Zzang!

On a recent stop at Whole Foods Market in Rochester, I bought a candy bar. An unexceptionable event, you would think, but this was a $5 candy bar (Zingerman's Zzang! Candy Bars "What The Fudge?") in a little box from Zingerman's, the famous Ann Arbor deli. Two comments: $5 is a bit much for a single candy bar, even a 3 oz confection; this is one of the best pieces of candy I've ever eaten.

The box describes it as "Milk chocolate fudge, Muscovado caramel, and malted milk cream dipped in dark chocolate."

This is rather like a Milky Way, only good. Really shockingly good. It was also very rich, though not cloying or overly sweet, and the Cat Bastet and I split it. I ended up with 3/4 of the bar (her tolerance for sweets is distinctly lower than mine), but I ate it in three separate servings over the course of the evening, not all at once. It was worth savoring.

An elegant treat for rare occasions, especially at that price.