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The Grand Hunt is March 23rd

March 11, 2024
by Meridith Braun
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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 InsideSam Lapointe holds the $1000 Chocolate Dragon Egg up for grabs in The Grand Hunt on March 23rd

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.

October 3, 2023

The 2nd Annual Grand Haunt – October 28th

by Meridith Braun
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The Grand Haunt 2023 a chance to win $1000 cash in a chocolate smash skull.

Join The 2nd Annual Grand Haunt – October 28th!

Trick-or-Treat Your Way Around Toronto on October 28th for a Chance at Sweet Prizes; Grand Prize is a Chocolate Smash Pumpkin 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 28th for a chance to win $1000 cash inside a chocolate Smash Pumpkin!
  2. Keep your eyes peeled — from 11am-3pm, 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 28th!
  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.
    The Grand Order of Divine Sweets sign outside the cafeOnce 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 Pumpkin 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-3pm 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 Grand Hunt Starts April 1st – No Foolin’!

March 20, 2023
by Meridith Braun
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The 2nd Annual Grand Hunt Starts April 1st

Calling All Treasure Hunters!

The Grand Hunt Faberge Chocolate Egg with $1000 Cash Inside

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 GOoDS Transforms to Kowalski Quality Baked Goods

    April 8, 2022
    by Meridith Braun
    Uncategorized

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

    Kowalski Quality Baked Goods is coming to Toronto! ✨
    Toronto bakery transforms to Kowalski Quality Baked Goods April 12-13 for The Secrets of Dumbledore 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.

    Blog-Covid19 Response

    April 19, 2021
    by Meridith Braun
    Uncategorized

    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

    September 11, 2020

    Blog-Halloween is Coming!

    by Meridith Braun
    Uncategorized
    Halloween Extravaganza

    All Hallows Eve – Night of Witches – Hungry Ghost Festival – Hallowe’en

     
    No matter what you call it…It’s COMING…our favourite time of year
    (especially in the year 2020)!

    When black cats prowl, and pumpkin’s gleam, the luck be ours this Halloween! Our spooktacular Halloween creations are here and we’re taking 2020 back with a vengeance! Sure to enchant even the deepest corners, we’re bringing Halloween to you this year for a safe ghoulicious Halloween extravaganza!

    Join us Witches and Warlocks, because we’ve been brewing up something special to show all the ghosts and goblins that Halloween will never be cancelled!

    Canadian Shipping Available Now!Shipping Available Now!
    In addition to Curbside Pickup and Local GTA Delivery we’re reaching our tentacles far and wide to get The GOoDS delivered right to your DOOR with Canada-wide shipping! (USA shipping coming soon)

    Aprons On, Whisks Up – It’s #BAKETOBER!
    You may have heard of drawing challenges like Inktober, Pinktober, Drawtober and the list goes on! Well get ready, because this year we’re getting our best whisks out to host #BAKETOBER!

    We’ve created a list of prompts for each day of October as inspiration for your baking! (We’ll even accept plain ‘ol delicious cooking!) Think of it as an interactive calendar countdown to Halloween! To participate, create a culinary confection based on that day’s prompt, and post it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #baketober or #baketober2020. Follow the hashtag and see what other bakers are up to! We will be participating too, so stay tuned for all kinds of ghostly creations!

    You can choose to do something for each prompt if you’re up for the challenge, but there are no hard rules here! We’re just excited to fire up the oven after a long hot summer and get back to our favourite yummy, warm (and sometimes spooky) treats. We will be sharing our favourite fan creations in our stories! So come on — eat, drink, and get spooky with us!

    Your Fiends,
    The Grand Order of Divine Sweets


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    CAKE FLAVOURS & FILLINGS

    Step 1 Choose Cake Flavour

    (choose one) 

    Vanilla Cake 

    Chocolate Cake

    Red Velvet Cake 

    *Vanilla and chocolate cake can be made gluten free by request $5 fee

    **cannot guarantee trace amounts

    Step 2 Choose Filling

    (choose one)

    BUTTERCREAM  OPTIONS:

    Vanilla Bean
    Ice Wine Lavender
    Lemon Cream
    Chocolate
    Cream Cheese
    Hazelnut Crunch
    Cookies & Cream
    Peanut Butter Caramel
    Stone Ground Matcha

    GANACHE OPTIONS:

    Double Chocolate Raspberry
    Caramel Sea Salt
    Earl Grey Cream
    Chocolate Espresso
    Dark Spiced Rum