What a let down. I bake these myself at home and with all the different layers find them very time consuming, not to mention only having 2 people in my household a whole tray is just too much for us to consume so I was a little excited when I found these as not only were they the right quantity but the creator is also from Ireland, not far from my homeland (and where these treats originated). What I would love to say was a delectable treat was actually in fact a huge let down. I had similar experience to Adrienne G and agree that the Shortbread was way too crumbly and the Chocolate waxy / chalky. It didn't taste at all like the Buttery biscuit, Sweet Caramel bar topped with Silky Chocolate treat I know and love them to be. The worse part was that I paid $8.49 for 3 squares. A fair price for any consumer but knowing just how many I could make myself for that price was hard to accept. Aside the Caramel Shortbread (or Millionaire's Shortbread as we call it in England) Clariressquares also makes other items including Flapjacks, Oat Bars and Brandy Butter. Maybe some of those are better.... read more

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I'm a professional food photographer and Claire and I have worked together so I must warn you, I am a bit prejudiced. There is something terribly dangerous about working with Claire. She's a wonderfully pleasant young woman with a delightful personality but she has a dark side. When we finish photographing her products, that dark side comes out and she plies me with ClaireSquares, insisting that I take some home with me. How, you ask, could that be something negative, something sinister? When I was a boy, a potato chip company advertised "Bet you can't eat just one..." and that is from where the danger comes with Claire's products. She has sent me home with stacks and stacks of ClaireSquares and each and every time I swear I will only eat one. So far I have yet to keep my promise to myself. Why can't I just savor one and save the rest for tomorrow and the week after? What spell has this woman put on her products that forces me to dream about them night after night? And the nightmares...the nightmares are horrible. There I am surrounded by millions of ClaireSquares and I can't quite reach them. They are calling my name and are just out of my grasp. Pure torture!!! After so many sessions with Claire, she sprang on me her evilest plot yet. Recently, she sent me home with her Plum Pudding. If you find yourself home alone with one of her puddings, please immediately call 911 and ask for help or you might devour the entire thing by yourself and then where would you be? Jonesing for MORE!!! People have been known to kick their families and friends to the curb over ClaireSquares and Claire's Plum Pudding. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! read more

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Their caramel dark chocolate shortbread was literally one of the best things I had tried while at the 2015 Fancy Food Show. For their sample to stand out from the hundreds of others tells you, it's that good! read more

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I went to a local grocery store in Sunnyvale where they sell both the buttery shortbread and the shortbread + caramel. I bought the shortbread + caramel and it was delicious but fair warning, it was also RICH! Everyone is going to have their own take on it, we all have different taste buds! It was rich but still really good and you can tell these were made with quality ingredients. I just went back today and bought the original butter shortbread and they're just as delicious. I just finished four in ten minutes, they are addicting! read more

I loved these but their customer service is nonexistent. They shipped me a box of destroyed items and said they'd "try to do better next time." They don't carry them near me anymore and I was so excited to realize I could order them. Gigantic letdown. I'd pass on this company. read more

Sorry to be the salmon, swimming against the current of 5-star reviews but we were not impressed w/ Clairesquares Purchased a bag of 3 Dark Chocolate Squares at Rainbow Grocery & they tasted stale even though the "freshness" date was well into the following week We were hoping for the same squares we used to buy in Oxford - soft, shortbreaddy square w/ a thick layer of creamy caramel & equally thick layer of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ..... just like what's in their pictures Instead we got a crumbly, stale-tasting square of shortbread, a indistinguishable layer of caramel (it had dissolved into the square) and a thin layer of waxy-tasting chocolate.... and I had picked the prettiest of the packages Maybe if we had bought these at a Farmer's Market or somewhere where they were fresh out of the oven, we'd have enjoyed them more but as it stands, we are not tempted to try them again unless it's at a fresh-out-of-the-oven event & have to say we've def experienced better read more

Canyon Market, Bi Rite Market, Rainbow Grocery, SF Street Food Festival...I say this with equal parts dread (for my diet) & satisfaction (of my sweet tooth): Clairesquares are too accessible. Probably one of the most dangerously decadent cookies my waistline has had the misfortune of meeting. Shortbread cookie topped with caramel (salted & gooey) and sweet, smooth milk chocolate. Gotta love the city & all her treats. read more

If I could give more than 5 stars, I would. This is specifically for Clairesquares. Claire's delectable squares of heavenly shortbread, layered with caramel and chocolate, are so incredibly out of this world! They are so rich and dense...they are the muthaeffin' BOMB! You can order online or stop by the La Cocina kiosk at the Ferry Building on the weekends. They come in Belgian milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate now. When I first got my hands on the milk chocolate squares, admittedly, I hoarded them! Ha! I didn't want to share. If you get a chance to taste Clairesquares, you will know what I mean. read more

When I was in high school, I lived in Scotland as an exchange student. One of the many wonderful culinary joys I discovered there (aside from Irn-Bru - a soda that tastes of liquid bubblegum and is a hangover miracle cure - and deep-fried candy bars) was a lovely cookie called Millionaire's Shortbread. It consisted of a layer of shortbread, caramel, and was topped off with a layer of chocolate. A-freaking-mazing. Earlier this year I heard that a mysterious woman called Claire was making such things here in San Francisco, and I finally, finally got to try one today when I happened upon them at Canyon Market in Glen Park. So you know how people who know European (or British) chocolate always say how much better even a basic Cadbury Milk bar is in comparison to Hershey's? That's TOTALLY the case with Clairesquares versus the cookie I got from the canteen at school. My, oh, my -- I had to walk four miles today just to get over the guilt from eating one. And now I know that they're so close by, instead of having to go to a farmer's market, I think that there's a lot more exercise coming my way in the future! read more

Someone keeps bringing clairesquares to work, and it's driving me INSANE. How does one pack such buttery shortbread, insanely incredible caramel, and perfectly creamy milk chocolate into a little square?! I'm going to SF this weekend just to pick up a 6pack all to myself! No sharing allowed. INCREDIBLE. IIIIIINCREDIBLE. read more

Clairesquares are dangerous. Dangerously damn good that is. Buttery shortbread with an almost brown sugary caramel topped with Belgian chocolate - how could you go wrong?!?!?! You can taste the freshness of each ingredients and you won't find any HFC. Ingredients: Shortbread - unbleached wheat flour, butter, sugar, salt Caramel - sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, golden syrup, salt Belgian Milk Chocolate - sugar, dry whole milk, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin (added as emulsifier), natural vanilla flavor My only gripes are that they are expensive ($9 for a package of 3 at Whole Foods in SOMA) and hard to find. Although maybe that's a good thing because I would eat one a day if they were easy to get. read more

Dark chocolate, caramel with salty bits, and shortbread are a menage a trois made in heaven. This is what happens when you veer off of your usual Saturday morning sprint through the Ferry Building Farmers' Market. I was entertaining out of town friends and we decided to stroll around. In our endeavor to sample everything, we came across the La Cocina stand (I think "the La" is redundant). I had to sample the Claire's squares. They are incredibly rich and as much as I try to I can't finish an entire square in one sitting. Good thing, I'm not a quitter. read more

Can't believe I've been buying Claire's Squares for five years now. I remember the first sample at the La Cocina booth back in 2007 and they are still as good as the first bite! These are my go-to gift for any occasion. I send them to family for Thanksgiving and Christmas and even to clients as gifts. Bringing Claire's Squares to a party will guarantee you an invite for the next one! read more

First, full disclosure. I have worked with Claire to photograph her wonderful squares. She has an amazingly, scrumptious shortbread, caramel and chocolate bar that I have to avoid at all costs since once I start eating them, I cannot stop. If you've not had one, you are missing heaven on earth. read more

I don't think I have tasted anything quite as delicious as the shortbread/ caramel/chocolate goodness that is a Clairesquare. I used to be able to indulge in a square during a movie at Kabuki, but the day they stopped carrying them (due to unsustainable packaging or something like that), was the day that going to a movie at Kabuki became less desirable. I mean, they are *that* good. So good I don't like to share. So good I declared they are my favorite dessert of all time. So good I don't know what else to say. read more

I just reminded myself of these cookies, er, I mean squares of sinful delight. Yu-uh um!

I am a firm believer in the merits of bar food (not bar food, food made into bars) and no one executes a solid square like Clairesquares. At the La Cocina Street Fair I was swayed by Claire's crispy sweet samples and went home with two packages of Clairesquares Minis (tiny bar food). At an event I attended last week, Claire won a much-deserved award for the treats her mother taught her to make, and also gave food to the event so we all go to try some more squares. Ima have to cruise iinto Bi-Rite to pick up some before Hardly Strictly tomorrow. How could I resist indulging in some great outdoor bar food? read more

Just tried our first Clairesquares at the Eat Real Festival and OH MY GOSH!!! These blocks of buttery/sugary/caramel/chocolate goodness are my new drug of choice. (Well...if I did drugs, that is. lol) The shortbread is just the right amount of crumbly, just the right amount of butter. And the caramel is the perfect amount of sweetness. We tried both the milk chocolate and the dark chocolate topping, but being that my hubby likes the dark that's what we bought. Both varieties were FABULOUS and now I'm kicking myself for not buying the milk chocolate, too. One reviewer mentioned that he/she bought a package that was a little stale. I have to admit...the package I bought at the festival wasn't as fresh as the sample we tried there. So, the next time I make a trip into the city to buy me a few squares, I'm going to make sure the ones I get are fresh. I might just be heading out to the city tomorrow!!! ;) read more

OMG!! Crazy delicious. She's based out of La Cocina in the Mission and wow oh wow. Her treats are to-die-for. read more

Not because I'm a local who supports local confections, but their short bread was really good. The shortbread is so buttery it is almost evil. The chocolate they use is spectacular - the high content of cocoa butter is evident as the melt point is equal to the heat of your fingers! Customer service is awesome. We provided some feedback to which they mailed me an entire assortment of their cookies!! Looking forward to partaking in all of these yummies and will be buying more! read more

No way to say this any louder. CLAIRE SQUARES ROCK MY FU&@$ING WORLD ! I wake up thinking about these when they are in the house. Not too sweet, but just perfect melt in our mouth chocolate and caramel, with yummy crunchiness. Belgian chocolate is the best. read more

The Milk Chocolate Shortbread is straight from heaven's oven. It is a quite sweet so you might not enjoy it as much if you don't have a mighty sweet tooth. You see these at some of the local convenience stores too. read more

I recently was at Canyon Market at Glen Park and next to the cashiers there were these chocolaty square cookies looked good, I just had to try them. When I got home I took one out and they were delicious, I couldn't eat the whole cookie just because it's to rich. Will try to hide the rest from my family. read more

As others have noted, these things are dangerously good. At first, I didn't think I wanted to pay 8 bucks for a package of 3 squares, but then you eat them... And all of sudden that money doesn't matter, and it's totally worth it. Fcukkkk. read more

My fluffy, squishy, down covered King size bed is a 76" x 80" dimension of pure heaven. It's a small space in the world - oh so small in the vast scheme of things, but none the less heavenly and perfect. I didn't think heaven could get much smaller. Then I had a Clairesquare. Now I can say that heaven really can come in a smaller packages - a 4"x4" package to be exact. These are dangerously good. Do yourself a favor and don't look at the nutrition facts. Just eat it, enjoy it and start over tomorrow. I took away a star only because they aren't easy to find, I wish they distributed a little wider. But I suppose heaven can't be found around every little corner :) read more

Just the way I used to make them at home, but getting them this way means I'm only eating three instead of a whole tray of them. They are delicious, a truly authentic traditional Irish treat! read more

Both the milk chocolate and dark chocolate squares are easily the most rich and incredibly delicious treat I've ever had. I honestly have times when I physically need one; like an addict with a fix!! They're amazing. read more

We got Clairesquares at the Street Food Festival after snitching a sample. It was probably the best thing at the festival and made the experience. The cookies - shortbread, caramel, and milk chocolate squares - are SO GOOD. They are buttery and chocolatey and just generally awesome. Definitely worth a stop. As a tip, they save well and taste even better after they've had some time to cool down in the fridge for a couple of hours! read more

Clairesquares was at the 2013 SF Street Food Festival today and was selling her milk chocolate & caramel shortbread for $8 per bag of 3 squares. While the shortbread was good, I really wanted the deep fried caramel balls that she sold at last year's festival. Those were amazing. read more

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Really really good. The caramel squares are amazing. The shortbread is out of this world. Better than you get in Ireland. Good honest local baking. Enjoy with a cup of strong tea :) Thanks Claire. You bring the best of Ireland to San Francisco. read more

Sticker shock is hardly something to mess with, but caramel or chocolate pickings with shortbread = heaven! ^_^

I wanted to praise the Christmas cake Clair makes. I'm from Ireland and Claire's fruit cake is the best I've ever eaten. It is delicious, moist and I can't stop eating it. I had to order a second one for Christmas. Clair's mail order service is excellent. Eileen. read more

I got the dark chocolate caramel short bread at The Cheese Cave in Claremont Ca. Not to sweet a bit savory and the SB super light. I'm in heaven read more

All I can say is YUMMMMMMMMMM! Clairesquares combines all my favorite sweets into one: shortbread, melt-in-your-mouth caramel, and of course, milk or dark chocolate. I love the dark chocolate six pack. I usually eat about two (even though I'm not really supposed to eat chocolate) and then I hide the rest from my husband in a secret spot in the refrigerator--he'll literally eat the remaining four in one sitting! read more

DELICIOUSNESS in a small square bar! YUM! perfect combo of graham crackery crust, chocolate (Dark or Milk) and caramel. YUM. Found mine at Bi-Rite grocery. Gotta give these a try! read more

I left San Francisco two years ago for the Portland area and there are two things that I miss the most: a good cup of Philtered Soul from Philz Coffee and Clairesquares. I special order both from time to time and have them shipped but I miss having them so accessible. read more

oh my yum! dark chocoalte covered shortbread!

The Shortbread & Caramel Dark Chocolate Squares are the Best!!! You can't go wrong with these delicious treats.