Heavenly Caramels

Devil in an Apron's caramels are so good. They're traditional caramels made with sugar and cream - NO corn syrup! Yeah! That alone makes them taste better than virtually every other caramel on the market. But when you add in the flavors - real vanilla bean, cocoa nibs, dried lavender, and many more - they're simply amazing. They're definitely the best I've had.

My only complaint with the caramels is that one of the flavors isn't vegetarian - bacon. It's very easy to tell from the other flavors (the bacon is almost black while the others are a light brown), but it would be nice if the company would sell bacon-free packages of their caramels for vegetarians.

I secretly hope that one day Devil in an Apron decides to do to their caramels what they do with practically everything else they make - cover them in dark chocolate. Dark chocolate covered caramels have always been my favorite candy and so few people do it well. These caramels with the quality of chocolate that Devil in an Apron uses would be a guaranteed success.

The No-Sweet Challenge

I have a problem. I view sweets (desserts, chocolate, etc.) as something to have whenever I want it, not an occassional treat. I love sweets. I really do. It's one of my favorite foods. But I think I need to change that to reach my goal It takes 30 days to change a habit, so I'm going to challenge myself to no sweets for 30 days. Hopefully that will be long enough. Hopefully I can do it. It's kind of scary actually, to think of giving up sweets at all, even though I'm not getting rid of them forever, just changing my relationship to them. I guess they really are my comfort food.