Second Street Bakeshop

06/10/2026

We’re still pinching ourselves! We’re coming back from Di**le with 6 MAJOR AWARDS from Blas Na HEireann 🏆🇮🇪✨

We picked up:
👑 Best Artisan Producer 2026
✨ Best New Product (Dark Chocolate Toffee Popcorn Brittle)
🥇 Gold – Popcorn Snacks
🥇 Gold – Confectionery
🏆 Best in Munster
🏆 Best in Cork

Our Dark Chocolate Toffee Popcorn Brittle has a special place in our hearts. Popcorn gave us a pretty humbling experience last year when a product didn't go the way we hoped. Instead of giving up, we went back to the kitchen and turned it into toffee popcorn brittle. 🍿

To see it win Gold and Best New Product—alongside overall Best Artisan—was genuinely emotional. It’s an incredible reminder of what resilience and iteration can do 💛

A massive thank you to the team at , the judges, Local Enterprise Office, Cork City, our wonderful kitchen team, stockists, and every single one of you who has supported Second Street Bakeshop along the way.

13/09/2026

This week we're at the Ploughing 🚜. We're delighted to be representing the Local Enterprise Office, Cork City, in the Local Enterprise Village this year. Come find us for a chat, a taste of our handcrafted toffee and a little taste of Cork ✨🍯

01/09/2026

✨ 5 YEARS OF SECOND STREET BAKESHOP ✨

Five years ago today, Second Street Bakeshop started as a little hobby with no idea that it would turn into this!

From our very first homemade design to where we are now. It’s been 5 years of ideas, experiments, new products, and opportunities, with plenty of lessons and a whole LOT of toffee.

While running a food business in Ireland’s challenging business climate isn’t for the faint-hearted, I can honestly say there is nowhere else I’d rather be.

Here’s to 5 years of cracking toffee, taking chances, figuring it out and building something we are incredibly humbled to share.
Thank you to everyone who has bought a bag, stocked our products, shared a post, recommended us or simply enjoyed the toffee talks along the way. Here’s to the next five!

26/08/2026

There's a whole lot of breaking, bagging and buttery goodness happening behind the scenes as we start prepping for the Ploughing. Who's coming? 🚜🌾

30/07/2026

Our Toffee Popcorn Brittle has been awarded 2 Great Taste Stars ⭐⭐ and we couldn't be more delighted. This product evolved from our original Toffee Popcorn, taking everything people loved and turning it into something even crunchier, richer and more indulgent. To have that journey recognised by the Great Taste judges makes this award extra special.
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way and to the Toffee Team that make it happen 🍿💫

03/07/2026

We're in Super Valu Midleton tomorrow from 3-6pm for a 4th of July tasting ⭐️ Stop by and say "Happy 4th", sample our toffee, and you could win shipping vouchers! Like this post to enter ✨

10/05/2026

Next weekend, find us at the Ballymaloe Festival of Food ✨

Friday through Sunday is set to be filled with great food, good fun, and fabulous conversations with people who love food as much as we do!

Check out: https://www.ballymaloefestivaloffood.com/

31/12/2025

2025 threw everything at us — rising costs, tough calls, and plenty of no’s and “not right now”s. 😅

But the yeses made all the difference. We expanded our toffee brittle into stores across the island (including Cork & Dublin Airport), partnered with , featured in some brilliant gift hampers, and had the honour of collaborating with Hayfield Manor on an exclusive new Toffee Brittle flavour just before Christmas ✨

Add in Kickstart nationwide trial, two , and Gold at — and it’s been a year of graft, growth, and real progress. Thank you for all your support this year and Happy New Year ✨⚡️💫

14/12/2025

The last day to order for guaranteed Christmas delivery is Monday, December 15th. Thank you for supporting us this year. We truly appreciate every purchase 🎁☃️
https://www.secondstreetbakeshop.com/

10/12/2025

A big thank you to the Irish Examiner for featuring our brittle in this year’s Christmas Gift Guide — and a lovely reminder to support local makers this festive season☃️🎄https://www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41752872.html

If food writer Joe McNamee isn’t writing about the finest Irish food and drinks, then he’s eating and drinking the stuff to beat the band, no more so than at Christmas. Here is his list of edible essentials to keep you well fed and watered throughout the holiday period