: UK again. Yum Factor: 4 of 10 (That’s just me. I thought maybe I would start liking orange flavor. I do not. I like oranges + chocolate, but only when they’re fresh. Also, I was disappointed [...]
