A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

Harbor Sweets makes my favorite candy of all time, sweet sloops, almond buttercrunch toffee covered in white chocolate, dipped in dark chocolate and pecans. So I was excited to try out their new line that will be making its debut on September 6th. Gather chocolates are handmade and each package contains 6 honey infused chocolates. The collection is a mission driven chocolate inspired by the plight of the honeybees and a portion of the sales will be donated to the Pollinator Partnership. Did you know that in just one year there was a 44% loss of honeybee colonization? For more information about bees, check out my friend Noah’s company’s website, Best Bees. (And you can see my post about them here).

I love the packaging for these chocolates! You can pick up a 6 piece assortment for $12.50 and a 12 piece assortment for $18.50.

Starting at the bottom left and working our way clockwise: the sesame crunch, the sour cherry, the coconut cluster, the pomegranate molasses and the cashew caramel with the caramelized honey truffle in the center. All the chocolates were delicious and in the blink of an eye they were gone…yup, polished these off in one sitting (for research purposes of course!) Here are my thoughts:

• I loved the texture of the sesame crunch
• I wasn’t sure I was going to like the sour cherry, as I am not really a fruit and chocolate kind of gal, but you tasted the honey up front and the cherry flavor came second – it was very subtle
• The coconut cluster had the added coconut on the outside which made the flavor bright and bold
• Again, pleasantly surprised with the pomegranate molasses which was bold in flavor and really smooth
• The cashew caramel was my favorite of the lot, I loved the texture and the flavor
• The caramelized honey truffle was delicious and really showcased the honey flavor up front with  a smooth dark chocolate finish at the end

So if you are ever in Salem, stop by and check them out (I have yet to go!), they even give tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If not, you can head over to their website and have the chocolate sent right to you! If you haven’t already, make sure to try those sweet sloops too!

Disclaimer: I was sent a box of Gather chocolate to sample for this review. All opinions are my own.

Harbor Sweets

Palmer Cove – 85 Leavitt Street

Salem, MA

www.harborsweets.com

Tags: chocolate, dessert