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That Hit the Sugar Spot.

By L. Stolpman in Food on May 5, 2008 3:30PM

Sugar%20Spot.jpgOn a recent trip out East, a family member convinced us to reconsider the chocolate covered pretzel. We were not convinced that anyone had finally struck the fine balance between salty and sweet, crunchy and smooth. Into our mouth went a pretzel, lightly coated with milk chocolate and small red candied dots. Chew, chew, chew,…hmm, salty and sweet but with a kick. It was a Mexican hot chocolate pretzel. Who knew they came like this? Next, we tried a pretzel with Chai spice infused chocolate. Then dark chocolate with a hint of mint. These were not the heavily coated, waxy chocolate covered pretzels we’d tried before. These pretzels were crisp and the light coat of chocolate let the saltiness of the pretzel stand out. The different flavors added a great and unique component to the treat.

We contacted the pretzel company, The Sugar Spot, and spoke with owner Alice Engh who began the company after a previous career in finance. She wanted to create a delicate dessert that did not overwhelm the pretzel with a huge amount of chocolate and that incorporated some unexpected flavors (like in the dark chocolate green tea pretzel or the white chocolate lemon). In addition to selling the pretzels on the website, The Sugar Spot does custom orders for graduation, retirement parties, and weddings.

If you're interested in trying some of these unique pretzels, Chicagoist readers can go to The Sugar Spot and use the discount code CHICAGO - good for a 10% discount in the month of May.