Mountain Nugget Chocolate Company

Bakery: Mountain Nugget Chocolate Company 
Address: 1938 Columbia Ave, Rossland, BC
Website: http://www.mountainnugget.com/
Style: Chocolate 
Price: $$$

Now, why wouldn't you take the 3B detour for the sake of new bakeries? With the actual bakery in town not yet open, I had to make do with popping into this chocolate shop that also happens to make its own chocolatey (and otherwise) ice cream and a very limited selection of baked goods. Despite the fact that their website lists more than one pastry, and that not just revolving around chocolate, in my case, that limited selection was relegated to one item: the pain au chocolat ($3.60).

Still, it's a nice way to get a 2-in-1 combo: try their pastries and their chocolate. On the outside, it definitely looked exciting with its flaky, multi-layered French dough with a little hint of chocolate right in the middle: a promise of good things to come? Not so much.... Biting into it, I did get that great crunch, but for a place that makes their own chocolate, it was really lacking -- especially considering its cost -- and/or there was too much dough for you to really taste anything but. For a chocolate store and anticipating that 2-in-1 combo, I was a bit disappointed.

Rating: **1/2