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Sweet Afton’s: Fresh Fudge, Speciality Candies, Gifts
At Historic Gardner Village
110 West 7800 South, #10
West Jordan, UT 84088
http://www.sweetaftons.com

My Ratings:

Review Summary:
Overall I’d have to say that “cute” is not a nasty word when describing Sweet Afton’s. Located in Gardner Village (which screams of “cute”), it’s a nice stopping point at the end of the bricked village road for a sweet treat. The help is friendly, the treats are tasty and the historical building an ambiance make up for some of their make-shift candy displays in parts of the store. It can be quite the jaunt to get to if you’re just looking for a quick chocolate fix, but it’s worth the walk.

My Visit:
I’ve been to Sweet Afton’s before on a couple occasions, the first time they were in a much smaller location next door to where they are now. I typically don’t find my regular paths bring me to the land of cute in Historic Gardner Village where typically I’m the only male not pushing a stroller. But today I was glad to find a couple older fellas in the store grabbing a quick sweet. (I’m sure their wives were in a craft store nearby) One of the guys grabs a bottle of Apple Beer on the shelf and says, “Can we get some of this without the Apple?”

It’s a quick drive from the freeway to Gardner Village, and then a bit of a walk through the village to get to Sweet Afton’s. Gardner Village (for all I tease about so much “cute”) is a grouping of historic houses made into 22 speciality retail shops. Each historic house has a plaque on it that outlines the history of the building and when it was re-located to Gardner Village. The day I was there a few kids were riding ponys by the entrance.

Sweet Afton’s has been the village candy store since 1990, and is located in the relocated historic Riverton City Train Depot. You get your first sense of history when you arrive to find a sign on the door that asks you to push hard because the door sticks. Walking in you find before you a fine dark wood display case of chocolates, with wood cabinetry on the wall behind - very reminiscent of a old fashioned bar. The dark wood cabinents carry around the the south side of the building and are covered in sweet treets including a large section of gummy in glass jars.

In the north part of the restaurant is an area dedicated to making fudge. Their specialty is homemade, fresh cream and butter fudge - over 60 different flavors. As I walked around an employee offered me a sample of this famous fudge and suggested the German Chocolate Cake flavor. It was a yummy mix of chocolate butter fudge with walnuts, coconuts and carmel. (I took some home and just finished it off - yum!)

In addition to having a large selection of taffy and Jelly Bellys, they also had a bunch of branded confectionary treats like Pez and other novelty candies. Over 2,000 square feet of treats their website says.

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