Celebrate Earth Day with a Free Cup of Coffee!

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22nd, we are offering free house coffee all day long to those that bring in their own coffee mug from home!!! Our house blend this week is La Laguna Guatemala, locally roasted in Santa Cruz by Verve Coffee Roasters.

Everyday we bag our used coffee grinds in our cellulose candy bags, cellulose is primarily the component of the cell walls of plants and is a 100% biodegradable and can also be recycled with other paper products. The bags will biodegrade in soil in 30-90 days. Feel free to pick up a bag of our grinds & bring home to sprinkle on your acid loving plants & gardens.

The Sweet Shop has always been committed to having as little negative impact as possible on the environment. Happy Earth Day!

All of our cups, plates, utensils and supplies are biodegradable/compostable made from corn, sugarcane, & potatoes. Not sure where to put your trash? Just take a look at our wall display to learn what each item is made of and how long it takes to compost. To learn more about our community efforts, visit Sweet Shop Community

One ouf our favorites...Poco Dolce Tiles

The Sweet Shop has been carrying Poco Dolce chocolates from San Francisco since we opened. We discovered these little treats at the SF Chocolate Salon last summer and cant give them up! Last month at the 2010 Chocolate Salon, they were voted by attendees as "Best in the Show and Most Likely Addiction"...we can relate as they are so hard for us to resist looking at them all day long! The burnt caramel is our favorite, if you haven't tried already, make this your next lavish gift for someone or better yet spoil yourself rotten and indulge like no other.

Earlier this year we attended the SF Fancy Food Show and visited Poco Dolce again, we couldn't resist and had to add two new items! The Popcorn Toffee & Super Chile Toffee Squares, they come in a great tin and perfect to take a long on a trip or camping. The popcorn squares have that buttery, sea salt toffee with fresh air popped corn in the middle and covered in chocolate.

Some like it hot! If you like a little heat, try the Super Chile squares, two types of chile covered with their yummy bittersweet chocolate, just wait for the chile to kick in after after a moment of enjoying the chocolate - perfect combo!
Next time you are at the Sweet Shop, ask us for a sample of the Poco Dolce to taste, Italian for "little sweet".

Fizzy Time at the Sweet Shop

Time for some fizzy bubbles at the Sweet Shop!

Our days are getting sunnier and summertime is just around the corner, time for a refreshing drink with bubbles!

Check out some of our latest additions... "Fizzy Lizzy" (gotta love that name), "Lorina Lemonade" and if you haven't checked out the "Ramune Soda" yet you are in for a treat (pop it, flip it, love it!)

Fizzy Lizzy is an all natural blend of whole fruit juice and sparkling water with no added sugar or corn syrup. You can actually see all of the fruit sitting at the bottom of the bottle, give it a shake. No gunk, no junk!

We discovered after a little mixing and tasting, our Costa Rican Pineapple Fizzy Lizzy makes a fantastic cold smoothie drink mixed with some yogurt. Next time you are at the Sweet Shop, ask for our special combo a, Fizzy Peach Mango Smoothie!

Summertime lemonade...so hard to resist on a warm day! We already carry a great lemonade made by Purity but decided to add a little pink to our Sweet Shop and some bubbles just for fun. Enjoy a bottle of our Lorina Sparkling Pink Lemonade, so yummy & refreshing! Life is Sweet and Bubbly!

Blooming Daisies & Spring Treats at the Sweet Shop

Spring has arrived at the Sweet Shop! Yes, we know it isn't "official" yet but our garden and fountain have flowers and inside the shop it sure feels like Spring. Stop by and check out all of our new goodies!
Spring & Easter treats everywhere...chocolate eggs, bunny's galore, lambs, cows, chickens, cows, gummy butterflies, gummy fried eggs, bunny corn just to name a few. Our FAVORITE new treat is our Edible Grass, it is a paper wafer candy and quite yummy to munch on, this wont last so pick some up on your next visit. Perfect alternative to decorating your Easter baskets and will be such a fun treat to be able to eat everything in your basket!
Li'l Playful Pals, so cute...our favorite little chocolate friends.

Life is Sweet!

Lollipops, Salt Water Taffy & Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks!

The Sweet Shop has just added some good old fashioned treats...lollipops, salt water taffy and rock candy sticks! Besides just reminding us of some things we liked as children, we are getting Spring Fever at the shop! Yes, all this rain is great and we appreciate it and so will our gardens come Spring but we just wanted to add a little more color to those dreary days. Enjoy!" Lollipop, Lollipop Oh lolli Lolli Lolli Lollipop...."

We just added some new old fashioned handmade swirly lollipop flavors to our collection! We still have our signature red & white peppermint lollipop of course but now if you want to try a different flavor, check out the bubblegum, cotton candy, berry, pineapple or tangerine. Look for the lollipop tree on display in the shop. Lollipops will never go out of fashion!

Just in - Salt Water Taffy! Most of us remember taffy from beach holidays, especially on the East Coast. Did you know Salt Water Taffy doesn't have any Salt Water in it? Click here for Wikipedia's story on Salt Water Taffy if you want to know more. Right now we have banana, peaches n' cream, caramel apple and raspberry flavors. What are your favorite taffy flavors?Do you remember the days of making your own crystal rock candy on a string?

Such a fun project! Our Rock Candy Swizzle Sticks are not only yummy but so nice to look at, be sure to pick up one of Raspberry, Cherry, Grape, Strawberry, Cotton Candy & Watermelon sticks - so fun!

Lunch at the Sweet Shop

A warm and savory lunch awaits you at the Sweet Shop! We all love our sweets but once in awhile we need a little something savory to balance us out or should we say cheesy?

The Sweet Shop serves lunch every day from 11am until 2pm, come taste our yummy soup or one of our warm fresh panini sandwiches. Here is our current lunch menu:

Soup

Organic Creamy Tomato (gluten free!)

The North Beach

Prosciutto with melting Provolone Cheese and just a touch of our special Fig Spread.

Pesto! Pesto!

Fresh sliced Tomatoes, gooey Mozzarella Cheese & a dollop of Pesto Sauce

The Cheesy Pig

Ham and Cheddar done just right...

Grilled Cheese

the old time favorite

See you for lunch!

New Sweetness at the Sweet Shop

Red Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Brownies, Red Velvet Cake Yogurt & some very special Truffles...our latest additions to the shop this week and we cant wait to share with you!

Just in time to celebrate Valentines, we now have Red Velvet Cake yogurt! This is absolutely divine, think of cake batter ice cream but with that yummy red velvet cake flavor. It brings back memories as a child of sneaking that last lick of the batter from the bowl from Mom's kitchen. Ask for one of our chocolate toppings to it and pretend that is the frosting, yum!

Be sure to check out these very special handmade truffles made by Socola Chocolatier now available at the Sweet Shop. They are so unique and you can taste the love that goes into making them.

Life is Sweet!