VALENTINE GIFT: Sixth Course Chocolates

At a fine restaurant, after a five course dinner, including dessert, the sixth course is a dish of chocolates or mignardises with coffee. The founders of Sixth Course Artisan Confections describe them selves as “good pastry chefs [gone] rogue.” The Bay Area confectioners used Guittard couverture chocolate, made in San Francisco, along with local dairy…
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VALENTINE GIFT: Twice The Vice Chocolates With Alcohol

Top shelf alcohol infuses the ganaches in these bonbons. Photo courtesy Twice The Vice.   We love Twice The Vice, “spirited” chocolates filled with ganaches that are beautifully infused with premium alcohol. But not everyone can get them. Due to their high alcohol content, the chocolates can only be mailed to adults in the 19…
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VALENTINE GIFT: Honey Chocolates

How about some honey-sweetened chocolates for your honey…or for anyone who doesn’t like refined sugar? One of our favorite booths at a particular trade show is Queen Bee Gardens, which makes delicious honey-sweetened chocolates and other confections. The older, homespun couple at the booth differ from the trendy staff at other booths. But their chocolates…
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VALENTINE CANDY: Filled Chocolate Hearts

Share the love with these luscious bonbons. Photo courtesy Choclatique.com.   Are you ready to give someone your heart—or a box full of them? Choclatique calls them Love Truffles. An assortment of luscious, artisan-made, heart-shaped chocolates is a classic Valentine gift. There are even sugar-free options. The all-natural chocolate hearts are packaged in a reusable…
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VALENTINE CANDY: Chocolate & Flowers

In 1999, Byrne & Carlson opened in Portsmouth, New Hampshire: a great artisan chocolate shop located in a charming brick townhouse. Portsmouth, the nation’s third oldest city (settled 1623), regularly appears on various “best places to live” lists. For our vote, Byrne & Carlson strongly helps that standing. The chocolates and confections are made by…
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