Katie & Justin

I know a posted a lot about our unofficial bakery tastings, but I think I forgot to reveal our final choices. We decided on Sensational Bites, a little shop located near us on Southport, and went there one Saturday morning — this time for our “official” tasting. Basically I got to pick out whatever sounded good on their menu, and try as much as I wanted. (One little girl who came in the store couldn’t take her eyes off my plate full of treats, probably jealous that I got to eat cake for breakfast!)

Each new item I tried tasted better and better, even flavors I wasn’t expecting to like that much. The strawberry cupcake, for example, was one of my favorites — even though I’m normally a chocolate kind of girl. Justin, who doesn’t like sweets, tried to help me narrow them down based on my reactions.  Ultimately we ended up with quite a good variety. All of them are going to bite-size, so if you’re like me, you’ll enjoy sampling more than one!

• Butterfinger cupcakes
• Cookies ‘n’ cream cupcakes
• Strawberry cupcakes
• Peanut butter fudge brownies
• Holly Dolly bars (also known as seven layer bars, a mix of coconut, chocolate chips and lots of other good stuff)
• Raspberry shortbread
• Mint chocolate brownies