As colder weather continues to creep into the Tri-State, warm winter treats are must-have items to keep your head, heart, and stomach cozy and full.
DeAnn and Mike Schmitt, owners of Sweet Schmittโs Candy (422 N. Main St.), are known across the city for their gourmet marshmallows, sold year-round for $2.50 a piece. The soft, gooey textures are enveloped in silky, smooth chocolate and crunchy toppings and then infused with flavors from sโmores to dark chocolate cherry, and pair perfectly with a steaming cup of hot chocolate.
More goodies can be had atย Stephen Libs Finer Chocolates (6225 Vogel Road). Chocolate-covered cremes, cordials, mints, pretzels, peanuts, potato chips, Oreos, and graham crackers are just the start. Almonds, raisins, malt balls, coffee beans, and more also come double-dipped in delectable chocolate.
Still miss the chocolate-coated, marshmallow-filled hot chocolate bombs from Mike Libs & The Chocolate Factory? (The chocolatier closed his longtime South Green River Road shop in March 2023.) Although Evansville native Akira McTier has moved her Taste of Pink bakery operations to Indianapolis, her hot cocoa bombs are available for order online and can fill that milk chocolate sphere-shaped whole in your heart. Add a dash of flavors like salted caramel, snickerdoodle, peppermint bark, and more for $5 per bomb. Inside, a handful of marshmallows and a scoop of powdered cocoa are unleashed when the bomb melts into a steaming mug of milk. Bombs away!
Editor’s note: This article originally ran in 2022, before Mike Libs & the Chocolate Factory closed. It has since been updated.
