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Celebrate Sweetest Day With Quotes About Sweets

Pair your gifts to your loved ones with these witty sayings that proclaim the greatness of tantalizing confections.

Michelle Yastremsky

Sep 28, 2022

Chocolates and candies and desserts, oh my! There’s nothing quite like a sweet treat at the end of the day to melt away all the day’s stresses and sorrows. That’s why we love holidays like Sweetest Day, when we get to surprise our friends and families with the gift of desserts to make their day a little bit sweeter.

Sweetest Day is celebrated every year on the third Saturday in October. Surprise someone special with a sweet treat or other thoughtful gift, along with one of these oh-so-sweet quotes and sayings.

15 sweet quotes about desserts

  • “A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.” – Unknown
  • “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson, Printwick Papers
  • “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy chocolate, and that’s kind of the same thing.” – Unknown
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  • “Chocolate is the answer. Who cares what the question is.” – Unknown
  • “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Shultz
  • “Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and whenever I want.” – Ryan Gosling
  • “Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” – Jim Davis
  • “As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to order chocolate dishes: Any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.” – Sandra Boynton
  • “Put 'Eat chocolate' at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.” – Unknown
  • “After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of that one. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.” – Mel Gibson
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  • “You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.” – Ronald Reagan
  • “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” – Ernestine Ulmer
  • “A party without cake is just a meeting.” – Julia Child
  • “Let them eat cake!” – Marie Antoinette
  • “Embrace a new challenge like your favorite desserts. Look forward to it and savor every minute like you savor every bite of your sweet treat.” – Mary-Frances Winter