So Good, It's UNREAL!

I'm one of those rare people that doesn't have a sweet tooth. I've always preferred vanilla to chocolate. As a little girl, I even refused chocolate birthday cake! But as an adult, I've come to enjoy small doses of chocolate every once in a while. So when I'm looking for a chocolate fix, I'm looking for the good stuff. I normally shop my local health food store for my "unjunked" candy fix, but then I spotted UNREAL candy at my local Walgreens, CVS and Rite-Aid. What was this stuff? I was intrigued! I NEEDED to try this candy and quick, so thanks to Bzzagent, I was able to score some delicious freebies just in time for Halloween season.

Here's what I picked up with my UNREAL candy coupons:

I love the packaging of UNREAL candy. It really stands out and grabs your attention. I was immediately drawn to the display. It's fun, colorful and screams delicious in my mind!

I decided to test out the UNREAL #41 Candy Coated Chocolates first, since I love eating M&Ms, because they're just enough chocolate to satisfy a craving. I have to say I love UNREAL better than the other guys. Whenever I eat drugstore chocolate, I always complain about how waxy it tastes. It doesn't really taste like chocolate at all. It tastes chocolate-y and artificial, but since UNREAL is candy minus the bad stuff, it tastes like chocolate. I love the candy coated crunch and the way the chocolate's bold flavor nestles on your tongue. It's just a really pleasant snacking experience and I hope movie theaters start selling these guys instead of their artificial, waxy competitors. There is only one change I would make to these guys and that would be the colors. I love that they're fun and colorful, but the yellow and the green weren't so appealing to the eyes. I'd say stick to no dyes, because who cares what they look like if they taste this delicious? After one taste, you'll throw back the rest so fast, you'll be off to the store for a second bag!

Next up, we have UNREAL #77 Peanut Butter Cups, and I have to say that my husband and I were most excited about trying these. We are peanut butter and chocolate freaks! We have tried about a bazillion different brands from Reese's to Newman's Own to Trader Joe's brand -- we can't get enough of these little guys. So how does UNREAL compare? My husband and I both agreed that the peanut butter was overwhelmed by the chocolate, but you can definitely tell it's there. It adds a salty element to the chocolate you wouldn't have otherwise, and we all know that sweet & salty is a pretty delicious element. This reminded me a lot more of natural brands because it wasn't as sweet as the other guys. The chocolate just melts in your  mouth and lingers on your tongue. It's pleasant but something is missing, and I think that something is a bolder, peanut butter taste. I'd still reach for these over other cups at the convenience/drugstore, because the chocolate tastes so much better!

Check out the awesome design on the back of the cups!

OM NOM NOM! GIMME MORE! *drool*

Last but certainly not least is the UNREAL #5 Chocolate Caramel Nougat Bar. This bar was super, dooper chewy reminiscent of a protein bar. It'll give your jaw a workout! Again it's sweet but not too sweet, because remember, this candy is missing all of the bad stuff. This is probably what candy used to taste like back when your great-grandfather was walking to school in the snow with no shoes on! I didn't pick up much nougat flavor, which was disappointing, but the caramel was there full force! Unfortunately, I think this bar would be a skip for me unless the formula was changed. I think more nougat would make the bar less chewy in a good way, so that would be my only suggestion for UNREAL. I still think it's worth giving a shot if you love caramel, because like I said, it's "unjunked" and if you're going to eat candy, you might as well eat something that tastes like real chocolate and caramel instead of waxy, subpar artificial sweetness.

There are a few other varieties of UNREAL candy out there that I didn't try, so make sure to stop by your local drugstore to check them all out!

Dr. Oetker Pizza Ristorante Review

Exactly one month ago, my husband and I had our version of Valentine's Day. Instead of braving the lines at local restaurants, we brought the fancy to us by having a night in, super-lazy style. Our favorite food of all time has to be pizza, so we were excited to try some new flavors from Dr. Oetker Pizza Ristorante courtesy of Bzzagent.



We were already fans of the Pizza Spinaci, so we decided to try out the Pizza Vegetale for our night in. We made the right choice! My husband, Dave, and I agreed that the ingredients tasted garden fresh and super flavorful. It was like we had made the pizza from ingredients from the local farmer's market. What's on this colorful pizza? You'll find tomatoes, peppers, onions and chilies on a thin crust. It reminded us of our favorite flatbread pizza restaurant, and considering we got married there, I think that's a pretty good compliment!


We paired our pizza with sparkling wine and tiramisu! The dinner was a total success and everything tasted fantastic.

A few days later, we got the hunger and luckily a fast and easy dinner was right in our own freezer! Since our love for pizza is so intense, we tried out the Pizza Quattro Formaggi boasting four-flavorful cheeses, including mozzarella, Edam, Emmental and blue cheese on a thin crust. This pizza was bursting with tangy flavor, but was a little too overpowering for our tastes. If you're a fine cheese lover, I'd recommend inviting this truly original cheesy combination to your dinner table. The flavors were truly intense just like our love for Dr. Oetker's pizza!

Honey & Lemon

L'Occitane has so many great products. I'm certainly no expert in all things L'Occitane, but everything I've tried from that store has smelled wonderful. I could probably go on & on about all of my favorite products, but today I'm going to talk about the miel & citron (honey & lemon) scented items. I got to try out the shea hand cream and it's such a lovely smell. It's not overpowering but it does stay with you throughout the day. I love that the smell of the hand cream can actually be your fragrance if you don't feel like putting on a perfume for that day. It smells sweet with a hint of citrus. It pairs nicely with the Honey I Washed the Kids scent from Lush Cosmetics. If you're a fan of toffee, sweet honey and fresh lemon scents, I'd definitely recommend you check out this hand cream and the other honey & lemon scented items that L'Occitane carries. It looks like a lot of those items are Last Chance and once it's gone it's gone, which is a shame because I found out about this one too late to stock up at my local store.

P.S. I stumbled upon another blog mentioning the honey & lemon hand cream, so I think it may be a Christmas item! Yay! I hope to see this guy next year. :)

Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle Body Wash

A  long time ago I received some True Blue Spa Toe the Line Foot Scrub from Bath & Body Works for Christmas. This stuff was awesome. It scrubbed well, but mostly I loved the tingly feeling of the peppermint oil extract. I really wanted to find a body wash that felt the same way that I could use all over. I tried several different body washes & soaps but nothing left me tingling. I was starting to think that I was just some thick-skinned clout that would never feel the tingle of supposedly tingly body washes. The frustrating thing was that I really wanted to like these products. I had pretty much given up until I spotted the Tea Tree Tingle Body Wash at Trader Joe's. I have about a million body washes thanks to Lush Cosmetics, so I wasn't going to get it, but my boyfriend said, "Hey, it's only $4, you should try it or you'll regret not buying it later." He was right. I knew I would walk out of that store thinking about that body wash. I'm so glad I tried it out because it works! I got that lovely, refreshing tingle. It took a few washes with it to finally feel it, but hooray!

The other products I tried were:

- Freeze Shower Gel from Lush Cosmetics
- Ice Blue soap from Lush Cosmetics
- Peppermint Shower Soap from Burt's Bees (discon?)

Did any of these work for you? Can you recommend other tingly body washes or soaps for me to try out? I'm curious about Mentha Body Vitamin Body Wash from Bath & Body Works, but can't justify adding yet another body wash to my collection. What do you think?