I grew up in youngstown and homemade chocolate and pastries are the norm there...along with other great ethnic food...but I won't go there. Anyways, I was out last night and heard some girl raving about Kilwins....I only hoped she wasn't talking to anyone who knew what great chocolate tasted like. I've gone in a few times because unfortunately it's the only place I know of in South Charlotte that has fresh chocolate. I got the fudge and I was SOOOO disappointed. The fudge is just mediocre, if you've had fudge before and you KNOW what good fudge tastes like, you will be highly disappointed. My mother-in-law...who's 100% Italian makes amazing desserts, she tasted the fudge along with me and refused to get any, for lack of respect I kept the "I told you so" from rolling off my tongue. The chocolate's ok...I usually get chocolate covered pretzel sticks....and it's a chocolate covered pretzel stick. The atmosphere is cute and it's fun to be in there and look around, but when it comes to actually eating the stuff, I'm just not impressed. I feel awful for the people who don't know what the "good stuff" is! If I only had money to open my own shop!!
Pros: Only chocolate in South Charlotte
Cons: Not the best out there.
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