Super Chunk Sweets and Treats
Cowpuncher Cookie – Mexican chocolate, cayenne, cinnamon, candied jalapeno / Brownie – Cookie Crumble, sea salt, chocolate chips
JOHN & YOKO Cake – 3 layers of honey cake soaked with a cinnamon tres leches, layered and topped with honeycomb candy and mascarpone whipped cream
Carrot Cake – Yuzu Cream Cheese Frosting
Nanaimo Peanut Butter Pie – Gluten Free Graham Cracker, Coconut, Peanut, Cocoa Crust, Peanut Butter Mascarpone Filling, Coconut Ganache
Zac’s Bean to Bar Ice Cream, Candy Cap Mushroom Ice Cream, Leatherwood Honey Ice Cream
Tucked away amidst the Turquoise and Silver shops of Old Town Scottsdale and about as “mom n’ pop” as it gets, Super Chunk Sweets and Treats was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated stop on a recent trip South and with walls decorated in exotic chocolates alongside several housemade treats the experience really could not have been any better; each bite of eight individual items showing the combined effects of creativity and a serious knack for balance.
Owned by husband/wife team Country and Sergio Velador, both present and accounted for in the planning stages of new hours and a breakfast/lunch menu to compliment cakes, cookies, caramels, and more in the upcoming week, it was with pleasant chat that time was passed perusing the options, a best bet eventually found in asking the duo exactly what they would recommend.
Perhaps a bit more pricey than other shops in Arizona, but justifying costs with quality that rivals some of the best like-minded places spread across The United States, it was with seating found at one of several small outside tables that tasting commenced, the $3 cups of “ice cream” actually more like a guilt-free semifreddo with rich flavors of candy cap mushroom and local honey bold and beautifully layered while Zac’s local chocolate imbued the last with cocoa notes dancing with fruity notes.
Reportedly soon to offer Canele, Croissants, and Kouign Amann but for now highlighted by cakes, cookies, and pies it was with carefulness that the “Cowpuncher” was approached, the dark batter offering piquant flavor of Mexican Hot Chocolate while a candied Jalapeno packed a punch that made me thankful I’d saved some ice cream, the round brownie a bit more my speed with a smooth crumb punched up by sandwich cookie chunks.
Told by a friend that the cakes were special, the “best selling” status confirmed by Sergio while Country continued her work in the kitchen even as the hour approached six, it was with two suggested and one self-selected that the tasting reached its climax, the carrot cake using yuzu to accomplish what pineapple normally does alongside finely shredded vegetables and spices while both the Canadian themed Nanaimo Pie and John & Yoko stack were even more impressive, the later one of the most memorable flavors I’ve tasted in some time with cinnamon and honey tones quickly flooding the palate as bits of candy played textural chess with feather-light mascarpone cream.
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