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Hamantaschen, Tasty Treats

Hamantaschen, the triangle shaped cookies that are traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim, are made with many different fillings including poppy, prune, date, walnut, and chocolate. This year the holiday is celebrated on February 27 & 28, these tasty cookies are now available at Jewish bakeries around the city, here are some of the best places that are selling them.

Solly’s (3 locations)

1) 368 West 7th Avenue

2) 2873 West Broadway

3) 189 East 28th Avenue

Sabra’s

3844 Oak Street

Siegel’s (2 locations)

1) 1883 Cornwall Avenue

2) Granville Island Market

Garden City Bakery

9100 Blundell Road, Richmond

Kaplans

5775 Oak Street

Omnitsky’s

5866 Cambie Street

Valentine’s Day Treats

Cupcakes by Tracycakes

Speciality Cupcakes

Now through to Valentine’s Day, Tracycakes will be preparing freshly made Valentine’s Day cupcakes daily in a variety of flavours like For My Valentine, Hot Lips, Neopolitan, Girlicious and A Moment On Your Lips. All cupcakes are available in store or made-to-order by calling either of the cafes.

Cupcakes prices:

Cupcakes – $2.95 each or $14.00 per half dozen

Babycakes – $1.25 each or 10.95 per dozen

Specialty Cakes and Cookies

Heart Shaped Mini Cakes come in two varieties – chocolate or vanilla, iced with either chocolate or vanilla icing and covered with flakes of chocolate and decorated with a special candy or those three magic words! - $10.95.

Tracycakes Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies come in beautifully wrapped packaging and decorated to your heart’s desire. 2 pack boxed sugar cookies for $5.95 or individually wrapped in cellophane for $2.00.

Cupcake Bouquets

“Cup of Love” Bouquet – A unique floral arrangement perfect for the sweetheart with a sweet tooth. The “Cup of Love” is a pretty tea cup filled with colourful flowers and babycakes – $25.95

“Bunches of Love” Bouquet – This lovely floral arrangement is good enough to eat and is a colourful display of gerber daisies mixed with seven scrumptious babycakes – $50

Tracycakes White Rock

15015 Marine Drive

Tracycakes Abbotsford

101 2636 Montrose Avenue

For more information and ordering:  www.tracycakesonline.com

Halloween Treats

What better way to celebrate the holiday than to pick up a treat for yourself or more treats for your friends or for your friends kids or for your kids.

Here are some treats that caught my eye to help you celebrate this holiday.

'Pumpkins' Chocolate Caramel Apples

'Pumpkins' Chocolate Caramel Apples

Chocolate Pumpkins

Chocolate Pumpkins

The chocolate caramel covered apples range from the simple at $4.49 to the ultimate at $8.99 to the ultra at $11.99.

The full size chocolate pumpkins are $24.99

Indulge and have fun at a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory near you!

Snacking on Chocolate

There is always time for chocolate and at XOXOLAT at 2391 Burrard Street in Vancouver you will find a wide selection of imported chocolate bars, this shop has brought international chocolate culture to Vancouver. If you are looking for an afternoon pick me up or have that chocolaty craving then this is the place to come for one of the known brands such as Theo, Dolfin, Zotter or for their homemade chocolate bark, such as the dark chocolate with blueberries and pecans.

They have rare chocolates, organic chocolate, Fair Trade Chocolate, Kosher chocolate, chocolates for those who are lactose intolerant or vegan.

XoXolat

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