Sweets Handmade Candies
10118 Donner Pass Rd Suite 1, Truckee, CA
Crema's Take
“This historic downtown Truckee candy shop specializes in handmade confections with creative flavor combinations like sea salt dark chocolate and caramel-coated candy apples, though quality and value can be inconsistent. While the boutique atmosphere and novelty items appeal to first-time visitors, reviews suggest the experience is hampered by outdated Covid-era access policies, variable staff friendliness, and pricing that doesn't always match the product quality. If you're craving artisanal candy and don't mind a slower, more leisurely visit, it's worth a stop—just manage your expectations and bring patience.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
They used to be good but never got the memo that Covid is over. So they still limit access. Simple answer:?we don’t go any more. It isn’t like there chocolate was worth waiting for anyway.
Grumpy staff ruins the experience. Overpriced, mediocre chocolate meant to trap tourists. Interesting that nothing has clearly marked prices and they keep the scale on the back counter and away from customers’ view when they measure it out, and just come up with a (absurd) price - a likely violation of CA weights and measures requirements.
Candy apple coated with chewy caramel with fragrant dark chocolate and sea salt. Love the caramel, so maybe the original flavour candy apple ($8.95) will do. Rather pricey, this was for $14.95.
Nice boutique candy shop in historic downtown Truckee. Plenty of handmade candies and other dessert items to choose from. A lot of first timers asking questions, so sometimes service can be slow (not because of the staff). Parking on the weekends can be a challenge.
I wasn’t very thrilled with the experience. Right when you enter, they’re still doing Covid social distancing 4 years later… Now it would be fine if their chocolate was decent, but our orange chocolate we bought was rock hard. Service could use some improvement.
Crema Reviews
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