Ahh, the age old conundrum: sweet vs. savory. I face it every time I go out for breakfast, but I never considered it an issue with candy. After all, candy is and should be sweet, right? Well, leave it to Pennsylvania-based Sugar Plum to mess with my reality. I recently received samples of two products: Chocolate Popcorn and Hand-Dipped Chips in Belgian Chocolate.
When I opened the box of chips, I have to confess that I wasn’t particularly excited. Chocolate-dipped potato chips sounded a little fussy and gifty, and I figured neither the chocolate nor the chips would be of very high quality. Well, I was wrong! I took a bite, and I have to say that these chips rocked my world. I cannot even express how delightfully delicious the combination of the salty ruffled chip with the dark chocolate is. The chocolate is smooth and flavorful and perfectly complements the crunchy chip. I had to push the box away from me so that I wouldn’t polish off the entire contents in one sitting. Yes, my friends, these are indeed awesomely addictive.
The Chocolate Popcorn is also pretty darn tasty. Now, it’s well-nigh impossible to mimic the texture and flavor of fresh popcorn, so it’s no surprise that some of the popcorn pieces in Sugar Plum’s Chocolate Popcorn are a tad on the soft and stale side. That did not, however, stop me from enjoying the concoction. There is a healthy drizzling of both dark and milk chocolate on the popcorn, resulting in great little clusters. The only thing lacking was salt (and maybe butter) on the popcorn – I think the addition of some salt would have kicked it up another notch on the delicious scale.
You can buy these and many more delicious treats at Sugar Plum’s website or at igourmet.com.
