Friday's sweet tooth confession

I mean, for a blog to be named confessions from a sweet tooth, I've posted very little that's sweet to the taste buds.

Cacao, Atlanta, a Bean-To-Bar hand made chocolate, candy, coffee, sweet shop that induces drunk like, black out state of mind after entering. Little did I know after leaving the store, I had ordered one of everything. Just kidding' kids! My pockets aren't that deep. Moving on ... so I'd heard about this place while watching an episode of Big Rich Atlanta. I love those blond haired momma moochers, Harvin and Meyer. They'd met at one of the Cacao locations in Atlanta and I thought, hey maybe if I visit Atlanta next time and go to Cacao, I could potentially run into these mamma moochers. No such luck, but I did score some awesome confections.

Fleur de sel caramels

 

Dark, Milk, and White Chocolate bark

And my favorite was the Parisian macarons. They were out of the tiramisu, but I got the pistachio, lemon blueberry, strawberry, and hazelnut with chocolate ganache.

I also got a mix of their popular hand made truffles. I had the PB&J, Lavender Blueberry, Pecan Pie, hazelnut gianduja, and pecan penuche. Hands down the pecan penuche, which I don't have a clue what penuche means, was my fav! So good! You can also order them online here.They're a bit on the expensive side, but it's not like you're buying a Reese Cup. Besides chocolate, good chocolate, is expensive and absolutely worth it. 

Keep in mind, this place for Christmas, birthday, or any other special holiday. These chocolate truffles, or any of their other confections, would make a great gift for the chocolate lover in your life. 

http://cacaoatlanta.com/collections/truffles

They number these truffles so that you can pick from a list of descriptions and choose by number - very cool way of distinguishing the different flavors.

Don't you just love how this place is decorated? I just love the bistro tables and chairs. 

Umm K, back to North Carolina and cool place for a summer time sweet treat. Head on over to Durham and visit the Parlor (preferably on nights when there isn't a Durham Bulls game going on) and grab a scoop of their fabulous homemade ice cream. Side note: do try the homemade ginger ale. It's the bom dot com. I loved it so much I went home and tried to make it myself. Their version was way better. 

Buttered Pecan in homemade waffle cone

The salted butter caramel was pretty darn good too, but I love nuts in ice cream. True story!

One last thing, not sweet related. Fall's right around the corner, which means it's just about time to start popping open my favorite seasonal Punk'n beer. If you've not yet tried it you should and now's the time to get it. Don't do what I did and wait until mid fall to try and get it ... major fail.

The hubs surprised me with it a few weeks back. I've already enjoyed a six pack, moving on to the next six pack this weekend. I'm tellin' ya, go get it!

For next week, I'll share my shrimp and fish taco with cilantro, lime, parmesan cheese orzo recipes. For now, you can feast your eyes on the finished product.

Enjoy your weekend folks!

xoxo