Sweet treats at the museum

Satisfy your sweet tooth with a candy-tasting treat at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden when author Susan Benjamin introduces her book on May 15. The author takes you through a sweet journey through the history of candy in America with a discussion, candy tasting, and book signing of her new book “Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy became America’s Favorite Pleasure.”

Candy tasting and book signing on May 15 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for members, and children under 12.

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden [421 E. 61st Street on the Upper East Side, (212) 838–6878, www.mvhm.org].