Caramelpalooza 2011: A Sticky Situation

• Just to reiterate the sentiments ienjoyedthecaramels expressed. I know a couple of the contestants personally; and i know they were disappointed with the blatant disrespect paid to their colleges. Wynter Holden's heavy handed smart ass comments and sarcasm have no place in an article about an event where the participants competed for fun, received no prize money, and spent their own time and money to show up to represent themselves and meet their fans. After this kind of negative press, why would any of these professionals "compete" in this event again? This article was total BS!

• Heck no! I was dressed more like an average person. Heaven help me if somebody thinks I look like I'm in my forties... The woman to whom I was referring complained that there was no ice cream, and that the people ahead of her in line were being too chatty with the presenters

• Very nice article and really interesting too.

• It doesn't really look like a tadpole anymore..

• You were probably the one in the f'n prom shit huh?

• Give up your tadpoles!

• This was a bit of a downer article for such an amazing event! I was so happy that these amazing people were willing to bring me, of all things, free caramel! Hello?! I tried everything and thought they were all great. It was way to hard to pick one! Elemental Sugar's entry barely eked out the rest as far as the voting for me went. Loved it! I also loved Bourbon Steak's BBQ sauce entry. That, my friends, was truly amazing. Loved the event, loved the people (except for the crazy lady behind me in line. What a whiner!), loved the shops. Can't wait until next year!

• Why doesn't toffee count? That was the best one. A few of the caramels were pretty gross, a couple were decent, and a couple were pretty good. The best were the toffee, as well as the macaron that won. Apparently making a great caramel is pretty tough, since the tastiest entries were also the least traditional. Honorable mention to the soy sauce caramel -- I loved the idea of substituting the soy sauce in place of salt, and it was *almost* there -- just a little bit off. Some of them were way too soft or cloyingly sweet -- the pb&j one that keeps being mentioned was an offender on both fronts. It was a good concept, though. The candy covered tadpole that's also been up as a favorite just needed a little more flavor -- a bit more caramel would have helped counteract the plain sugar taste of the too prevalent shell. Of course, I still have a lot of these melting away in my cabinet to sample again..

• Was this chick at the same event? These caramels were delicious and creative. What the heck? Why bring up so much bad about a fun and tasty event.

• This review leaves much to be desired. I hope this blogger is not filling shoes for Laudig. What a jerk. At this rate, all of the Caramelpalooza contestants wont go back next year if they face scrutiny like this. Why would someone be so critical about candy. This review sucked. Really, "caramel dandruff", "pastry", "burnt", "too salty" - Wynter don't piss people off by thinking that your remarks are clever. Enough. My favorite caramel was Brendan Mclusky.

• Meant Wynter Holden :)

• Hats off to Meghan Olesen of Elemental Sugar, that "caramel dandruff" that the obnoxious Laudig called it, was too stupid to realize what she missed and dropped all over the floor, that stuff was the shit! To Tami Coe, the tadpole rocked! My favorite was Bourban Steak, wow was that ever good, the the UB's toffee was outof this world. I've been on a diet ever since. My love and I went together. This girl in front of me - in her 40's, was dressed up like a Good Will Prom date, just awful! What a beautiful night to attend such a cool event, thank you everyone.

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