Here is what was written and said about us when our Dubai chocolate bar took off in early 2025.
The Irish Times
6 February 2025
“We have people driving from Donegal and Wexford to our shop in Mullingar every day.”
David Quirk, co-owner
Subscriber article
RTÉ Radio 1
6 February 2025
“The Dubai chocolate bar first gained notoriety last year and is taking Ireland by storm at the Sugar Plum Sweetery in Mullingar.”
Programme note, RTÉ Radio 1 Drivetime
Newstalk
6 February 2025
“A sweetery in Mullingar has started producing and selling the bar, and the demand for the chocolate is through the roof!”
Programme note, Newstalk Moncrieff
RTÉ News
14 February 2025
“Since the Sugar Plum Sweetery started making the viral ‘Dubai Chocolate’ bar, the response has been huge.”
Sinéad Hussey, RTÉ Midlands Correspondent
Westmeath Examiner
16 February 2025
“The Sugar Plum Sweetery has gone from a team of four or five this time last year to 20, and is growing to keep up with demand.”
Denise Buckley, co-owner
The Irish Sun
24 February 2025
“Owner Denise Buckley said the demand for this bar is ‘unlike anything’ they’ve ever seen.”
Danielle Russell Masterson, The Irish Sun
Galway Beo
22 March 2025
“The quality of this one far outweighs those from supermarkets, so I definitely think it’s worth buying it at least once – even to share.”
Shauna Bannon Ward, Galway Beo
Three stories about the supermarket versions that mention ours along the way.
Irish Mirror
20 March 2025
Names Sugar Plum Sweetery in Westmeath among the Irish chocolatiers making their own version of the bar.
Evoke
20 March 2025
Mentions Westmeath-based Sugar Plum Sweetery among the chocolatiers making their own bar, with a wait of up to 20 days at the time.
Extra.ie
20 March 2025
Mentions our own version of the bar and the 20-day wait for it at the time. It puts us in Wexford; we are in Mullingar.
