I took Bristol Bites’ suggestion yesterday, and on the way up Park St, stopped off at Swinky’s for a special treat of a cupcake. Swinky’s is a sweet lovers delight of a shop. The home made candy motif has now spread to imported American goods such as Reece’s Pieces, Junior Mints (£1) and Lucky Charm cereal boxes (£7.95). Adventurous flavours such as Moroccan Mint and Deep Dark Chocolate Orange and Chilli have been joined by Cosmopolitan, Dirty Martini, Chocolate Three Ways and one more which I will leave for you to discover.
The four new flavours have been created to celebrate the second Sex and the City movie by representing each of the female lead characters. The two that I bought to taste were the following:
Cosmopolitan
Blitzed cranberries infuse vanilla sponge cake with a hint of lime zest to stand up to the sweetness. Topped with a Cranberry, Orange and Lime Frosting, the only thing missing is the Vodka! An ode to Ms Bradshaw.
Dirty Martini (Salted Chocolate Caramel)
Light chocolate cake is wrapped in salted martini-chocolate frosting and drizzled in caramel. Elegance with a feisty kick and a potential classic. Samantha perhaps?
I saved the sweet treats to enjoy with my Indian Monsoon Malamar coffee from Extract Coffee. I preferred the Cosmopolitan cupcake and didn’t like the idea that the dirty martini was made up of cake, not dense enough. The coffee was great.
I must mention that I don’t intend to watch either of the Sex in the City movies. I find the concept of them sexist and stereotypically cliched – so it’s not the movie that caused my excitement. I just love variety and new flavours.
Swinky Sweets Ltd, 20 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JA
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