caramel & nougat & PEAnuts. oh my.
SINCE 1912, NASHVILLE HAS BEEN A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION FOR ALL THINGS SUGARY AND SWEET. THE WORLD'S FIRST "COMBINATION CANDY BAR" WAS INVENTED BY THE STANDARD CANDY COMPANY RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN MUSIC CITY. THE GOO GOO CLUSTER IS STILL A FAVORITE THROUGHOUT NASHVILLE AND NOW AROUND THE WORLD. THE COMBINATION OF CARAMEL, NOUGAT, & PEANUTS COVERED IN CHOCOLATE CAN BE SAMPLED, BOUGHT, SHIPPED, AND EVEN CUSTOM-MADE AT THE GOO GOO CLUSTER STORE ON 3RD AVENUE.
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IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WIDER SELECTION OF SOUTHERN SWEET TREATS, THERE'S NO BETTER PIT STOP THAN THE WORLD-FAMOUS LOVELESS CAFE. LOCATED ROUGHLY 30 MINUTES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE OFF HIGHWAY 100, THE LOVELESS HAS BEEN SERVING STAPLES LIKES BANANA PUDDING, PECAN PIE, ROTATING CUPCAKE FLAVORS, AND MORE SINCE 1951.
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A TRIP TO CHASE A MORE ADVENTUROUS SWEET TOOTH SHOULD FIND YOU AT BANG CANDY COMPANY, LOCATED AT MARATHON VILLAGE. WHETHER YOU PICK UP A HOMEMADE S'MORE, SOME HIGH-END MARSHMALLOWS, OR EVEN THEIR LEGENDARY CBD DREAM DROPS- NO TWO FLAVOR EXCURSIONS TO BANG ARE EVER THE SAME. IF YOU'RE WORRIED YOUR CONFECTIONERIES WON'T MAKE THEIR WAY ALL THE BACK TO YOUR HOME WITHOUT BEING DEVOURED, DON'T FRET. THEY'LL SHIP ALL OF YOUR FAVORITES FOR YOU (IN THE COOLER MONTHS, OF COURSE!)
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PICTURED LEFT: LOVELESS CAFE PECAN PIE, COURTESY OF THE LOVELESS CAFE
NOT YOUR FATHER'S "DOUGHNUT."
IT SEEMS EVERY CITY HAS IT'S "WORLD FAMOUS" CUPCAKE, ICE CREAM, AND NOW DOUGHNUT SPOT- AND NASHVILLE IS NO EXCEPTION. IT WOULDN'T BE A NASHVILLE FAVORITE HOWEVER WITHOUT ADDING OUR OWN LITTLE TWIST. FIVE DAUGHTER'S BAKERY SERVES UP DOZENS OF UNIQUE, MILE-HIGH, 100-LAYER, FUNKY-FLAVORED DOUGHNUTS. THEIR COMBINATION OF CROISSANT AND DOUGHNUT HAS BUT THEM ON THE MAP WORLDWIDE, LUCKY FOR YOU THERE'S 5 LOCATIONS IN NASHVILLE TO CHOOSE FROM.
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NOT ALL SWEETS HAVE TO BAKED, YOU KNOW? IF YOU'VE EVER DREAMED OF BELLYING UP TO A WHOLE BOWL OF COOKIE DOUGH AND DIGGING RIGHT IN, THEN NO BAKED COOKIE DOUGH WILL BE LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. WHILE YOU'RE OUT LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT SCOOP, CHECK OUT ONE OF NASHVILLE'S OVER-THE-TOP ICE CREAM PARLORS. FEAST ON A MOUNTAIN OF TOPPING WITH A LEGENDARY MILKSHAKE OR KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH A TRIO AT JENI'S ICE CREAM.
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REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU CHOOSE TO SATIATE YOUR SWEET TOOTH, NASHVILLE HAS PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE. WE'VE COLLECTED A FEW MORE OF OUR FAVORITES BELOW, OR FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ONE OF OUR WANDER EXPERT GUIDES FOR A PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION.
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PICTURED RIGHT: FIVE DAUGHTERS MAIN SQUEEZE LEMON CURD DOUGHNUT, COURTESY OF FIVE DAUGHTERS BAKERY
