Michigan’s Best Local Eats: Beecher’s Handcrafted Soft Pretzels offers sweet, savory treats

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Beecher’s Handcrafted Smooth Pretzels gives a bunch of handcrafted, recent pretzels, from salty and savory flavors to candy, dessert-inspired concoctions.

Christine and Jason Beecher have been baking pretzels within the Grand Rapids space since July 2020, once they launched their meals cart. Right now, they nonetheless function the cart, however they’ve additionally added a storefront, the place clients can order from a takeout window, at 3555 Burlingame Dr. SW.

On the menu, clients will discover quite a lot of pretzels.

A conventional salted pretzel is $5, and a 2-ounce cup of considered one of 11 totally different dipping sauces may be added for an extra $2.

There may be additionally a Peperoni Mozzarella Pretzel. Served on a conventional salted pretzel, the creation, which prices $7, is topped with melted mozzarella cheese and pepperoni items.

Different savory gadgets embody a $5 pretzel sizzling canine, and a garlic parmesan pretzel for $6.50.

The store has additionally experimented with sandwiches. One instance contains The Italian Roast Beef, which comes on a recent baked pretzel hoagie roll with Giardiniere and au jus for dipping. It prices $10.

For these looking for dessert-like flavors, there’s tons to select from as nicely.

One instance: the Caramel S’mores Pretzel, $7.

Coated with cinnamon sugar and graham cracker crumbs, the pretzel is then drizzled with caramel and topped with chocolate chips and marshmallows.

Christine Beecher, who moved along with her husband from New Jersey to the Grand Rapids space in 2015, mentioned the pretzels are designed by her husband who has levels in meals science and culinary arts.

“All the pieces is hand crafted,” she mentioned. “Each single day, he makes them recent.”

She mentioned they make a superb snack for somebody trying to keep away from fried meals.

“I believe this offers you a pleasant various to that,” mentioned Beecher, whose meals truck is current at many food-themed occasions within the space. “You’re getting hand-crafted, freshly made pretzels. We heat each pretzel up in order that they’re sizzling. It’s gentle on the within and heat.”

She added, “In the event you’re ingesting a beer otherwise you don’t desire a full meal or one thing like that, it’s a fantastic various.”

All of Beecher’s pretzels are vegan, she mentioned.

The hours for the storefront and the meals truck will not be fastened. Prospects can discover the most recent ones on Beecher’s Fb web page, fb.com/BeechersPretzels.

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