With the end of the year upon us it’s always fun to look back at the previous 12 months!
Here are the most popular posts from Chocolate Bytes for 2008. Did I include your favorite?

Make your own Oreos
Two-minute microwave fudge
Layered chocolate cheesecake bars
Chocolate cake in five minutes
How to check a label for expired candy
Grilled chocolate bananas
New chocolate biscuits baffle Brits
Lindt Excellence Chili Bar
Better Than WHAT Cake
Homemade Oreo ice cream
Flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate chip blondies

The Consumerist had a great article yesterday on how to determine if M&M’s, Mars or Hershey candy is expired:
“For M&Ms and Mars candy, there’s usually a 10 digit code of numbers and letters, but you only need to worry about the first three. The first number is the last number in the year (8 means 2008, 7 means 2007, etc) and the next two numbers stand for the week of the year (so, a number like 804 would be the fourth week of 2008: February 2008).
“For Hershey’s candy, there’s a 2 character code for the month and year. The year …read more