Join Our 3rd Annual Grand Haunt – October 26th!

Trick-or-Treat Your Way Around Toronto on October 26th for a Chance at Sweet Prizes; Grand Prize is a Chocolate Smash Brain with $1,000 Cash Inside

It’s our favourite time of year again…spooky season!! Grab your brooms and get ready to Haunt with us!

Here’s the Spooky Scoop…

1. Come, Trick or Treat with us throughout downtown Toronto on October 26th for a chance to win $1000 cash inside a Chocolate Smash Brain!
2. Keep your eyes peeled — from 11am-2pm, seek out our Haunters, who will be stationed at 5 different locations throughout downtown Toronto.
3. Stay glued to our social channels — we’ll post a clue to the first location on our social media the morning of the 26th!
4. When you locate the first Haunter they will hand you an official Trick-or-Treat ticket, stamp it and provide you a clue to where the next Haunter is prowling.
5. Take a selfie with each Haunter and get your ticket stamped at all 5 locations.

1. Once your ticket has all 5 stamps and you’ve tagged us @thegoodsweetsto with #TheGrandHaunt on your social media, shamble your way to The Grand Order of Divine Sweets Café at 1162 Queen St W!

  At the café, every Trick-or-Treater with a completed ticket will get a special cookie treat and those over 18 will get a draw from our Spooky Cauldron. Will you draw a trick… or a treat? Or perhaps the Grand Treat: a Chocolate Smash Brain with (you guessed it) $1,000 cold hard cash inside! The Spooky Cauldron’s treats include many delicious handcrafted sweets from our Ghoulicious Halloween Collection of fine chocolates, cupcakes, cakes and more, available now online or in-store. Make your way through The Grand Haunt as fast or as slow as you need to. Our Haunters will be at their locations from 11am-2pm and the cauldron will be at our Cafe until we close at 7pm. Prize winners must be ages 18+. And that’s not all; if you participate while wearing a costume you get an extra draw from the cauldron! Come Haunt with us this Halloween!

The 3rd Annual Grand Hunt is March 23rd

Calling All Treasure Hunters!

Ten Deliciously Sweet Treasure Chests To Be Hidden throughout Toronto March 23rd; Grand Prize is a Huge Handcrafted Chocolate Dragon Egg housing $1000 Cash Inside

It’s spring and you know what that means…time to hunt treasure! Ready for a deliciously sweet Quest? Here it is! On March 23, 2024 we will be hiding 10 mini-treasure chests throughout mid- and downtown Toronto. In the chests are unique scrolls relating to a particular sweet prize to be redeemed at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets cafe at 1162 Queen St W.

Stay tuned here and on our socials @thegoodsweetsto as we reveal the exciting prizes planned for this year’s Grand Hunt! The✨Grand Prize✨ is of course our gorgeous, Chocolate Dragon Egg with $1,000 cash inside!

And if that isn’t exciting enough, in addition to the 10 Treasure Chests we’re hiding throughout the city, we are also giving out HUNDREDS of prizes that day at the cafe. Be sure to stop by, for a chance to draw from our Easter Basket of Prizes, it’s going to be a day to remember and we can’t wait to see you!

For clues, pay close attention to Stories on our Instagram and Facebook channels @thegoodsweetsto throughout the day.

Official Rules & Additional Hunt Details

• – Prizes will be hidden rain or shine.
• – Must be 18 years of age or older to win a prize
• – All treasure chests will be placed in accessible outdoor locations
• – When a scroll is found in a treasure box, take both to The Grand Order of Divine Sweets located at 1162 Queen St W before Wednesday, March 27, 2024 to find out what you have won
• – Instagram and Facebook Stories will be updated as Treasure Chests are found
• – Finders keepers! Only one Treasure Chest will be placed in each location. First hunter to claim the prize gets the loot!
• – If the day ends and not all the Chests are found, they are still in play! We’ll keep dropping hints until every scroll is returned.
• – While you’re out hunting, let us know! Tag us in your social media posts, tell your friends, have fun, and stay safe ❤️
• – For additional location hints visit us in store from now until March 23rd and ask our crew about The Grand Hunt. Happy Hunting!

Obligatory Fine Print

• – Scrolls may only be redeemed during open hours – Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-5pm and Friday/Saturday, 10am-7pm
• – Scrolls must be brought to the shop to be redeemed. No scroll, no prize!
• – Each scroll corresponds to a specific prize. When a scroll is redeemed, it’s only valid for the assigned prize. No exchanges. No cash value.
• – No purchase necessary to participate.

The 2nd Annual Grand Hunt Starts April 1st

Calling All Treasure Hunters!

Ten Deliciously Sweet Treasure Chests To Be Hidden Around Toronto on April 1st; Grand Prize is a Huge Handcrafted Faberge-Inspired Chocolate Egg with $1000 Cash Inside

Ready for a deliciously sweet Quest? Here it is! On April 1, 2023 we will be hiding 10 mini-treasure chests throughout mid- and downtown Toronto. No Foolin’! In the chests are unique scrolls relating to a particular sweet prize to be redeemed at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets cafe at 1162 Queen St W.

This year’s Grand Hunt is grander than ever! We’ve partnered with Playstation, Storm Crow Manor, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The RAID Studio, Curiosa, OffWorld Bar and Universal Studios Super Mario Bros. to provide even more cool prizes to the event!

Here are the 10 Eggciting Treasure Chest prizes you could win:

The✨Grand Prize✨ is of course our gorgeous, decorated chocolate egg with $1,000 cash inside!

✨ Tickets to the Mirvish production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paired with our officially licensed Hogwarts Crest Chocolate Bar & Invitation Cookies

✨ The Playstation game Horizon Forbidden West Regalla edition, plus exclusive Playstation swag and a GOoDS chocolate video game controller

✨ $100 Gift card to StormCrow Manor, a StormCrow loot bag and a GOoDS Hannah Bunny

✨ Family Pass of 4 tickets to see Super Mario Bros. in theatre that comes out April 7th, plus exclusive swag for the Super Mario Movie and a GOoDS med Chocolate Egg

✨ 6 Graphic novels from RAID PRESS Studio, $30 gift certificate for the El Almacen cafe plus a GOoDS Pollock Egg

✨ $100 Gift Card for OffWorld Bar and a GOoDS Hannah Bunny

✨ $100 Gift Card to Curiosa and a GOoDS med Chocolate Egg

✨ Easter Gift Basket filled with chocolates and cookies from The GOoDS plus 2 tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

✨ $100 Gift Card to The Grand Order of Divine Sweets and a 6 pack of our Easter Cupcakes

As if that wasn’t exciting enough, in addition to the 10 Treasure Chests we’re hiding throughout the city, we are also giving out HUNDREDS of prizes that day at the cafe, including movie passes, gift cards to StormCrow and Offworld, Super Mario Bros. Swag and of course – Chocolate! Be sure to stop by, for a chance to draw from our Easter Basket of Prizes, it’s going to be a day to remember and we can’t wait to see you!

For clues, pay close attention to Stories on our Instagram and Facebook channels @thegoodsweetsto throughout the day.

Official Rules & Additional Hunt Details

• – Prizes will be hidden rain or shine.
• – Must be 18 years of age or older to win a prize
• – All treasure chests will be placed in accessible outdoor locations
• – When a scroll is found in a treasure box, take both to The Grand Order of Divine Sweets located at 1162 Queen St W before Wednesday, April 5, 2023 to find out what you have won
• – Instagram and Facebook Stories will be updated as Treasure Chests are found
• – Finders keepers! Only one Treasure Chest will be placed in each location. First hunter to claim the prize gets the loot!
• – If the day ends and not all the Chests are found, they are still in play! We’ll keep dropping hints until every scroll is returned.
• – While you’re out hunting, let us know! Tag us in your social media posts, tell your friends, have fun, and stay safe ❤️
• – For additional location hints visit us in store from now until April 1st and ask our crew about The Grand Hunt. Happy Hunting!

Obligatory Fine Print

• – Scrolls may only be redeemed during open hours – Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
• – Scrolls must be brought to the shop to be redeemed. No scroll, no prize!
• – Each scroll corresponds to a specific prize. When a scroll is redeemed, it’s only valid for the assigned prize. No exchanges. No cash value.
• – No purchase necessary to participate.

The Grand Order of Divine Sweets is Transforming (temporarily)!

Kowalski Quality Baked Goods is coming to Toronto! ✨

For TWO DAYS only, stop by this world-exclusive Fantastic Beasts-themed pop-up at our shop, inspired by the New York bakery owned by Muggle Jacob Kowalski, for the magical snacks and fanciful confections. Fans who visit the immersive destination will receive a complimentary movie-themed chocolate frog while supplies last. The pop-up will also feature fantastical photo oops and offer patrons the chance to win exclusive Fantastic Beasts giveaways. Fans are encouraged to dress up as their favourite Wizarding World characters for the full experience!

All at The Grand Order of Divine Sweets
1162 Queen St West, Toronto
April 12-13, 10am-7pm

Returning to the magic has never been sweeter! So iron those fantastic costumes and join us for the fun! ?✨
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is in theatres April 15.

Our Covid-19 Response

Working Together Safely through the Pandemic

As we navigate through the constantly evolving Covid-19 pandemic, we are adapting our operations to continue supporting our staff’s physical and mental health as we also make our customer’s days a little sweeter safely. Here we recount our response since the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020. If you have any questions regarding our covid-19 safety procedures we welcome you to contact us.

March 16th 2020

Due to the growing uncertainty and questionable safety we voluntarily closed for the mental and physical health of our staff as we awaited further information from our Government.

March 17th 2020

The Government of Ontario officially declared the first lockdown.

March 16th – May 20th 2020

During this time we provided our staff with full pay, information resources, divided all perishable ingredients and products amongst our staff, provided emotional support resources, optional movie nights for our staff and customers and open communication. We also launched our Birthday Cupcake Pages in hopes we could help our customers with isolation birthdays feel loved.

May 20th 2020- Present

We Opened for Curbside Pickup, Delivery and Shipping. We have chosen to keep the cafe closed to the public and remain in maximum lockdown measures to prevent the open/close uncertainty and mental health strain on our staff and to do our part to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and it’s variants.

Our customers are shopping with us safely knowing we are taking the highest precautions, and will always be open and honest should any closure due to Covid-19 take place. To date we have not had any cases amongst our staff members, but if we do, we will take the utmost care to support them during their time off, temporarily close the shop for deep cleaning and inform the public through our social media. We will only reopen once it is confirmed safe to do so.

We operate with a maximum capacity of 2 staff members on each floor of our facility at a time to help promote and encourage maximum social distancing safety. We have an excellent HVAC air quality system to help with air circulation as well.

Masks, and hand washing are in effect at all times while on site, as is the regular disinfecting of surfaces.

Each employee was provided 2 personal cloth masks and we have additional disposable and N95 masks on site for use as needed. Hand sanitizer, gloves and personal storage spaces are provided as well. We also offer 3 different lunch/break room space options (one on each floor including amenities such as fridge, stove and microwave) to help our staff decompress and enjoy their breaks safely.

Any employees with tasks that can be done from home do so, some with mixed schedules consisting of on site shifts and work from home shifts, and others with work from home only positions.

We provide flexible scheduling and work with our staff to determine what schedule will assist their needs most, especially around school closures for those with little ones. (Admittedly, FOH staff have slightly less flexibility due to the nature of Curbside Pickup hours.)

Should someone receive a possible contagion notice from an outside source (such as from the school board) they take the remainder of the day (and sometimes a few extra days) off. To help reduce loss of wages/hours we have offered to pay for private same day Covid-19 testing for them and their immediate family while our Government funded testing remains with long wait times.

We provide our staff with sick days and vacation time and are very communicative to help build their trust in us. We work extremely well as a team of honest individuals and do not judge the use of those sick days/vacation time allowing them to feel confident in us and not feel pressured to come to work with unknown symptoms.

As vaccines rollout we are working with our staff members to ensure scheduling coverage, support and flexibility for vaccination appointments. We also provide up-to-date information on who is currently eligible for vaccines, appointment booking assistance and help finding answers to any vaccine questions or concerns.

We have monthly check in meetings and send our staff optional feedback forms to see how they are doing both personally and at work, what we are doing well, and what we could be doing better. We take our staff’s suggestions to heart and often adjust/implement their suggestions for better safety, efficiency and comfort.

Here at The GOoD Sweets we truly take the safety of our customers and staff extremely seriously. We remain in operation safely through lockdowns & stay at home orders to provide our staff with a trusted source of income and to help brighten our customer’s days through good food made with love.

Please stay safe, and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your continued support and belief in our small business. This is all possible thanks to each of you. Thank you.

May the fork be with you, always.
Sam Lapointe & Meridith Braun
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets