Catherine’s Chocolates

Delicious, cute chocolate shop. I was lucky enough to get a box of chocolates from here for vday; a delicious treat with great homemade chocolates. I rather enjoy their chocolate covered cherries too.
Service is moderate but the chocolates sure beat Russell Stover!

Catherine’s is great, and supporting a Massachusetts company makes me feel all warm and cozy inside. While Catherine’s has a nice selection and seasonal goodies (turkeys, Santas, bunnies, etc) I turn to them when I need an old-​fashioned gift, something that will make the recipient say «I LOVE THESE»… like the fruit slices and fudge I sent my Aunt last month. The run-​of-​the-​mill sugary fruit slices are in grocery stores around Passover, but these are real fruit slices in a variety of flavors, and my Aunt says they remind her of the ones she had when she was a kid.
My only complaint is their website can be a problem (which they acknowledge), so you may just want to give up and call, although that can be annoying if you are in a hurry and/​or needing to place an order at an odd hour.

This shop is the perfect place to stop on the way home from skiing at Butternut for a treat. They went out of their way to find the perfect chocolate for my husband. They even went in the back and brought out candy that wasn’t being displayed. While I was shopping they gave my kids each a free piece of fudge. They were kind and energetic. I had dark chocolate caramel with sea salt. It wasn’t the best I’ve had but it was still really good as well as fresh. I picked out a chocolate covered marshmallow and caramel which is difficult to find. It was also really good.

I have been a customer of Catherines for over 30 years, and in all that time I have only had one complaint, I discovered that I don’t care for chocolate covered Oranges somewhere around 1984, but since they gave me the sample at no charge I saved the cost of purchase. In all those years I have only missed 2 Christmases and the relatives who usually recieve the truffles or cherries I generally send them expressed their dissapointment at not receiving them. I live on the other side of country now and miss being able to just pop in for a half pound of truffles or peanut butter smoothies whenever I have the craving, but the very first purchase I make every holiday season is from Catherines and unless LA has a shop I haven’t heard of nor come across yet it will remain that way.

Walked in craving fudge. Girl behind the counter spent her time chatting on the phone. Asked if fudge was fresh. Was told, «Yes», and then watched her crack a piece of vanilla in half like it was a croûton. Instead of leaving, bought three different flavors, none particularly good. The best was actually the piece of Penuchi we got already cut and locked in a plastic package.
Robin’s Candy Shop on Main Street blows this place away.

This place is adorable, if not a bit dated. They’ve been in business since the 1920s! Not in this location, however.
The stars of this show are the truffles! Not too sweet or bitter, quite flavorful and melt in your mouth delicious. My favorite is the maple-​walnut.
Find a chocolate covered Twinkies here also. Fun and frivolous.
They will ship anywhere and their prices are fair.
Cash or credit. The counter service is kind and efficient.
Their website is quite helpful!

i’m not known for being monosyllabic but my review is quite brief:
YUMMMM
Catherine’s is GREAT! They have fresh truffles, novelty chocolates, gift baskets, charming New England treats, fudge, chocolate dipped fruit, basically everything you could possibly need to become a full-​fledged diabetic. The store is a small yellow house and the place gets packed on saturdays but if you need sugar you need to visit Catherine’s.