Take 5 Candy Bar

Why have I never tried this candy bar before? I am not a huge candy bar person, but I bought this because it was on sale and sounded intriguing. Pretzel, peanut butter, caramel and peanuts, all wrapped in chocolate...

This candy bar has just about everything you could want wrapped into a made-for-any-mood chocolate bar--except nougat, but who really wants nougat? (The word even looks funny. Nougat. Blah.) That being said, why have I never heard of it? Hershey's needs to make commercials about this bar, because if I saw a picture of it, I would have ran out and bought ten right away. I tried one at work, shared it with two friends, and all three of us looked at each other with the "Oh-we-should-not-have-tried-this-because-now-we'll-want-one-everyday" look. On a personal note, I love that the candy bar is divided into two small bars--it makes me feel like I'm eating two candy bars.

If you want the nutritional stats, click here.

If you don't care so much about nutrition and just want a fantastic snack--go get one!! You may have never have heard of it--but eat one and you won't forget the name again!

40 Carrots (at Bloomingdale's)

I have a problem. I heard Bloomingdale's had good frozen yogurt, and not being one to say no to dessert, I went. I navigated through the store, crossed through bedding, and finally found what I was looking for on the 7th floor. I stood in line, quickly realized you could order two flavors at once, and made the decision to get half chocolate and half coffee when I got to the counter. I forked over my $5, and was handed back enough frozen yogurt to feed a small country. Or me before dinner. I have always been an ice cream fan--take me to Friendly's, order me a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup sundae, and I'll pretty much do whatever you want. Frozen yogurt--eh, that's for healthy people.

I have been so wrong. I'm just glad I went to 40 Carrots (the name of the Bloomingdale's frozen yogurt joint) while we are still in the city for a while--otherwise, I would have kicked myself. Or cried. It is absolutely amazing--and those who know me, know that I am very picky with my desserts. I dragged Ash back to Bloomingdale's, and he too agreed with how good it was. Fat free?? How they do it, I don't care. It's amazing. I'd eat it every day if I could.

Now here's where the problem comes in--40 Carrots closes at 7:00 pm. That's just not going to work for me. I came home, we ate dinner, and then I realized we couldn't go...and I got cranky. I proceeded to look up various yogurt joints in NYC--Yolato, Red Mango, Flurt--I haven't yet tried any of these. Pinkberry--I've tried that. It's good, but doesn't hold a candle to Forty Carrots in my opinion. (The coffee flavor is sweet, unlike at Pinkberry.) In my last ditch effort, I dragged Ash to Tasti-Delite, and ordered "Brownie Batter." Not. Even. Close.

I just may start a petition to get them to stay open later. Until then, if you come across any support groups to help me, please let me know. "Hello, my name is Neha. And I'm addicted to 40 Carrots frozen yogurt." You've been warned-- I have a problem.