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Been wanting to try these for a while after seeing someone posting about the pints. Thought I’d try these cones.

This was really good! The main Bueno flavor is in the hazelnut/chocolate top part (has the texture and snap of chocolate, but soft enough where you’re not smooshing the ice cream down when taking a bite), and the ice cream is a light and mild flavored hazelnut ice cream. Without the top, the ice cream is just ok, nothing to write home about, but together, it’s pretty epic, and really nails the Bueno taste. I was worried that once I’d finished to top, I’d be left with a somewhat underwhelming ice cream cone, but thankfully there’s a small column of the top stuff filled down the middle so you still get bites with it to the end. At the bottom of the cone is a chocolate filling which I like. All in all it’s definitely something I’d get again, and I’m inspired to get the pint.

Some new figures for the collection, plus a diorama I’ve been working on.

I just received the new Peerko Rock boots, and I couldn’t be happier! They’re essentially the Peerko Pulse boots, but in the regular black leather as opposed to the patient leather.

I’ve been wanting a proper Dr Martens equivalent in barefoot boots for a long time, but for a be reason of another some get close, but always miss the mark in some way… Either they’re a little too short, a little too like a heritage boot, a little too like an explorer boot, a little like an ankle boot, a little too duck foot like etc. but these Rock boots totally hit the target for me.

They’re about 2 inches taller than the Peerko Breeze (like the Go) I have (showed in photos 5 and 6), so they have a much more solid combat boot look to them, whereas I always felt the Breeze or Go boots just felt a tad bit short, getting closer to ankle boot territory for me. My Breeze boots are unlined, whereas these Rock boots have a felt lining like the Go, so they’ll not only be better in cooler weather, but add a bit more structure to the boot, which makes them feel more inline with traditional combat boots, yet they’re still super flexible.

The quality is consistent with the other Peerko boots I have, which have been solid. The leather feels good, and they feel well constructed. I look forward to breaking them in to see how they age, but my guess is it’ll be much like the Breeze I have. There a loop pull tab on the back of the boots which really helps with getting them on, and adds to the Doc Marten look.

The overall aesthetic is exactly what I’ve been wanting for the longest time, and I feel Peerko really got it right this time. It’s solidly in the grungy, rocker, punk, metalhead, goth, combat boot territory, without watering down the look, yet can totally be dressed up or down to fit other styles.

I apologize for the photo dump, but wanted to get a variety of close up and body shots to show them in different light, proportions and angles. Also to show the comparison to the more regular Breeze/Go boots.

I got these through the Peerko website, which meant they were ordered and shipped from the EU to the U.S., as unfortunately Anya’s shop is not carrying these black ones right now, but only the red versions (called Chili). Shipping was fast, but obviously they were more expensive due to important fees. Still, I’m extremely happy with these, and after much time waiting for a barefoot company to make some combat boots that hit every mark I’m looking for, these are them for me.

Saw this for the first time in a store today, and being a milk chocolate fan, I had to give it a try. Overall it was pretty decent, has a pretty cacao forward flavor as far as milk chocolate goes, almost like a cross between milk and dark chocolate. I personally prefer more of a milky taste, but it was still enjoyable. Good snap, pretty smooth and melted nicely. Probably wouldn’t get it again as I prefer Milkboy and Yorkie Bars, but I think for people who like a stronger cacao taste, this might be a hit for them.

Picked this up from Whole Foods today to try. Thought it was just okay… wasn’t bad, just didn’t have either a robust cocoa or milk flavor, sometime it just tasted flavorless, which is kind of weird for milk chocolate. Out of all the Whole Foods milk chocolate options, my favorite is still Milkboy.

Just tried a Coffee Crisp, and got to say I love it. Reminds me a lot of the Tunnock’s caramel wafers I grew up with in Scotland, but with a coffee flavor.

Came across this recently and thought I’d post this here. Pretty cool Newstead is rocking the Super Crush in tandum with a Marshall plexi in his new band.

Apparently it’s national Milk Chocolate Day today, so being a huge milk chocolate fan, and having just acquired a bunch from Canada, this post couldn’t be more appropriate.

I recently traveled to Canada and discovered that their versions of the same chocolate we have in the U.S. is far superior. I instantly noticed a difference between the Kit Kats in Canada, milky, creamy, strong cacao and milk flavor, smooth texture, vs the U.S. version that essentially tastes like sugary wax. I liked it so much so that I bought a bunch to bring home. What’s not pictured are the different varieties of Chunky Kit Kats (double chocolate, Rolo etc) that I’ve already consumed.

I know that there’s often criticism about Cadbury and its decline in quality, but I still like the UK Dairy Milm, and so I bought a bunch of Canadian made Cadbury Dairy Milk. Unsurprisingly it was far superior to US Dairy Milk, as the U.S. version is made by Hershey, and Canada requires a 25% minimum cacao to be considered chocolate. However, what did surprise me was that it’s also better than the UK version (I’m originally from the UK). Smoothness of texture, milk forward… it’s the best Dairy Milk I’ve had yet. UK requires 20% cacao minimum, so perhaps the extra cacao in the Canadian version is partly the reason, but the texture was better too.

The largest bar of Dairy Milk in the photo is one made in Poland, so I’m very curious to see the difference there.

I also bought a bunch of Cadbury Crunchie bars and a Caramilk bar. Haven’t tried them yet, but curious to see how different they are from the UK versions.

The standouts are the Cotard chocolate bars! Artisanal chocolates that are insanely good, just a whole different level. They had a large variety of bars, truffles etc. but being mostly a milk chocolate fan I went for the 35% cacao milk chocolate (they also has a 45% cacao milk chocolate, various dark chocolate bars), a caramel chocolate bar and a white chocolate bar. All are very good, but the milk and caramel bars are the standouts. The caramel bar had almost a salted caramel ice cream flavor to it, absolutely insane! The milk chocolate is as good as it gets as far as I’m concerned. I’m going to be sad when these are finished.

Got to try a Coffee Crisp for the first time, which is very good.

Lastly, I picked up a maple syrup sweetened milk chocolate bar. Visiting Canada and all, I felt obliged to do so. Haven’t tried it yet, so have no idea how it is, but looking forward to it.

I was planning on pickup up some Scottish classics like Tunnock’s caramel wafers, as they sell them at Walmart there for half the price as they do here, but sadly ran out of time.

Have to say I’m very envious of the chocolate our northern neighbors have access to. I’m already looking at import stores that sell Canadian chocolate. All in all I’m very happy with my haul.

I’m sorry for this rant in advance, I’m just frustrated after just having a way better mass produced chocolate bar in Canada from a brand that’s widely available in the U.S.

For context, my favorite kind of chocolate is milk chocolate. Artisanal chocolate aside, I’ve found that milk chocolate from literally every other country I’ve tried blows anything the Americans make out the water (even from the same brands). Just tried a KitKat in Canada, and it’s way better than the U.S. KitKats… it tasted creamy, milk forward, solid cacao flavor, smooth melt in your mouth texture, didn’t taste waxy… the U.S. version lacks the creamy, milky, cacao taste, and has a waxy quality to it, and is overly sweet at the expense of all these other qualities. On further research, Canada requires a minimum of 25% cacao (even more than the UKs 20%) for milk chocolate to be considered chocolate, whereas the US only requires 10% (much of their chocolate “candy” not even meeting this low threshold).

This is frustrating because living in the U.S. means relying on imported chocolate to eat anything halfway decent, which gets expensive for a chocolate fend. Even Canada, just over the boarder, has way superior chocolate than the U.S. thanks to the U.S.’s pathetically low quality regulations, and corporate greed switching out quality ingredients while upping the quantity of sugar and cheaper alternatives.

I saw these pop up on social media, look pretty cool, like a cross between sneakers and combat boots, fits my style. Just curious if anyone has tried these, if they’re more narrow or wide etc?

The lack is a side zipper gives me pause as I can see that these would be more of a pain to take on and off (I’m lazy), but I really like the style, so that could tip the scales.

The small now very blurry bumblebee was my first tattoo I got in 1991 in Hong Kong at age 11 (if you squint your eyes, you can kind of make out some details lol). The dragon I got in 1997 in Hong Kong at age 17. I have a lot more tattoos from the 90s, but thought I’d post these first. 90s Hong Kong tattoo culture consisted of needles and tattoo machines that were “sanitized” over the flames of old oil lamps, which allowed needles to be reused. Gloves were non existent. You were typically in a smoke filled studio with drunk sailors, blue collar workers and local gangsters all getting tattooed at the same time in the same space. Hong Kong in the 90s and before was the Wild West of tattooing, a lot of “rules” were ignored or simply didn’t exist. Looking back, it’s frankly a miracle I didn’t contract some blood borne disease, but I did have the honor of getting tattooed by some local legends.

I love white chocolate, caramel and blondes, so this seemed like it would tick all my boxes. It was pretty good, probably should have left it in the freezer a bit longer as it was a little soft and I prefer ice cream to be firm.

The over all flavor was decent, but the ice cream tastes a little like I was eating butter, not in the best way, probably because it was a little melted. Something about the lack of contrast between the white chocolate and the caramel ice cream seems to make the ice cream taste disappear a bit, so it became more textual than flavorful. The bits of blondie were pretty good.

I’m curious to see how it tastes tomorrow when the ice cream is firmer, but it doesn’t come close to B&J Milk and Cookies for me, so I may not be getting this again.

They look like basic chocolate covered malt balls. I’m a big fan of Malteasers, which made me curious about these, as the center is caramel flavored (which sounds good), but was put off from getting them after seeing it “contains bioengineered food ingredients” on the back.

Just curious if anyone’s tried them, how they taste, how’s the quality of the chocolate?