Brisbane Weekend - Sweet Temptation Tour
This tempting tour across Brisbane will take you from Redcliffe to Paddington and take in
hand-crafted chocolates, brownies, confectionary and cakes.
Sweet Temptation Tour
Sweet Temptation Tour
Redcliffe - Paddington
If you’re on a diet or looking after your
waistline then this is definitely not the drive
tour for you! This tempting tour across
Brisbane that will take you from Redcliffe
to Paddington is for the sweet tooths
that consider a sugar-hit a daily vitamin.
From delicately hand-crafted chocolates,
brownies, confectionary and cakes this tour
will raise your blood sugar levels and your
endorphins too. Just don’t eat them all at
once, make sure you get some to go so you
can savour this tour for a long time to come.
Teddies ‘n Sweets, Redcliffe
You’ll find the best of British lollies at Teddies
‘n Sweets in the Cominos Arcade along
Redcliffe Parade. It’s English Tea Rooms
and Sweet Shop sells traditional British
Sweets and Groceries stocking a range of
UK chocolate bars, polos, double deckers,
yorkies, blackpool rock, dolly mixtures and
liquorice allsorts. Try the high tea with
a three-tiered selection of foods which
includes warm scones with strawberries and
cream and a hot pot of English breakfast tea.
Open weekends 9am-4pm Saturday and 9am
- 3pm Sunday.
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Lollyworld, Lawnton (20.3km)
Lollyworld at 6 Ebert Road Parade Lawnton stocks sugary delights from all over the world.
From the US, they stock Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Pop Tarts and Dr Pepper. From the UK
its Dusted Jelly Babies and Dolly Mix and from Holland you can enjoy salted Dutch Licorice.
Open on Saturdays 9am-5pm.
Tom’s Confectionary Warehouse (20.7km)
Continue on to 358 Nudgee Road, Hendra. Here you will find Tom’s Confectionary
Warehouse, Australia’s largest confectionary shop with over 16,000 lines of products to
choose from. Open daily.
Dandelion & Driftwood, Hendra (6.6km)
It’s probably time to balance all this sweet shopping with a tea or coffee so pop into
Dandelion & Driftwood at 45 Gerler Road in Hendra. If you’re peckish they have a beautiful
selection of cakes and pastries to try. Open daily.
Dello Mano, Teneriffe (7.2km)
As you enter the big red doors of Dello Mano at 29 Doggett Street, Teneriffe you are entering
chocolate brownie heaven. The small family run business is the brain child of Deborah
Peralta, a former food scientist and marketer who previously worked with companies like
Cadbury and Arnotts. Other products on offer include cookies,
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fudge and truffles but it is their world
famous brownies that everyone goes for
including Ashton Kutcher! Open daily.
Emporium (650m)
Inspired by the cupcake phenomenon that
swept through New York, Poppy Cakes
offers a variety of cupcakes including lowgluten options, whole cakes and cookies
as well as great coffee. Open daily. While
here, stop by Freestyle Tout. Known for
amazing desserts such as Spanish Churros
and dipping chocolate, Freestyle Affogato
and chocolate deluxe Sundaes, Freestyle
will leave your tastebuds very satisfied.
Open daily.
Chouquette, New Farm (1.8km)
Chouquette is a French boulangerie
patisserie and a tantalising taste of France
at 19 Barker St, New Farm. It is also a feast
for the senses, as you walk in to the shop
the sights and aromas will entice you.
Chouqettes, éclairs and macarons are just
some of the mouth-watering products on
offer. Open Saturday until 5pm and Sunday
until 12:30pm.
Chocolate to Die For, Brisbane City (2.3km)
It is at 214 Adelaide Street in the city you
will find ‘Chocolate to Die For’ a chocolate
shop exclusively to cater for lovers of fine
chocolate. With over 20 styles and sizes of
gift boxes for your personal selection and
popular assortments already boxed, make
sure you take the opportunity to stock up
here.
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The Barracks, Petrie Terrace (1.9km)
Another chocolate shop option for lovers of
fine chocolate is boutique shop Bittersweet
at
The Barracks. Their signature chocolate is
a prune delicacy, soaked in bourbon for six
months and stuffed with a white chocolate,
tangerine and Drambuie ganache and
dipped in dark callebaut couveture. French
Twist Patisserie nearby also has a fine array
of sweets to entice you.
Southbank (2.2km)
Chocolate decadence pretty much sums
up a trip to Max Brenner at Southbank. A
great spot for a chocolate overdose but be
prepared to wait though, there is usually a
queue. While here, The Great Aussie Sweet
Co across the way has been adding a sweet
touch to the parklands for more than 18
years and will have you feeling like a kid
again.
Monty’s Chocolate, Paddington (4.3km)
And if you need just one more chocolate
fix, head to Monty’s Chocolate at 155
Latrobe Terrace in Paddington. You can get
an array of fine chocolate products here
including diverse flavours like lavender and
wildberry, pink champagne truffle and dark
chilli. The decadent hot chocolate is also
recommended.
Images courtesy of RACQ staff unless
otherwise stated.
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