Charlotte desserts that take Halloween candy flavor combos to the next level
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Halloween candy is good and all, but wouldn’t it be better in the form of a cake? Of course it would. These local restaurants and bakeries take classic Halloween candy flavors to the next level as full-fledged desserts dripping in chocolate ganache, caramel and whipped cream. It’s like trick-or-treating grownup style. Let’s eat.
If you like the peanut butter + chocolate of a Reese’s cup…
Try Polka Dot Bake Shop’s Buckeye cupcake ($2.75). It’s a vanilla cake topped with smooth peanut butter buttercream and chocolate ganache.
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Or try Terrace Cafe’s peanut butter pie. It’s a mini tower of peanut butter cream pie filling topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate.
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If you like caramel apples…
Try Suarez Bakery’s caramel apple cider cupcake ($3.25). It’s an applesauce cake stuffed with caramel apple filling and topped with apple cider whipped cream, caramel and candied ginger.
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If you like the layers of wafers and chocolate of a Kit Kat bar…
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Try Bean Vegan Cuisine’s Kitty Kat cake ($5). It’s like a Kit Kat on steroids with layers of crispy wafers and creamy caramel topped with a peanut butter chocolate mousse. And it’s all vegan, which means no eggs, no dairy, no animal products.
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If you like the light chocolate-dipped chocolate mousse of a 3 Musketeers bar…
Try Suarez Bakery’s chocolate mousse cake slice ($3.50). It’s layers of fluffy chocolate mousse and chocolate cake topped with more chocolate ganache.
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Or try Amelie’s chocolate layered torte ($4.89). It’s a darker, denser variation on layered chocolate mousse and dark chocolate cake.
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If you like the chocolate-enrobed coconut of Mounds…
Try Earl’s Grocery’s chocolate-dipped coconut macaroon ($0.99). It’s a ball of toasted coconut shreds dunked in smooth chocolate. Perfect with a latte or shot of espresso.
If you like the caramel + chocolate of Rolo’s…
Try Sunflour Baking Company’s reverse Rolo cupcake ($3.25). It’s a chocolate cake filled with salted caramel and topped with caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle. (They also make a regular Rolo cupcake, which is the same but with chocolate buttercream.)
If you like the peanuts + caramel + chocolate of Snickers…
Try Bad Daddy’s Snickers shake. It’s loads of ice cream with Ghiradelli chocolate, caramel and peanuts.
(Photo credits: Terrace Cafe peanut butter pie via Facebook and Bad Daddy’s shakes via Facebook. All others Katie Levans.)