Bright Copper Kettles And Warm Woolen Mittens

It's time, kids, for Favorite Things part 2!

When I get hooked on something, I'm like an addict that needs to be holed up in rehab. Remember my board game phase? Looks like it's going to hit another level this July with the upcoming Hobbes & Landes anniversary sale. (Speaking of board games, I miss Cranium with my korakchas. When are we playing, luvs?)

But for today, I'd like to share with y'all two new foodie items I'm absolutely raving over.

New Favorite Thing #1: Caramel-Filled Kisses

You know I love my sweets. I've proclaimed that desserts are more important than entrees or the main course, but chocolate is one thing I can actually live without (I'm more of a cheesecake/flan kind of gal). But these are to DIE for! This recent discovery from Ayala Mall Cebu's Metro Gaisano Supermarket just blows my mind.

They're smooth as any Hershey's chocolate ought to be; gooey because of the sweet/salty caramel inside; and just plain perfect tiny bites of heaven! It's a miniscule Milkway, sans the nougat. I have yet to check Market! Market!'s Metro Gaisano branch if they too have this particular product of Hershey's Kisses... 'cause sadly I think the two bags I bought from Cebu won't survive the weekend.

New Favorite Thing #2: Dots Sour Slices Pink Pomelo

I'm hooked on this like an addict can be on coke, I kid you not! I went through an entire box while watching X-Men First Class, poppin' them away like pills by the minute.

Dots are gummy candies with bite. They're not soft like the standard Gummy Bear treat, ergo making them more chewy and gnaw-wy and yummy and... okay, stop. Anyway, I've long preferred Dots over Gummy Bears.

Dots Sour Slices, however, are hard gummy candies covered in (you know it) sour salts! Have you ever had a sour gummy worm? Take that sourness and multiply it by, say... threefold, and you've got sour Dots! It comes in three flavors: Watermelon, Peach and Pink Pomelo. Of course, crazy me gunned for the SKU in pink. Haha!

These sweet/sour must-haves are only available in Gourdo's Specialty Store. I have yet to hunt down who the distributor is, to personally shake his/her brilliant hand and maybe ask for a year's supply. That'd be 365 boxes, please. One for every day of the fiscal year.

There! These are but two of my new favorite things. Hope y'all give 'em a shot. :)

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

These are a few of my (new) favorite things...

Mentos' Yoghurt Chewy Dragees. Saw them displayed in the grocery counter one day and thought I'd try them out. Now, I simply can't get enough of 'em! As much as I'd love it to be my bag-staple, when I buy a "bottle" (for lack of a better word), it normally doesn't even last thru the day. *Sigh*

Yeah, yeah... shut up about the calories. They're addictive! I can't help it. Like this piece in the photo, bought it last night and it's already half empty. HALF EMPTY!!! I need a never ending supply of this!

Upwords. It's like Scrabble with a twist. This was a surprise discovery at the month-long sale of Hobbes and Landes, and now my colleagues and I are hooked on it. We play a round or two every lunchbreak. There's something about the ability to change-up the words on the board with one fell swoop that's so empowering!

I used to suck at Upwords. But yesterday, I won both rounds played! Woohoo! Watch out, Trins, Aids and Juds, I'm getting good at this!

Although many favorite things are childhood nostalgic and vintage, I think raving about the new is as good a practice. Favorite things can always be stuff like the Sound of Music and old Marvel Comics but exploring the new stuff also broadens your horizon, allows you to try out the new and push out of your comfort zone.

Think about it, what are your new favorite things?