43 Hillside Road
Garden City Shopping Center
Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 942-2720
March 8, 2014
Mom loves a good chocolate shop, so it was only natural
that we paid a visit to Sweenor’s Chocolates while we were in Cranston.
Neither of us had heard of Sweenor’s before, but Mom
found them online and oohed and ahhed over their delectable offerings. The small store – located in the Garden City
Shopping Center – was beautifully decorated for both Easter and St. Patrick’s
Day. The whole place smelled amazing.
There was so much to choose from (click here for options), but Mom had a
plan. She saw the sea salt vanilla caramels
online and that was her focus. However,
in typical New England Bites fashion, we picked up several other candies before
finding what we came for.
We chose a box of cashew dixies ($7.95), a box of malted milk
balls ($3.95) and two white chocolate roses ($1.25 each). We finally found the sea salt vanilla caramels ($4.95)
and were surprised that they were coated in dark chocolate. Mom’s not a huge fan of dark chocolate but we
got them anyway because they looked awesome.
Our total came to $20.70.
We can’t say enough about how good this chocolate
was. Everything was so rich and creamy
and nothing had an overpowering sweetness.
The sea salt vanilla caramels were fantastic. The salt really stood out against
the chocolate coated caramel. Mom didn’t
even mind that it was dark chocolate because of how good it tasted. As for the dixies, they were very much like
turtles and had large, tasty cashews surrounded by caramel and cloaked in both
milk and dark chocolate. Superb! Again, the salty and sweet combo made for an
excellent snack. The malted milk balls
were addictive and had a great crunch to them, and the white chocolate roses
were good, but not as flavorful as we expected. However, you could tell that you
were eating quality chocolate and not just some average store bought brand.
If you haven’t visited Sweenor’s yet, do yourself a favor
and check them out. There is plenty to
choose from and with Easter right around the corner, you know the Bunny will be
stocking up. Get the candy while it
lasts!
