The Parrot Confectionery

Since 1922 a local business has run devoted to bringing smiles and fun to a small town.
The Parrot Confectionery can proudly state it's been a classic staple as a place to be. It has shelves of candy, about a dozen red table topped booths, and it can make a MEAN parfait.

Of course, it's got it's own website to tout it's wonders and history, but it remains to be a personal favorite place of mine, and so I go back time to time to make sure it hasn't suddenly plunged off the deep end. The service is quick (the place is small so the servers see you're there) and the booths are private and vintage, with carvings in the tops.

The knick-knacks might be my favorite part. Taxidermy-d owls hover over children buying sour trout, and a juke box still puts out soda pop tunes. A dozen different pictures of parrots eye some portraits of Indian chiefs, while German made things collect memories on the shelves.

If you ask for a menu, it's all delicious things. The chili is fantastic, their varieties of soda awesome, and the milkshakes are perfection for a hot day. My parfait had ice cream, caramel and chocolate, and cashews. The cashews were lightly salted so there was a perfect mix of sweet and salty all at once. For $3.75 I found it the perfect way to end a hot work day.

Candy wise, I recommend:
Almond roca- freshly made, amazing toffee
Sour trout- an old specialty and my personal favorite
Lemon drops- they have the perfect mix of sour and long-lasting sweet
Honeycomb- the chocolate is on par with many Swiss chocolates, and the texture of the honeycomb is amazing. For the bold, dark chocolate honeycomb is simply a must.

Located at 42 N. Last Chance Gulch
Helena, Montana
59601

Website: www.parrotchocolate.com