Andrew D.
Yelp
Traditional chocolate shops where they make the products right there in front of you are a dying breed, and I can't understand why. The smell of warm chocolate and sugar as you approach the storefront evokes mental images of hot fudge being pulled from an oven, or taffy being stretched out on a table. The piles upon piles of candies, chocolates, nuts, and combinations of all three should make you feel 5 again, ready to reach up as high as you can to grab a particularly tasty-looking treat from a shelf three feet off the floor. The Southern Candy Company can do all that and more, and I applaud them for sticking around in a world filled with the mass-produced mediocrity that we call candy these days.
Whenever I'm in Atlanta, I make sure to stop by here and fill up on some of their homemade fudge creations or chocolate-drenched nut clusters. The Rocky Road Fudge in particular is heavenly, I would gladly buy a whole tray if it didn't cost quite so much. I'm even tempted to go back a second time during this stay, as I have yet to try the pralines and my curiosity may get the best of me.