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Albanese Chocolate & Sea Salt covered English Toffee

Reviewed by Jonny on Jun 14, 2016

Get your pencils out, kids, because you're gonna wanna take note of these. More importantly, get your credit cards out, because buying these is a must.

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Toblerone Dark Chocolate: It Ain’t New but it’s Novel

Reviewed by Matty on May 28, 2016

It's old. But when you eat Toblerone, you'll think it's like Virtual Reality meets Augmented Reality. Only with chocolate.

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Top 5 Reasons Nestle’s New Damak Chocolate Bar is Eye Opening

Reviewed by Matty on Feb 29, 2016

There's a Turkish woman at my work and she's awesome. These have to be good.

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Luralu’s Dark Bark

Reviewed by Jonny on Jan 14, 2016

All bark is the same-except for this stuff

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Curly Girlz Candy: Caramels, Toffees, and Nut Rolls- oh my!

Reviewed by Jonny on Nov 19, 2015

Traditional candies made impeccably well = holiday bliss

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Stivii Chocolate Bars: White Peach Dark Chocolate

Reviewed by Jonny on Nov 10, 2015

Get ready for an entirely new concept in chocolate

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Sassy Sasso Bars: Small & Local Done Good

Reviewed by Matty on Feb 6, 2015

Small company, good sized chocolate bar takes on the big boys.

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Crakroc: chocolate, marshmallow, toffee….

Reviewed by Jonny on Feb 3, 2015

Just another combination of chocolate, toffee and marshmallow. OR IS IT???

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Chocolate Decadence Dark Chocolate Coconut Buttons

Reviewed by Jonny on May 21, 2014

It's like a Mounds, but completely different.

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Colts Bolts – Classic Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter & Almonds

Reviewed by Jonny on Mar 3, 2014

It's like everything good in a portable puck.

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Jelly Belly Dark Chocolate Covered Tobasco Flavored Beans

Reviewed by Jonny on Feb 18, 2014

Dark chocolate, Tobasco sauce, and a sweet chew jelly bean. Thoughts/comments/suggestions?

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Venchi Italian chocolate bar: Adding herbs and fruit to everyone’s chagrin

Reviewed by Matty on Nov 18, 2013

When Italians make anything, I eat it. Here's chocolate. Guess what I did when I got it.

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Bitter Crunky Bar

Reviewed by Jonny on Oct 23, 2013

After eating this Crunky, I'm feeling a tad cranky. Also, I'd like to Crunk.

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Chocolate Sea Salt Butterscotch Caramels: Name Says it All

Reviewed by Matty on Jul 22, 2013

If you thought butterscotch kinda sucked yr kinda wrong

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Ocho Coconut Bar: When Price is No Object

Reviewed by Matty on Apr 15, 2013

Great coconut. Perfect for the rich!

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Zoe’s Chocolate Co. : Two Bars For Review

Reviewed by Jonny on Mar 21, 2013

What's gona be better: animal crackers in milk chocolate, or jelly beans in dark? Serious first world issue to ponder.

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Choclatique: Vote for Cocoa!

Reviewed by Matty on Sep 17, 2012

When you're in the mood to elect an official and eat chocolate

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TCHO Chocolate: OK I promise to take Chocolate super serious. Now can I eat?

Reviewed by Matty on Mar 12, 2012

TCHO is So Fo Sho

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Sweetriot: Attractive People Make Chocolate Not War

Reviewed by Matty on Feb 28, 2012

Say what you want about how the Man is keeping you down by making Red Dye #5-riddled aspertame products but don't blame the kids at sweetriot who are doing what they can to be green, save the world, keep you healthy and, oh yeah, make chocolate.

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Sweetriot Nibs. Dunked in Chocolate.

Reviewed by Jonny on Dec 13, 2011

Can a poorly named, hideously packaged chocolate item even BEGIN to interest Jonny?

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Sunspire Coconut – The Evolution of “Mounds”?

Reviewed by Jonny on Aug 4, 2011

Finally, is there a better alternative to the classic yet somewhat corporate Mounds bar?

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Pralines with Loads of Gail Ambrosiusness

Reviewed by Matty on Apr 25, 2011

Pralines like truffles but really just great chocolates with flavors worth salivating over

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Christopher Elbow’s Chocolate Pops You in the Mouth

Reviewed by Matty on Dec 20, 2010

uh what? “No 6 Dark Rocks – 61% dark chocolate bar blended with popping candy”You know...

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2010 – The Year that Candy Became Popular

Reviewed by Matty on Dec 13, 2010

The Top 10 candies of 2010! In case you missed our first take, check out the rehash!

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Too Haute Cowgirls’ Popcorn Turns my Son into a Wild Beast

Reviewed by Jonny on Nov 23, 2010

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American Heritage Chocolate: I say good show sir!

Reviewed by Matty on Nov 20, 2010

Olde skoole chocolate with bold taste - great for cooks. From Mars inc. If you can find it, get it.

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Ritter-Sport: New (and Old?) Chocolate Bars FTW

Reviewed by Matty on Aug 31, 2010

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NEXT!!! (organics) Dark Chocolate Covered Coconut Are Better Than This Review

Reviewed by Jonny on Aug 27, 2010

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Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Reviewed by Jonny on Jun 6, 2010

We whole heartily suggest you try the insane delights and luxurious chocolates at Vosges Haut-Chocolat. Especially the stuff with bacon!

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Gail Ambrosius: Truffles that Men Won’t Hide From

Reviewed by Matty on Jun 4, 2010

I don't think I've ever heard a dude say, "Man, I sure could use a smooth chocolate truffle right now." Still - when the experts at Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier sent us a note asking if we wanted to try their wares, I of course said yes since - well, it IS candy, and well, I AM a pushover and I'll try anything once espesh if it's free.

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Wonka’s Exceptionals: Chocolate Bars – disappointing, unless you’re an Oompa.

Reviewed by Scotty on Mar 22, 2010

I looked up "exceptional" in the dictionary and found that it means unusually excellent or superior, extremely rare and extraordinary. Then I looked through the Wonka website and they call the Wonka Exceptional Chocolate bars "the World's Most Incomparably Imaginative Chocolate." Really? Quite a description to live up to...

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Vosges Peanut Butter Bonbons Slay The Ass off Reeses

Reviewed by Jonny on Mar 12, 2010

The ass-kicker of Reeses has arrived.

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Theo’s Vegan Fig, Fennel and Almond Bar

Reviewed by Scotty on Mar 9, 2010

I liked the way the almonds and fennel got stuck in your teeth - a treat for later.

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Trader Joe’s Classic Dark Hershey’s

Reviewed by Matty on Mar 1, 2010

Trader Joe's Classic Dark Chocolate Bar. Sure, it's fine. Who cares. And that's probably its problem.

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Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar: Chocolate, Meet Swine

Reviewed by Scotty on Feb 1, 2010

Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar: Applewood smoked bacon + Alder wood smoked salt + dark chocolate 62% cacao 3oz. So keeping...

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Cost Plus’ Sea Salt Dark Chocolate: Tiger Woods vs. Salty Chocolate

Reviewed by Scotty on Jan 25, 2010

The best chocolate bar EVER?

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Reese’s Dark and Reese’s White: Look To The Cookie, Or At Least Elsewhere

Reviewed by Mattyguru Jr. on Jan 22, 2010

The gang here at Candygurus are a mixed, motley crew. One of the Gurus is a CEO, while another plays professional...

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King Leo’s Peppermint Bark Moves Me

Reviewed by Matty on Dec 18, 2009

Need some candy to make your holiday zing? King Leo has the Pep Bark for you. Your workmates will kiss you, and you won't even need to be under the mistletoe; it'll be perfectly inappropriate.

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