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Sweet Treats

By Phillip Rhodes
December 01, 2010
Satisfy a sweet tooth with a sugary treat.
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Our Favorite Sweet Treats

Looking for a bit of sugar for your sweetie? Try one of these delectable treats.
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Premium Agave Nectar Chef's Pack

Photo: Randy Mayor
Use agave nectar as a ready-made substitute for simple syrup in any recipe. This organic trio features plain clear, butterscotch-y amber, and rich, molasses-like raw.

Price: $18

Shop: Foodzie

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Maitelates Alfajores Cookies

Photo: Randy Mayor
Alfajores, common in Chile and Argentina, sandwich luscious dulce de leche between two buttery wafers, then swathe them in chocolate. Mmm!

Price: $28/Box of 12

Shop: Foodzie

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Ames Farm Single Sourced Honey

Photo: Randy Mayor
Each jar is a flavor snapshot of different areas of a Minnesota farm. From top: Buckwheat, Summer Blossoms, Wildflower, Prairie Flowers, Sweet Clover.

Price: $21/5 [2-ounce] jars

Shop: Ames Farm

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Oregon Growers & Shippers Fruit Paté

Photo: Randy Mayor
Pear Hazelnut, Quince, and Strawberry Fig "patés"—think marmalade.

Price: $7.89 per jar

Shop: Oregon Growers and Shippers

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TruBee Honey

Photo: Randy Mayor
Bright bee work: raw honey from a Tennessee farm’s wild-flowers, herbs, and shrubs.

Price: $10/12-ounce jar

Shop: TruBee Honey

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Ciao Bella Sorbets

Photo: Randy Mayor
As-good-as-homemade sorbet. If each bite weren't icy cold, you'd swear Ciao Bella sorbets were fruit. Our favorite flavors: raspberry, blood orange, and passion fruit.

Price: $4/Pint

Shop: Specialty Grocers

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Indulge Caramels

Photo: Randy Mayor
Let the kids have the candy corn and save these incredibly smooth, soft, buttery caramels for yourself. They're available in 12 flavors (from cashew to coconut), but sea salt was our favorite.

Price: $12/8-ounce bag

Shop: Indugle Caramels

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Komforte Chockolates Bars

Photo: Randy Mayor
There's a surprise inside these Komforte Chockolates bars: Brittle bits of ramen noodles or crisp tortilla pieces with lime and salt.

Price: $3/2.5-oz. bar

Shop: Seattle Chocolates

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Sucré French Macaroons

Photo: Randy Mayor
Luscious and light as air, French macaroons from New Orleans confectioner Sucré sandwich cream or mousseline between cloudlike layers of meringue.

Price: $23/15-piece box of assorted flavors

Shop: Sucré

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Xocolatti Chocolate Bark

Intensely flavored chocolate barks—from orange hazelnut to strangely addictive rose hip pistachio or mango paprika—from a Scarsdale, New York, artisan.

Price: $25-$27/half pound

Shop: Xocolatti

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