A Key West Treat: Chocolate Covered Key Lime Pie On a Stick

Sometimes, over and over, you walk by opportunity and don't even know it's there.

On our first trip to Key West, my wife and I, almost daily walked past Kermit's Key Lime Shoppe on Elizabeth Street on the northern side of the island near the marina and the Hyatt Key West.  The only reason I mention Kermit's is because of their chocolate-dipped key lime pie.  As we walked past Kermit's every day on our morning walk, we mentioned to one another that we thought the chocolate-dipped delight would either be really good or the ruin of a good slice of key lime pie.

Sure, among our wanderings of  Key West, we had made it by the Kermit's on Duval Street and took advantage of sampling some of the cookies and a variety of key lime salsas.  So as not to be total leaches, we even purchased a bottle of  Kermit's Key Lime Juice and a box of Kermit's Key Lime Cooler Cookies which are absolutely delicious (buy one more box than you need!).

But, let me get back to the chocolate-dipped key lime pie on a stick.  On the last day of our trip, we decided to try one just to see what it tasted like.  After one bite, we knew we had made a terrible mistake not coming by before.  First off, key lime pie at Key West always seems better than key lime pie anywhere else, and second, can you think of anything that doesn't taste good dipped in chocolate?  The pie is made, sliced, a stick inserted and dipped in chocolate, and then frozen.  Sound good yet?

According to a sign in the store, Alton Brown of the Food Network picked Kermit's chocolate-dipped key lime pie as one of the Top 10 desserts in America. I won't argue with him.

The whole purpose of this blog is to try and advise you not to make the same mistake that my wife and I made.  Definitely, don't wait until the final hours of the last day to go by and try this award-winning treat.  You will probably find yourself back again for another before your trip is over.

There are other chocolate-covered key lime pies on a stick around Key West and I imagine that they are delicious as well.  One is Key West Key Lime Pie Company, whose website makes me very hungry.   No matter where you buy, just make sure you don't go back to the mainland without trying this chocolaty covered tart dessert on a stick.