Sweet Adventures

SA 009: HobNobs and Life Savers Gummies

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:56:25 +0000

Derek and Amanda try a UK staple and some sour gummies. These two tasty snacks go really good together. One is relatively dry and the other is juicy and a bee! McVitie’s HobNobs were introduced in 1984. It’s a digestive biscuit that is made from rolled oats. The variety we ate was the milk chocolate covered HobNobs [...]

SA 008: Milka Hazelnut and Alpine Milk

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:37:46 +0000

Derek and Amanda try two varieties of Milka in this episode. Compared to the Hazelnut, the Alpine Milk seems to have more of an Easter Egg taste. Watch to find out more about these tasty chocolates. Milka was created in 1901 by Swiss chocolatier Philippe Suchard. Suchard was an independent company for many years, but after a [...]

SA 007: Pocky & Oranges

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:14:43 +0000

On a hot day in spring Derek and Rachel tried some products from Japan and the UK that have a history in most peoples’ lives. Pocky is a chocolate covered bread stick made in Japan since 1966. In the years since its creation there have been dozens of new flavours created. Many of them only available [...]

SA 006: Creole & Gianduja Chocolates

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:07:42 +0000

Derek gives a look behind the scenes of the room he and Rachel are recording in. They only use a couple of lights and a reflector to get the even lighting. In this episode, Derek and Rachel try two chocolate blocks from different parts of the world. Vosges Creole Exotic Candy Bar is a bittersweet dark chocolate [...]

SA 005: Aussie vs USA Strawberry Liquorice

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:14:05 +0000

Derek and Rachel perch themselves on a deck and compare Australian strawberry liquorice to American strawberry licorice. (They even spell it differently.) Darrell Lea makes Australia’s #1 liquorice and exports it to many countries worldwide. Y&S Candies (formerly known as Young & Smylie) manufacturers Twizzlers, and since 1977 has been owned by The Hershey Company. Technically, Twizzlers [...]

SA 004: Grandma’s Cookies

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:49:19 +0000

Some of Derek’s American family join in for this episode about his grandma’s famous homemade cookies. Suzie (Derek’s mom) wants to know why Phyllis’ (Derek’s grandma) cookies are so popular and discovers a secret ingredient in the Easter cookies that allows her to eat many without feeling sick. Sarge (Derek’s grandpa) makes a few silly appearances [...]

SA 003: Tim Tams & Hot Cocoa

greetings@sweetadventures.tv (Derek Jay Steen) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:11:51 +0000

Derek shows off an Australian icon — Arnott’s Tim Tams — while Rachel schools him on how to make hot cocoa. Tim Tams are in the household of 1 in 2 Australians and have been exported overseas as Arnott’s Original. They are very similar to McVitie’s Penguin made in the United Kingdom, but Derek doesn’t think [...]