Sweet Scoops was a small shop on the Sonoma Plaza square where they make ice cream daily. They change their flavors frequently and make their ice cream in small batches. Owned by a husband and wife team, Joe and Ramie, it opened in July 2015. It was in pursuit of their dream to “Make the world sweeter, one scoop at a time” and “eat ice cream, be happy” that they moved from Colorado with their children to craft ice cream and build a positive workplace to serve it in. They now have a second shop called Darling, an Ice Cream Shop that serves the same ice cream. While I loved their philosophy and flavor options it was not the strongest flavored ice cream ever but it was plenty acceptable. The scoops came in different sizes and you could mix them in a cup. They were nicely sized fairly soft ice cream. It’s hard to go wrong with some well made ice cream on a warm day so if you’re walking the Sonoma Plaza I’d encourage you to give it a try and enjoy it at one of the outdoor tables and people watch. Continue reading
The original caramel corn shop in Depoe Bay, Oregon has been also named “J’s Caramel Corn” and the building has had various paint jobs, but all say it was established in 1940. It’s a tiny shop that also sold salt water taffy, a few other candies, books and toys. It’s a one woman shop that uses Kettle corn for their product. They also sell plain and cheese corns but no mix. This corn was well coated with caramel and very sweet. It pops into really large pieces and I found very few hard, unpopped kernels in our bag. It’s not greasy and your fingers will have more of a stickiness rather than glisten after eating. The owner used to make the cheese caramel mix but found it too messy and didn’t sell as well. Either way, it was a really good caramel corn and she was very friendly and offered samples. Do note, it’s not a mis-spelling in the title here – it’s spelled without an ‘a’ in the middle. 
