GASTRONORMOUS

I forgot to mention the other day that when we went to Fragole, we thought about getting dessert after dinner, but nixed the idea once we considered how much longer it meant we would be there enduring their slow service. So instead, we stopped by Sweet Melissa on the way home. We ogled everything in the shining glass case before finally deciding on the Peanut Butter Indulgence, the peanut-encrusted chocolate confection pictured here (note small dog in background plotting a peanut butter coup).

I forked through the rich chocolate ganache, splitting the cake in half and thought, hey, where’s the PB? On account of the prominence of the term “peanut butter” in the title of the item, I assumed that would have a noticeable amount of, well, peanut butter in it. In actuality, it was mostly chocolate cake, with the thinnest of peanut butter schmears. Unfortunately, as a plain chocolate cake, the dessert also fell short–not the moistest I have ever had. I am sure there are other chocolate delicacies at S.M.’s that are more chocolately and delicious than this.

So, if you love all things peanut butter, as I do, or even if you just have a hankering for chocolate cake, I would not recommend this particular dessert to you. Luckily, there are plenty of other winsome options to sample from that glass case at Sweet Melissa’s…

Sweet Melissa
276 Court Street (at Douglass)
Brooklyn, Ny 11231
718-855-3410