Liddabit Sweets

So,
Just picked up the King candy bar. I gotta say I paid $ 10.99 for this thing so I was expecting big stuff when I took my first bite. Forget about it! It crumbled and was super sweet not Lidda bit sweet at all. Not good! Save your money and get a less expensive candy bar you will be way less disappointed!

This candy place has mediocre candy and is super expensive. I got nine chocolate covered Carmel for $ 15.00. They were not worth it. I also got two kids pops. The kids WOULD NOT eat them. They said they were yucky!!!

Writing this while dreading the end of my chocolate chip caramel cookie. It is so delicious. It is 4 $ and it is perfect. No elaboration necessary (or possible, in my blissful delirium).

From the foods to the sweets this place is the greatest place I’ve even eaten from. All the food is delicious my favorite is the French onion soup with my chocolate chip cookie with caramel in the middle. I’ve only been to the industry city location and it’s a great environment from the minute you walk in your greeted with a warm smile from Brian who is the nicest person ever we need more people like him! Anyways deff try the blt on their homemade English muffin it’s to die for!

Thank you, David Lebovitz, for introducing me to the world of Liddabit Sweets!
Liddabit makes some of the BEST sea salt caramels that I’ve ever had in my life (and I consider myself somewhat of a caramel aficionado). Everything from here basically rocks my socks, but especially their:
+ SEA SALT CARAMELS
+ BEER & PRETZEL CARAMELS
+ HONEYCOMB CANDY w/​DARK CHOCOLATE
It’s extremely handy (and dangerous) that I can order more of their goodies online all too easily, but for a West Coast gal, it’ll have to do until I can make it out there again!

Best candy bars and sweets ever! I can’t even say enough about the PB&J. Recently I bought 2 and ate one after the other.

Whoever is writing these recipes is a genius. They had an amazing selection of really unique sweets. Tried the famous salted Carmel cookie and the s’mores bar. Both great. Staff were cool and friendly. Worth a visit!

I bought the King Candy Bar and it was DELICIOUS. It tasted like a high quality Milky Way. The staff person was also super friendly. I can’t wait to go back and try more!

Dark chocolate covered honeycomb bits and beer pretzel caramels. Both are incredibly delicious and everything your dentist has told you to avoid.
The place itself is a small, unassuming stand located right next to Chelsea Market’s entrance opposite to Blue Bottle coffee. I rarely see other customers, but don’t let that deter you from trying these tasty sweets.

I’ve been meaning to try their candy for a while, and finally got around to doing so. As a fellow ex-​Smorgasburger, I had high expectations.
Honeycomb candy: I’ve never had this kind of candy before and I thought it was delicious. Light, crispy, and the flavor of the honey was both very strong and yummy.
Caramels: These were just ok. I’ve had much better. They were soft and chewy but really lacked any memorable flavor. Also, my box only weighed 102g, not 144g as specified. Not cool to spend $ 10 on a box that’s ²⁄₃ full.

After coming here honestly maybe 12 times and leaving in a daze without checking in on Unilocal or leaving a review or tip I have somehow gotten myself together to say you absolutely need to experience this candy.
Ok, so my girlfriend and I went through a phase last year where we always bought a small box of the dark chocolate covered honeycomb candy and a big box of the milk chocolate covered honeycomb and to this day I still think this is the best way to go. The honeycomb candy is crunchy, sweet, and really satisfying with the contrast of the smooth chocolate exterior and crispy interior.
The candy bars here are also absolutely extraordinary, my favorite being the Snacker with the PB&J and Smores as close seconds. The Snacker is an obvious play on a Snickers bar with the classic trio of caramel, peanuts, and nougat but it’s definitely better than anything you can get in the candy aisle at CVS.
This spot and Los Tacos are the only two reasons I ever venture into the pretty hellish Chelsea Market. I love this place though, and you can’t really go wrong because everything I have had has been solid but seriously, guys, the chocolate covered honeycomb candy. Lordy.

The woman running the booth was great! Incredibly friendly, warm and inviting, and funny. (Thanks to her for being great!) It was really nice to pick up a pile of delicious treats, sweetened by our lovely interaction. She has a daily trivia question, and if you get the answer correct she’ll give you a 10% discount.
Which brings us to price. It is, of course, more expensive that factory made chocolate. And we expected it to be expensive. We did have some sticker shock, to be honest, but after munching almost everything we picked up, I think it was worth it.
We had a seasonal peppermint chocolate bar, which had salty chocolate cookie crumbles in it. It was great and we’ll try and get it when it’s around again. The chocolate covered honey comb was similarly terrific. The caramel filled chocolate chip cookie wasn’t great when we had it, but it had def gotten stale since we didn’t eat it until the next day– so if you get this cookie, eat it right away. Tallyhos (marshmallow, chocolate cookie layer, covered in chocolate shell) were pretty good. The cookie layer was crumbly and added nice texture and crunch.
The best thing we had, by far, were the beer pretzel caramels. Salty, sweet, crunchy. A complex caramel flavor, with a great chew. These caramels, along with how much fun the seller made our time at her booth, will have us back here soon.

I love their homemade soft-​chew caramels. REALLY REALLY soft and packing a punch with flavor. The gingerbread-​flavored caramels were amaaaaaazing as were the caramel apple flavor. I also liked the chocolate caramel with an extra punch of sea salt. Delish !! They make homemade candy bars too, and I tried the pecan pie bar, complete with bourbon as one of its ingredients. For $ 8.95 a bar, I expected much better. It was good, yes, but it wasn’t knocking my socks off, either. I almost tried the s’mores but didn’t… maybe next time, I will… and yes, I would give them another try because the caramels would keep me coming back. I wanted to try some other goodies they had available, too… just didn’t this time.
Liddabit is not visible from the main walkway of Chelsea Market. It’s tucked inside a grouping of a bunch of food vendors. If you’re like me and have to investigate each and every nook and cranny, you won’t miss this or anything else at Chelsea Market. I love that there’s always something new to see each time I go, and this time, Liddabit Sweets was one of them !!

If you are going to charge me 2 – 3 dollars for a thumb size candy, why not make sure that it doesn’t look like a glorified tootsie roll, or that it is NOT filled with ingredients that are more associated with penny candy? A 3 dollar chocolate covered marshmallow? Really?
Sea salt on a chocolate covered pretzel the size of your pinkie is suddenly 3 or 4 dollars?
As for the actual taste of the goodies, I have bought their, chocolate toffee lollipops, their marshmallow treats and recently, a short bread biscuit. None of these items tasted worthy of their price tags, especially at their diminutive sizes.
Believe it or not, Trader Joe’s sells snacks of better quality for half the price.
I am speaking about the Sunset Park industry city location, so maybe the Chelsea location is better, but I doubt it, as the Sunset Park location is where they apparently manufacture their goods for the Chelsea store.

Recently received a gift box of Chocolate Dipped Sea Salt Caramels. I loved them.
I love the naming of the company too!
This makes a great gift.
Tip: Do not try to eat it right out from the fridge. You might get injured.

Delicious Thoughtful Chocolates
New to New York, This is Liddabit’s only location
If you’re a fan of handmade home-​made small producing geniuses stop by and pick up some chocolate from Liddabits. Their version of a snickers bar puts the mass market version to shame. This is one of those places where their chocolate concoctions taste so good, you’ll forget you spent $ 30+ on three bars.
The Scene: Chocolate Pioneers, Market Freshness
Destination Rating: 5
Date Rating: 6 (8 if you take one to your date)
Hob Nob Potential: N/​A
Strong Suggestion: Don’t forget to try their Beer and Pretzel Caramels. They are delicious. Would make a GREAT gift for Dad, and you won’t believe someone actually was able to make the combination taste so good.

Not gonna bury the lede: Liddabit’s beer pretzel caramels are some of the best things I have ever had the pleasure of considering in my mouth.
This gourmet candy company’s intended specialty is handmade candy bars, which are terrifyingly expensive ($ 8 — but dense, delicious things). The «King» is my favorite: peanut butter nougat, brown butter cookie, banana ganache; named for Elvis and his well-​documented love of peanut butter banana sandwiches. They also sell honeycomb candy, popcorn, other caramels, etc.
But again: BEER PRETZEL CARAMELS.
Sure, dessert mashups are all the rage now and these don’t even sound that original. But they really are everything your dreams are made of: salty and sweet, smooth and pliable, shamefully buttery, with big crunchy pretzel chunks from Martin’s, beer from Brooklyn Brewery. Each piece is handmade, hand-​wrapped, hand-​packaged. I’ve blown a shameful amount of money on them in the past year (mostly Christmas-​related, shush)… so I don’t know if it’s better or worse to note that a box of 6 pieces costs a slightly painful $ 8.
The company was dreamed up by two women, both pastry graduates of the French Culinary Institute. I’ve visited Liddabit’s commercial kitchen in Sunset Park, and it truly is a small operation (no more than 4 people in the office/​kitchen when I was there). The Chelsea Market booth is Liddabit’s first retail location, and though their products may be found at a growing number of shops across the country, there’s no guarantee that beer pretzel caramels will be part of the lineup at any one spot other than this one. I’ll probably never say this again for any other business, but these babies are worth enduring the touristy hell that is Chelsea Market.

The former location of Jacques Torres, it seems Liddabit Sweets was allowed to continue selling some of Jacques’ product, or they’re doing a really good job replicating his product, most notably his «wicked hot chocolate,» which consists of allspice, cinnamon, ground ancho chili peppers, and smoked, ground chipotle chili peppers. Liddabit’s also tops it off with a marshmallow which melts ever so nicely into this delicious concoction. This approximately 8 oz. cup will force you to reach deep into your pockets at $ 4 a pop, but it will warm your soul.

Now, I was a little overwhelmed with the various types of sweets they offer, and deciding what to pick. Their collection ranges from lollipops, to candy bars, to popcorn. So, I had to ask what I should try. Carmel? Done.
I was told one of the most popular is the Beer and Pretzel carmel. At Liddabit, they’re using as many local and seasonal ingredients as they can. So, in these you’ll find Brooklyn Brewery’s beer and Martin’s pretzels.
.Damn. This little sucker was incredible and packed with flavor! Creamy and smooth, without any of the tackiness of other common caramels, it melts in your mouth. The caramel itself is subtly sweet, maybe cut by the beer (although I really didn’t get much of the beer flavor). Then, you get these little nuggets of the salty, crunchy pretzel.
It’s the age old, award winning combination of salty and sweet. Liddabit, you knocked it out of the park. Oh, and did I mention they have a cookbook out? The holiday season is around the corner… anyone is welcome to send me a copy.

After only being able to try stuff from here by chance at random food fests, I’m glad they finally have a permanent location in Chelsea Market. In fact, they are now one of the best options for sweets there.
It looks like one of their major things is Caramels, but I’m not the biggest fan of those, so I instead went for some of their gourmet Candy Bars, which are all excellent. They are a bit shockingly expensive at $ 8 each, but price aside, they are delicious. I’ve tried 3 different ones so far: the PB&J, The King and The Snack’r. The PB&J is obviously the best, because it’s a peanut butter & jelly sandwich in candy bar form. The King is decent too, because it also contains peanut butter, in the form of nougat, along with banana ganache. Lastly, The Snack’r is like a fancy Snickers, so that’s pretty good too.
I also tried the Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie, which was really great. It wasn’t particularly soft, which I usually prefer for my cookies, but it was very chewy and the chocolate pieces were delicious.
I would love to try the rest of the candy bars, and hopefully some more cookies. The candy bars make great gifts too, which you can also order from their online site along with a ton of the other great stuff they have. This is my new go to spot for dessert after lunch in Chelsea Market.