Simply Sweet Macarons
Tastemaker
By Clark Miller | Aug. 18, 2018
Any self-respecting kid who opens the door of the bakery Simply Sweet by Jessica is going to go nuts. The colors alone will do it. Nearly 200 large jars of bright orange, green, red, blue candies line the wall enticingly (or menacingly, if you’re on a diet). But two things stand out for the grownups: the Triple (yes, triple) Chocolate Cupcakes and the Red Velvet Macaron. It’s not a macaroon. The macaron, owner Jessica Stubbs explains, is a very French concoction, with no coconut. More importantly, they’re tasty and like a lot of people you meet: crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. They come in (get ready) honey lavender, Oreo cookie, vanilla bean, salted caramel, raspberries, lemon, cotton candy, pistachio, and passion fruit. The Triple Chocolate mini-cupcakes — chocolate cake, chocolate Ganache filling, and, chocolate butter cream — round out an entirely satisfying sugar rush. Macaron, $2.50; Cupcakes, $4. 324 E. Mitchell Street, Petoskey. 231-622-8322,simplysweetbyjessica.com
Trending
Welcome to Michigan’s Most Remote Brewery
After years of planning and honing his beer-making skills, this spring, Patrick McGinnity plans to open Beaver Island’s first microbrewery. Opening a craft brewery is challenging. Opening one on a remote island in Lake Michigan that’s either a 15-minute plane ride or a two-and-a-half-hour ferry ride from ... Read More >>
Gaylord: A boomtown Up North
Gaylord native Gary Scott had moved to Indiana, where he and some partners started a business to invest in distressed properties. He was talking to a banker in Detroit about real estate in Bloomington when he asked what kind of deals might be available in northern Michigan. ... Read More >>
Small Up North Towns on the Rise
Spotlight on Bellaire (pictured)Seems Traverse City isn’t the only place in the region making those “Best of” lists. The Antrim County hamlet of Bellaire was recently named to the list of Best Lakeside Towns in the U.S. by Country Living Magazine, alongside the likes of Vergennes, Vermont, Greenville, ... Read More >>