When I moved upstate from Brooklyn eight years ago, Glens Falls was a small, uninteresting blip on my radar. Today, it’s a destination with great shops and restaurants and the best reason to visit Glens Falls is Frank Vollkommer’s The Chocolate Mill Pastry Shop & Cafe
The Chocolate Mill serves a full service breakfast and lunch along with an excellent coffee and tea menu. They sell Sensibiliteas which is another fabulous Glens Falls local business. I’ve had several of their lunch items and they are always delicious but the real thing that draws me in is their gorgeous pastries and chocolates.
My absolute favorite pastry is the Tropical Breeze, pictured at the top of the post. Layers of tangy mango mousse and coconut custard topped with a thin layer of mango gelatin. The dessert is a study in perfection. Just sweet enough without being so rich that you can’t finish it, the Tropical Breeze is a dessert that makes me close my eyes and sigh happily as I take small bites, savoring each and every one. It paired wonderfully with a pot of Sensibilitea’s Passion & Envy organic tea. I loved the tea so much, I bought a pound of it along with my box of pastries to bring home.
But aside from the fabulous desserts, there are chocolates. Exquisite, lovely chocolates. My favorite being the Passionfruit Bon Bon. I do so want to learn how to make chocolates so beautiful and delicious. Need an apprentice, Chef Vollkommer?
Whatever you order at The Chocolate Mill, you are sure to be delighted. We never leave without taking a box of goodies home. Today this Strawberry Champagne Tart demanded to come home with me…
And this wee Raspberry Macaron…
And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention this Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Caramel tart that somehow found it’s way in to my bakery box…
