Small-Town Taste

I'm not sure what the first chocolate was that I have ever eaten. The first chocolate I remember eating is from a small (at the time), locally-owned shop called Sarris's.

Frank Sarris is a big, Greek man with a sweet tooth. He used to make chocolate out of his basement before opening up a shop. He tried and tried until he made the perfect chocolate recipe. Wanna know what he did with all the rejects? He buried them in his back yard. Boy wouldn't I like to take a shovel to that yard!

Now the shop is a block long in Canonsburg. The factory is right in the same building. There's an old-fashioned ice cream parlor as well. Before he made it big, Frank Sarris actually lived in the top floor of the building. Sarris chocolate is by far my favorite chocolate.

I could (and probably will) write a hundred other blog posts about Sarris but this one is dedicated to the Hard Cap Sundae. In the ice cream parlor, they serve over 30 flavors of homemade ice cream. Take that Baskin Robbins! There are close to 20 different toppings as well; but the one thing you must try is the Hard Cap Sundae. The topping is created with Sarris milk chocolate that is melted to the perfect temperature. When it is poured onto cold ice cream, it hardens just enough to create a shell, but still soft enough to melt in your mouth.



My favorite combination is mint chip with milk (or sometimes dark) chocolate hard cap. Top it off with a cookie stick and some homemade whipped cream and you've got the perfect indulgence.

Of course, it earns no less than a 10 out of 10 on the official Chocolate Emergency scale.