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Chocolate Moustaches On A Stick. Mr. Chocolate Is A Sweet Combination of Great Product, Great Packaging and Great Photographs.

MR. CHOCOLATE is an imaginative and yummy new product from The Chocolate Factory. The 6 different flavor options (Dark chocolate, Milk chocolate, Caramel, Strawberry, Orange and White chocolate) in 4 different styles give you 24 ways to sport (and eat) a new 'stache.

The fun molded chocolate moustaches were designed by Diego Ramos of Spain and come in fabulous award-winning packaging created by Ruiz + Company.

The wonderful shots of people with the product shown here were taken by photographer Caterina Barjau.

Flavors: Dark chocolate. Milk chocolate. Caramel. Strawberry. Orange. White chocolate.
Chocolate weight: Min. 20 g / Max. 55 g
Made with chocolate from Ghana

Buy on-line at Chocolate Factory

Sushi With Style. Laser Cut Designer Nori Created For Umino Seaweed Shop.

This story made the internet rounds last April and despite having been featured on several popular sites, I had to share it in case you are one of the few who missed it. Even if you've seen these beautifully laser cut nori (seaweed) sushi rolls before, they're worth looking at again. Plus, I have some additional information, like the design credits and where they can be purchased.

Initially designed to help Japan's Umino Seaweed Shop increase sales after the 2011 Tsunami, the designer nori, which uses a thicker type of seaweed from from the Sanriku area of Miyagi, is now featured in 'Katagami Style’ an exhibit of 19th century Japanese stencil artwork, at the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo.

The series of intricately laser-cut seaweed for rolling sushi comes in sheets of various designs:

'sakura' ('cherry blossoms') and 'mizutama' ('water drops'):

'asanoha' ('hemp'), 'kikkou' ('turtle shell'):

and 'kumikkou' ('tortoise shell'):

and is based on an element of japanese history or symbology, meant to bring beauty, good fortune, growth, happiness, and longevity.

However, the packaged designs available at the museum for the Katagami exhibit are five different ones, as shown below:

The laser-cut nori has been credited to agency I&S BBDO Tokyo (who designed the promotional materials shown below), but the actual laser-cutting is now being outsourced elsewhere. The project won the 2012 best of show Design Lotus for promotional materials at Adfest in Thailand.

Credits:
Company: I&S BBDO Inc., Tokyo
Title : DESIGN NORI (SEAWEED)
Brand: SEAWEED
Advertiser: UMINO SEAWEED STORE
Advertising Agency: I&S BBDO Inc., Tokyo
Executive Creative Director: Yoshihisa Ogata
Creative Director: Kenichiro Shigetomi
Copywriter: Kiyoyuki Enomoto/Ririko Murata
Art Director: Kenichiro Shigetomi
Designer: Kenichiro Shigetomi/Takuto Kawata

above: Hiroyuki Umino, director of Umino Seaweed

The pieces themselves are available for sale only through the retail location (#5261 Isohama-cho, Oarai, IBARAKI, JAPAN) and at the exhibition, currently for the price of 840 yen (approximately 10 $USD) each. In the future, Umino hopes to produce the nori on a larger scale and at lower cost.

Umino seaweed store:

address: #5261 Isohama-cho, Oarai, IBARAKI, JAPAN

images courtesy of Rocket News and The Inspiration Room and Monkeyzen

Cake Pops Like You've Never Seen Before. Kiss and Bake Up Puts Pop Culture On A Stick.

above: Zombie cake pops

You may have heard about the latest baking trend called "cake pops". Following closely on the heels of the cupcake craze, cake pops are a mouthful of cake coated in fondant or hard frosting and placed on a stick. Recipes for them are all over Facebook, Pinterest and food blogs and many bakeries and individuals now sell them. But no one makes cake pops like Sarah Downham of Kiss And Bake Up.

above: Mermaid, cherry blossom and Star Wars Bantha Raider cake pops

Prepare to be blown away. Sarah Downham doesn't just make Cake Pops, she makes sculptural desserts on a stick that are nothing short of art. The 'rock chic' baker of equally beautiful cupcakes and whoopie pies lovingly hand crafts each cake pop by herself with a process of hand modelling, carving, coating, hand painting and painstakingly adding texture.

above: Dragon and Antique Clock cake pops

Most cake pops are spheres of cake, coated in colors and rolled in sprinkles, with the occasional 3D flourish. These are way beyond that. Sarah sculpts cake pops in the form of Pop Culture characters and trends. Star Wars, Tattoo-Inspired, Pin Up Girls, Zombies, Day of The Dead, Animals, Birds and yes, traditionally romantic hearts and flowers, too.

above: Day of The Dead, Star Wars and Wizard of Oz and Alien Face Hugger cake pops

The results are so beautiful, it would be hard to eat them.

Sarah is impressively prolific and has so many great cake pops (not to mention, her stunning cupcakes) to choose from that these are only a small example of her tasteful talent.

Star Wars Cake Pops:

Pin Up Girls Cake Pops:

Tattoo-Inspired Heart Cake Pops:

Octopus, Fish, Birds, Frogs and Wildlife Cake Pops:

Tiki Torch Cake Pops:

Lucky Cat Cake Pop:

Floral Cake Pops:

She also makes custom cake pops from photographs, pets, kids, flowers and the like. Her impressive desserts have been used for movie premieres, special parties and other red carpet occasions.

Custom Pet Cake Pops:

I can't think of a better dessert to serve at parties, weddings, business functions or any celebration. They keep well, they are not messy, they are not too much food and they can be taken home to show them off.

Kiss & Bake Up is run by Sarah and assisted by her partner Darren in Exeter, Devon. It was launched early 2010 and has since grown into the bakery it is known for today. Full of original ideas and concepts, top notch decorating and baking with flair, and a firm grasp on today's tastes in culture and style.

above: some of Kiss And Bake Up's amazing cupcakes.

Sarah works full time in the bakery, and has modified her house to support the ever growing and evolving demand of KABU.

Kiss And Bake Up supports a local produce and trade, and bakes with Exeter based farms delicious free range eggs from Lucy at Devon Eggs and butter from Topshams own Country Cheeses, and is proud to be among the foundations of local businesses of Devon supporting one another.