Sinful Sweets Chocolate Company

Went in for a milkshake and left with a new map and a ton of advice on the city.
The guy behind the counter, whose name I wish I remembered, was very helpful and made me a gluten free milkshake. Some of the other customers joined in and I ended up with more recommendations than I could get to in a short stay.

The staff was so nice! He even made hot chocolate off the menu for us! It was the best hot chocolate we ever had. That said a lot about their chocolate :)

Awesome sweets! I have always liked their sign out front (Skinny People Are Easier To Kidnap). I purchased both cake pops and a cup cakes. The cupcake was amazing. Salted Caramel Chocolate cupcake was delicious. The cake was moist and the icing was just the right contrast of salty and sweet.

Awesome-​in town to watch Broncos vs Steelers and found this gem! Great shakes and the service was excellent. Fun and yummy! Love that our server asked about straw colors!

The chocolate is out of this world! Tried the bacon chocolate and pretzels they both were amazing!

Sweet tooth??? I have a mouth full of sweet teeth! I lovelovelove chocolate, hence I am always on the lookout for new and interesting candy/​cookie haunts. I found this place ages ago and have stopped frequently for most of my candy needs. The chocolate itself is good; good quality with a great taste and mouth feel. They have a plethora of caramels, toffees, peanut butter things, bark as well as the infamous chocolate covered bacon!!! Unlike everyone else, I am not a fan of the chocolate covered bacon, but in fairness I’m not a huge bacon person. I’m also not a fan of their chocolate covered pretzels either. The use really thick sour dough pretzels and for me, the pretzel to chocolate ratio is all off. They do come with lots of fancy toppings though. The toffee and caramels are my favs.
I’ve tried the milk shakes too and they’re pretty good as well!

My number one place to get a milkshake. I confess, when I was back in New York I hated milkshakes. With a passion. I thought milkshakes were the typical dregs you’d get at a McDonald’s. Pittsburgh changed my mind completely. Sinful sweet made me an addict and I love it here best out of all the places I’ve been. For 5 $ you get a quality milkshake with your choice of a topping and multiple flavors with even a dipped chocolate or dark chocolate straw.
This shop is very Very cute and the workers really knows their way around sweets and I always appreciate their recommendations. My choice is always red velvet, chocolate with waffle cone toppings blended and whipped to perfection to chocolate heaven. On a hot summer day and your in the mood for some decadence drop by. They have great chocolate!

I stopped by Sinful Sweets this past Thurs. at 7pm. I’d had Sinful Sweets bookmarked for a long while, but this was the first time I received the chance to stop by, given that they close at 8pm. Usually, if I’m downtown at this time, I’m headed to a show in the Cultural District, and am not quite ready for dessert yet. This time, however, I was headed back from a vigorous paddle at Kayak PGH, which allowed me to justify stopping by to indulge myself.
In checking out the reviews beforehand, it seemed that the most popular items at Sinful Sweets are milkshakes and cake pops. Upon perusing the display case, there were surprisingly few cake pops left, so I decided to go with a milkshake ($ 5). The guy working (probably the owner) told me that the price included one mix-​in (others are extra), and that I could have my milkshake made from two different types of ice cream if I wanted. After perusing the options, I ordered a milkshake with chocolate and cannoli ice cream with Andes pieces as a mix-​in.
My custom milkshake turned out to be a delectable creation. Its size and thickness were comparable to those of milkshakes from the Milkshake Factory, and the cannoli ice cream lent a nice creaminess to it in combination with the chocolate ice cream. Numerous small chocolate chips from the cannoli ice cream, as well as the Andes pieces, lent textural interest to the milkshake, culminating in a delicious pile of candy at the bottom of the cup for a sweet finish. Although Sinful Sweets doesn’t stock as many different ice cream flavors as the Milkshake Factory, their milkshakes are more customizable if you account for the ability to mix flavors and the candy mix-​ins, and they use the same brand of ice cream (Perry’s). As was mentioned in a relatively recent review, I didn’t receive a chocolate dipped straw, so perhaps they’ve stopped the practice of dipping straws in chocolate (I didn’t ask).
In addition to my milkshake, I received a dark chocolate dipped pretzel for checking in on Unilocal.This was a nice bonus, esp. since I accidentally left behind some chocolate peanut butter dipped pretzels that I purchased last weekend at my parents’ place, which were promptly devoured by my dad before I could ask my parents to ship them to me. :-(
Overall, I was quite pleased with my visit to Sinful Sweets. Service was friendly, and the price of the milkshake was right in line with the Milkshake Factory. As others have mentioned, they have a daily milkshake happy hour during weekdays from 4−6pm (25% off), so if you’re able to take advantage of it, you can get a milkshake for even less money. While I was very pleased with my milkshake, I’m not awarding a full five stars because of the lack of cake pops (I heard the owner explain to another customer that they were sold out because someone had made a large purchase of them earlier). However, this could be a good thing, as it gives me motivation to return and update my review! 4.5 stars.

BACON! Unfortunately it was a busy week for Sinful Sweets. They ran out of their bacon wrapped pretzel. No biggie! We tried a chocolate caramel bacon pretzel. My taste buds were dancing!!! Sooo good.
We also had a scoop of coffee toffee ice cream. Delish.
Love this place! Super cute store, helpful staff, and delicious sweets for my belly. A+++.
Don’t forget to check-​in, you get a free pretzel!

Yes please…
We had their homemade ice cream which was blow your socks off fantastic. One was the cinnamon roll flavored ice cream and I swear, I felt like I was eating a Cinnabon.
Service was great. The young man behind the counter is patient while you hem and haw trying to make a decision between all the sinfully yummy delicious treat. He was very personable and provided great service to our party.
My favorite was their sign out front. «Skinny people are easy to kidnap. Be safe» love the humor!
Don’t forget to check in with Unilocal for your free goody!

This place has every delicious, decadent thing you can think of. From fudge, to milkshakes, to any kind of chocolate treat. Going in and taking a look at everything they have is a treat in itself. My favorite thing to get are the turtles. They’re absolutely delicious. Some other fun stuff they have are dark and milk chocolate «s’mores» (a graham cracker and melted marshmallow covered in chocolate), chocolate covered bacon, and all kinds of assorted truffles. They are located on the block behind my office, and it is sooooo hard to not walk over there and get something every day.
The staff is very friendly. And the prices are pretty decent. A nice sized treat is usually around $ 2.50. They do pricing by weight, so the bigger something is, the more expensive it will be. If you’re eating anywhere on Penn or Downtown, make sure you stop here for dessert! In fact, I think I’ll be stopping over there today after lunch for an almond turtle!

On the Friday before Mother’s Day I visited Sinful Sweets and bought a large box of assorted chocolate for my mother.
As she was eating some of the chocolate last evening she took a bite and noticed there was a long HAIR in one of the pieces. The hair was not on top of the chocolate but actually embedded IN the piece meaning it had to have come there during the cooking process.
I stopped by the store and spoke with the what seemed the owner/​manager, very privately to avoid having customers overhear, and to my surprise he did not even offer a refund nor try to do anything else someone in his position would be expected to do in this sort of situation.
So of course here I am on the bullhorn, to hopefully warn at least some people about the customer service, and more importantly lack of hygiene at Sinful Sweets.

This was my first visit to Sinful Sweets and definitely not my last. I was looking for a little something sweet, after having dinner nearby. I love that the shop stays open until 8:00, which is perfect for after dinner snacking! There was so much to choose from, cake pops, bulk treats, chocolate dipped everything, and ice cream. I opted for the milk chocolate covered s’more. It was delicious… soft billowy marshmallow, sandwiched between 2 crunchy graham crackers and dipped in delicious milk chocolate. This treat was SO good! I can’t wait to return to try some other treats.

Great Service
I recommend the french toast cake pop and cinnamon white chocolate covered graham crackers.

I’m not sure what went wrong on my trip to Sinful Sweets. I was really excited to try here after reading the reviews, but it did not quite meet my expectations.
I got a red velvet milkshake ($ 4.99). Other reviewers talk about this amazing service, and I was pulling teeth to get a basic milkshake on a Thursday night at rush hour. I asked for recommendations and could not even get that from the person working the counter. Maybe it was just an off day. The actual milkshake was great with amazing flavor, but I really wanted a chocolate dipped straw like other reviewers had. That definitely did not happen. Maybe I’ll make it back here eventually for a second try, but I was bummed out.
They do take credit cards!

I was so excited to visit Sinful Sweets, I actually saved up calories for a couple weeks. I had heard about their chocolate covered bacon and it sounds like a real genius combination! However, it did to live up to my expectations. First off, the bacon was not properly cooked, almost raw and the fatty part was still white. Even dipped in chocolate, it was gross and I spit it out. Sad day.
For my other treats, I got some of a pecan turtle and a truffle and chocolate covered fruit. They were good, but hard to enjoy after the bacon.
On I previous visit, I opted for ice cream, the carrot cake was very good. Service is great, very friendly. I might give them another try, after I get over that nasty bacon.

Fun fact: my 666^th check-​in was to this place. Coincidence? You decide.
Now, on to the important stuff: if you’ve never been to Sinful Sweets, I’m here to tell you that it’s a recommended, perhaps even mandatory, stop if you’re ever downtown. Or within a mile, or two (or five!) of the downtown area. This excellent sweet shop has ice cream and milkshakes, a range of chocolates and chocolate covered goodies, cake pops, and even coffee and tea to boot. Not to mention crates of locally made Red Ribbon soda, which is also excellent and worth trying if you haven’t.
Things here are sold by the pound and individually, so it’s totally possible to walk in for a single piece of chocolate. Of course, I feel obligated to warn you that once you walk in one thing just won’t be enough — it’s easy to walk out with a whole box of sweet treats!
Seriously, stop in and try their delicious (and often homemade) goodies — you won’t regret it! Oh, and one more quick fun fact: I know from experience that they make pretty nice birthday baskets — something to keep in mind for family and friends that you’re looking to spoil!

Wow. This place was awesome. Came across it when I was walking around downtown with a friend… We couldn’t resist the signs for milkshakes and chocolate outside.
We immediately went over to the ice cream. The man who was working was super friendly and when I mentioned Unilocal (considering when you check in there you get a free chocolate pretzel with your purchase) he told me to mention him by full name, so Nolan Anthony Sanders– thanks for being so helpful and overall awesome!
Anyway, back to the sweets. I got a scoop of blackberry cheesecake ice cream on a sugar cone. My friend ordered the salted caramel pretzel ice cream with a sugar cone. With every lick of this ice cream I couldn’t believe how amazing it was. Real blackberry purée, and creamy cheesecake ice cream– oh my gosh. I want some right now. My friend loved her ice cream as well.
I also got a cinnamon sugar white chocolate covered graham cracker– which was amazing as well. The chocolate was so creamy!
For my free pretzel, I got a milk chocolate covered pretzel. It was good, but it didn’t impress me too much. I like a thick coating of chocolate on mine and this one was quite thin. It wasn’t bad though. I would love to try their awesome unique flavored chocolate covered pretzels!
I then noticed they have Red Ribbon soda– locally made soda with out of this world flavors. I was so excited! The almond crème soda is amazing! (Thank you Unilocal for introducing me to the soda at the burgh bash!) I had to buy two bottles!
I will return ASAP! I need more blackberry cheesecake ice cream in my life. Now.

The name says it all. Sinfully good. Sinfully addictive. Sinfully sinful.
The chocolate. Let me just say, I’m not a chocoholic. I like chocolate, don’t get me wrong, but I wouldn’t scarf down whole chocolate bars by the gallon. But mix chocolate with something and I’m game. Mix Sinful Sweets chocolate with anything and I’m really really game! For realz!
Every. Single. Thing I’ve had from here is scrumptious. I’ve tried a platter of treats at Allegheny Wine Mixer and I stopped in and had a chocolate covered s’more. I want a thousand chocolate s’mores in my life. Stat!
I can’t wait to try everything they sell. The cake pops, the truffles, the caramels. I want it all!!!
But let’s get real for a second. The chocolate is amazing! Apparently it’s from an old family recipe. The family’s got it down, yo! I cannot walk past and NOT go in anymore. Actually, writing this review right now makes me want to get in my car and go there. Too bad it’s not 24 hours. Actually, it’s probably best for me. But come tomorrow, I’ll be there!

Came here because of the chocolate covered pretzel with drizzled caramel and bacon on it. Sadly, it was not as amazing as I had hoped.
Tried the cookies and cream pretzel as well. Tastes exactly like cookies and cream, but the pretzels were so hard I thought I was going to chip a tooth. =\
Chocolate was okay… nothing to rave about. The peppermint bark was good, but also nothing extraordinary.
Lights are very dim inside. Almost walked right passed them, because we thought they were closed!