Do you get those?
Just the thought of Christmas makes my mouth water for sweet-treat deliveries by the postman. When I was a kid, I especially loved getting fruit cakes (don't laugh) and gift baskets in the mail. My granddaddy always sent a fruit cake from Collins Street Bakery, and our relatives from New York would enroll us in fruit/dessert of the month clubs. Those deliveries were almost as exciting as Christmas morning. Lately, I've been perusing the online sites of all my favorite treats. I have a few...
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| Bear Claws, Brittle, Baskets; oh my! River Street Sweets for truly southern treats. |
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| Gambino's Half & Half- You have to go to their website to check these Doberge cakes! |
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| Collin Street Bakery! |
Do you have any favorites from your neck of the woods? Please share : )
4 comments:
we never had store bought goodies at christmas,, no fancy bakeries or such close.Lived in the boonies of Northern Canada but we baked and stirred up special treats only eaten at christmas, such as fudge, fruitcake, shortbread, toffee, things like that.I 'm going to check out your likes,, we can have anuthing our hearts desire now thanks to the computer!
Guess I'm strange too, I love fruitcake.
@ Laurie- Yes, technology is good for that, but I'm so tempted to buy up treats that my scale should brace itself!; )
@ Stephen- Fruitcakes are divine! AND those in my family that won't touch it just leave more for me : )
We used to get Almond Toffee at the office, loved it so much I began to make it myself:@)
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