By Wendy Wasner, West Seneca, NY
It’s that time of year when Oliver’s Candy Store in Batavia starts to fill up with cute chocolate bunnies. I love to visit Oliver’s Candies in Batavia during the springtime and walk around and just admire all the chocolate cuteness of the season. I love to look at the brightly colored foil eggs and other fun Easter treats. Fruity jellybeans fill the shelves and all sorts of fun chocolate figures and chocolate suckers. Perhaps you love white or ivory chocolate or maybe orange flavored chocolate. For me, I don’t think I ever met a chocolate I didn’t like.
Recently, I went into Olivers Candies Store and found a great price on after Valentine’s Day chocolates. I did have to get a milk chocolate heart that was wrapped so pretty with a red bow. It contained a red foiled heart as well as about six pieces of milk chocolate sponge candy. I was in chocolate heaven.
You know you’re a chocoholic when your T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group is on the way to their State Recognition Day Events and you stop or insist that you stop at Oliver’s Candies on the travel route to the event. Yes, I instigated the stop at Oliver’s and it was worth every morsel of chocolate. I love pecan turtles, coconut clusters, orange chocolate, sponge candy and most chocolates! I especially love Oliver’s Candies milk chocolate peanut butter cups! I sometimes try to give up chocolate during the Lenten season, but I usually don’t succeed as the chocolate temptation is too much for me to not give in.
I also love the ice cream counter at Oliver’s Candies that always makes me think of spring and summer. When I think of Batavia, Oliver’s Candy store is the first thing that comes to mind. I daydream of the Easter chocolates displayed on all of the shelves and i can almost taste it! Yes, I love Oliver’s Candies in Batavia!
