You Gotta Try This: Taffy grapes from Sweety’s By Ashley in Rockford

July 13, 2022|By Kevin Haas|In Rockford, Trending, Restaurants, Eat & Drink, You gotta try this/restaurants

Strawberry crunch taffy grapes are the most popular order at Sweety’s By Ashley, owner Ashley Thomas said. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)

By Kevin Haas
Rock River Current
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You Gotta Try This is the Rock River Current’s dining feature focused on signature dishes at your favorite local restaurants. Want to see one of your favorites here? Email news@rockrivercurrent.com to suggest a local staple.

Where: Sweety’s By Ashley

Address: Sweety’s By Ashley is a home-based business in Rockford, but you can order from it via Facebook or follow it on social media to find out what public markets it will stop at next.

Next stop: Sweety’s By Ashley will be at The Bricks Venue Center, 125 E. State St. in Cherry Valley, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, July 14.

Owner: Ashley Thomas

You have to try: Strawberry crunch taffy grapes

Try this, too: The summer collection at Candy Cloud in Rockford

What’s in it: The strawberry crunch flavor is made with strawberry jello and a homemade shortbread cookie crumbled onto white chocolate on top of a seedless green grape.

Why you should try it: We brought a carton of the strawberry crunch grapes back to the office last month after writing a feature story on Sweety’s By Ashley, and they were an immediate hit with the staff.

“Were these made from God?” Chelsea Meyer remarked after her first bite.

Meyer, co-host of B103’s Morning Routine and a Rock River Current contributor, then offered this mini-review:

“When you first bite down on the grape it’s packed with so much flavor and is incredibly juicy,” she said. “It’s hard not to eat the whole thing in one sitting. Delicious and healthy.”