Neenah Sweet Heart Stroll and Shop

 Every Valentine's weekend, Appleton puts on a Death By Chocolate event and every year I say I want to do it. Last year Danielle and I said we were going to do it next year. Fast forward, twelve months and we are still in a pandemic. Appleton moved their Death by Chocolate "virtual" by offering a 12 piece chocolate treat box for $25. I was going to order one until I saw that Neenah was doing a similar event called Sweet Heart Stroll and Shop which replaced their soup event. The Sweet Heart Stroll and Shop was $20 for 15 treats, 2 beverage samples, and $5 in Neenah cash to be spent downtown. That was  a no brainer. Danielle was unavailable to stroll with me but Tara was.

We started at the Future Neenah office downtown where we picked up our passport and for our goodies. Then it was off to collect treats. I explained this was like trick or treating for adults at area business. Each of the 17 business that participated would stamp our passport and then provide us an individually wrapped treat or beverage sample. Most of the business were within the 2 blocks of downtown. A couples were within fairly close walking distance.

Tara and I opted to start at the far end and work our way back. This proved to be a wise choice for two reasons. 1. Most people started downtown and worked their way out. 2. We didn't have to walk back to our cars after collecting our last treats. At the Double Tree, we also were granted access to the craft fair that was going. It gave us a chance to warm up after walking there. The worst walk was up to the Tailored Hide because the sidewalks weren't shoveled. Maybe we should have driven to that one since it was a good 6 blocks each way.

We thought about having lunch at Greene's Pourhosue but it was quite busy and we would have waited for a table. We opted to do lunch at home after. The hot chocolate with fireball was good though. It warmed the insides but should not be followed with fruit mash up tea from On Wisconsin Nutrition. The tea was excellent but did not agree with the fireball. 

15 treats may not seem like a lot until you start collecting them. Good thing they provided a bag.

This was a great event especially to get people to shop local. I hope Future Neenah continues with it in some fashion even if they bring the soup event back post-pandemic. I prefer sweet treats over soup any day. My only complaint was that there was not enough chocolate treats but it's not a bad thing. If both the death by chocolate and the Sweet Heart Stroll happen next year, I may have a hard time choosing which one to do.