EASTER: Ribbon Chocolate Box From See’s Candies

If you know a woman who loves See’s Candies, she’ll love them even more in this lovely keepsake ribbon box. The woven ribbon, in lavender, green and purple, the color of spring. The box holds 11.3 ounces of milk and dark chocolates along with beautiful White Chocolate Raspberry and Lemon Truffle Eggs topped with icing…
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EASTER: Fancypants Shortbread Cookies

Of all the decorated cookies we’ve tried, we prefer Fancypants. While many cookies look too cute to eat, the flavors often leave something to be desired—cloyingly sweet sugar cookies, hard and dry texture, or both! Fancypants bakes delicious, buttery shortbread cookies, and we just can’t stop eating them. The company makes cookies designed for any…
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EASTER: Hand-Rolled Marzipan Eggs

The Easter bunny was hard at work on these marzipan eggs (with help from Martine’s Chocolates). Aren’t these lovely? Hand rolled to create a rainbow of colors, these marzipan eggs from Martine’s Chocolates will delight marzipan lovers. Martine also makes lovely hand-colored solid chocolate eggs with a similar sensibility (the colored design is “inlaid” into…
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EASTER: Gourmet Chocolate Easter Eggs

You wake up the day after St. Patrick’s Day and what’s on the agenda? Easter! A series of favorite Easter candy begins today. In our youth, we were satisfied with Cadbury’s chocolate buttercream Easter eggs. But today, we’re more demanding. We want those eggs to sizzle. So, we’re starting with Bacon and Eggs, one of…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Fancypants Bakery Cookies

The bunnies, carrots and chicks are almost too cute to eat. Photo courtesy Fancypants Bakery. The Easter Bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail in less than three weeks. To prepare for his arrival, enter to win a gift box of gourmet cookies from this week’s Gourmet Giveaway sponsor: Fancypants Bakery. Their “Great Big…
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