This is one of those high-calorie items I almost wish I didn’t know about. Häagen-Dazs Reserve Fleur de Sel Caramel bars come three to a box, and each has 270 calories.

Each bar is caramel ice cream, with ribbons of fleur de sel (sea salt) caramel throughout, and the whole bar is dipped in dark chocolate.

When I’m working out, I do extra reps so I can have one of these about once a week. The combination of slightly salty caramel, creamy ice cream and dark chocolate is amazing. Häagen-Dazs also makes fleur de sel caramel ice cream in a tub, which is also excellent, and easier to portion-control.

Available at Winn-Dixie, Publix, and most other major grocery stores.

Do you worry about your kids (or yourself) getting enough vitamins and minerals from food? Vemma NEXT is ideal for children 2 to 12.

The orange-flavored natural liquid is designed to meet children’s nutritional needs without preservatives, artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners.

For every month’s supply purchased, Vemma will donate a month’s supply of NEXT to a needy child.

Comes in single serving, 2-ounce bottles and 32-ounce bottles. Available at www.vemma.com.

I use them with frozen fruit to make an extra-healthy smoothie.

Dr. McDougall’s ready-to-serve carton soups are vegan, high in fiber, filling, low calorie, and yet, surprisingly (for me) delicious. I expect foods in those categories to be … palatable, tolerable. These soups are really good. I especially like the vegetable soup, minestrone, and chunky tomato, but all seven varieties are good, and satisfying as a meal. There’s also lentil, black bean, split pea, and roasted red pepper with tomato. Each carton is about 18 oz., two servings, most are complete protein, many are gluten free. Prices vary, but they are available at Whole Foods and online at http://www.rightfoods.com

Jacqueline Moore of Boynton Beach has developed her own line of low-glycemic cake mixes good for diabetics or anyone who wants to eat fewer carbs and refined sugars.

I made her banana cake and took it to work.

Co-workers raved about it, without knowing it was reduced sugar, low-carb and good for restricted diets.

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After giving away more than 50 bagels last Monday, Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company is ready for a possible doubleheader of FREE bagels.

Because the New York Giants defeated the Oakland Raiders 44-7 Sunday, the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company, 14451 S. Military Trail in Delray Beach is offering a FREE bagel to Giants fans today (Monday).
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A Boca Raton bakery is making a chocolate cupcake 4-1/2 feet high, 6 feet wide, topped with pink icing, handmade 5-inch sprinkles, and a cherry that’s 12 inches around.

The cupcake (brainchild of Laurie Braden, President of Global TV Concepts and the Big Top Cupcake(tm)) will be unveiled at Mizner Park Amphitheater Oct. 3 (Saturday), prior to the 7 p.m. THINK PINK ROCKS concert, starring AKON, Melanie Fiona, Shontelle, American Yard and DJ Cassidy. Tickets are $30 here.) Read the full story

Ben & Jerry’s is symbolically renaming Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby, in honor of the fight to legalize gay marriage. This is temporary, a gesture.

Here’s their statement:

In partnership with Freedom to Marry we are gathered here to celebrate Vermont and all the other great states where loving couples of all kinds are free to marry legally. We have ceremoniously dubbed our iconic flavor, Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby in support, and to raise awareness of the importance of marriage equality. Check out our press release.

If you live in Vermont, or visiting, you’re invited to celebrate the pride-filled occasion with an all naturally fabulous union of Peanut Butter Cookie Dough ice cream, fudge and pretzels. Enjoy our Hubby Hubby Sundae for the month of September in participating Vermont Scoop Shops!

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The grand-prize winning “Toffee for Your Coffee,” a sour cream cake donut topped with glaze and chopped Heath® Bar, is now available at Dunkin Donuts nationwide.

Jeff Hager of Hoover, Ala., was the grand prize winner in Dunkin Donut’s contest to find America’s next great donut.

“Toffee for Your Coffee” was officially revealed as the winning donut on National Donut Day, June 5. Hager received $12,000 along with the opportunity to have his donut sold in participating Dunkin’ Donuts shops throughout the country.

Twelve contest finalists, including Hager, received $1,200 and traveled to Dunkin’ Donuts’ University in Massachusetts for a bake-off. Our local finalist was Carol D’Angelo of Palm Beach Gardens.

Lawry’s has two new liquid marinades, Signature Steak House and Buffalo BBQ, that add loads of flavor in just 30 minutes. I look for sauces and marinades that don’t have sugar, corn syrup or other sweeteners as the main ingredient, and these don’t.

They have 10 calories in one tablespoon, and are really yummy. The signature steak house tastes of Worcestershire sauce, molasses, cumin and garlic. Read the full story

I have a confession. I tried a lollipop recently that tasted like bacon, and I liked it.

The flavor, from Das Foods, is part of a new line of all-natural suckers that come in novel flavors including salty caramel, maple bacon, orange pomegranate and lemon ginger.

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