Saturday, December 22, 2012

Close Enough

A year ago, Spockgirl posted about Viva Puffs, which sounded delicious.



Unfortunately, they're only available in Canada.

But while wandering the cookie aisle at my local supermarket today, I noticed something in the "weird foreign cookies" section of the cookie aisle:

Pure Chocolate Whippets:



Apparently they're the Quebec version of Viva Puffs (and made by the same company).

Anyway, I feel complete now.
Posted by Harvey at 12/22/2012 06:55:00 PM

8 comments:

  1. Mallomars

    http://www.nabiscoworld.com/brands/productinformation.aspx?brandkey=mallomars&site=1&product=4400000674

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  3. Heresolong - Yes, but Mallomars don't have that little splotch of raspberry goo in the middle.

    It's all about the goo.

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  4. In Canada they also have a think called an "Ah, Caramel" made by Vachon. THey are soft cake, with a circle of cream filling on top, with a dab of caramel in the middle, coated in chocolate.

    Frozen, and blended in pairs with a cup of heavy cream, they are quite dangerous.

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  5. Dang it, Og, you need to drop a link if you're going to mention goodies:

    http://www.vachon.com/en/pastries/ah-caramel/#regulier

    Geez... I might need to make a trip up to Canada soon.

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  6. When we do our annual visit I make sure the wife gets some, because she loves them...

    ... and as long as they're there, well I might just as well sample some.

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  7. Thanks for the linky love Harvey. Glad you found something similar.

    On a side note to Og's comment, Vachon also makes some other super sweet sweets of which I rarely partake. Swiss Rolls and Passion Flakies.

    Merry Christmas!

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  8. Spockgirl - Down here in the States, our low-budget bakery company of choice is Little Debbie, who does an admirable Swiss Roll.

    They don't have a Passion Flakie equivalent, but they just rolled this out cherry/cream cheese number:

    http://www.littledebbie.com/products/Danish_Cherry.html

    Personally, my favorite thing they do is Fudge Rounds. I always get the "Big Pack" box:

    http://www.littledebbie.com/products/FudgeRounds.asp

    Although their brownies are a good runner-up (except I don't care for those walnut chunks on top. I just pick those off):

    http://www.littledebbie.com/products/FudgeBrownies.asp

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