102
Franklin St.
Quincy,
MA 02169
(617)
328-6248
July
10, 2014
Mom
and I love getting our chocolate on, and since we found ourselves in Quincy
having lunch at The Clam Box, we knew just the place to satisfy our sweet
tooth.
We’ve
been to Purefections Chocolate one other time, and we both thought that it was
some of the best chocolate we’ve ever had.
We’ve tried Hilliard’s, Sweenor’s, Dorothy Cox, Godiva and many other
candies from local chocolatiers, but the offerings at Purefections were top
notch – especially the P2C2.
The P2C2 (pronounced “P squared, C squared”) is a nicely sized piece of Belgian
chocolate mixed with peanut butter, caramel and a salted potato crunch. “A salty sweet treat” notes the wrapper. It comes in milk, dark and – we found out
today – white chocolate. The P2C2 is
probably the tastiest candy bar you’ll ever have, which is why it has been featured
on several food-themed television programs.
Obviously
Mom and I were there to score some P2C2 (both milk and white), but we also
chose two milk chocolate tartarugas with spiced pecans, two milk chocolate
cashew clusters, two pieces of milk chocolate almond toffee, two peanut butter
and marshmallow cups and two dark chocolate lavender truffles. Mostly everything at Purefections is made
with different types of chocolate, but Mom and I tend to favor milk over dark
(even though white is our real favorite).
Our total came to $38.50. Is this
a lot to pay for chocolate? Yes, but A)
we’re never in Quincy and B) it is delicious and worth every penny.
The
P2C2 was just as good as we remembered.
The pieces of potato crisp are minced so that you get a tiny bit of texture
in every bite (think Nestle’s Crunch).
The chocolate on each candy was very creamy, and Mom marveled at the
fact that the candy (even the white chocolate!) wasn’t overly sweet – it was
rich and flavorful. You get what you pay
for. The delicious turtles, cups and
clusters were filled with their requisite ingredients and were fantastic. The toffee was very tasty and the lavender truffle
was crazy because it tasted just like lavender smells – only less harsh and
surrounded by sweet dark chocolate. Everything
was amazing.
Purefections
is definitely one of the greats. You can
order online (click here) or stop inside and choose something from the display
case. Make sure to pay attention because
the store is small and barely noticeable from the street. Once inside, be sure to get their signature
P2C2. You will thank us.