TIP OF THE DAY: Thanksgiving Favors

Beautiful hand-painted turkey place setting/ favor from Anna Shea Chocolates. Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. In addition to the traditional foods we love, we enjoy setting a beautiful table with branches of seasonal berries and blooms. We also have a tradition of “place settings,” referring not to the dishes, glasses and silverware but to party…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Chocolate Portion Control

Chocolate portion control. Photo of Anna Shea chocolates by Jerry Deutsch | THE NIBBLE. You can eat anything you want, diet and nutrition experts advise, as long as you eat it “in moderation.” This means less frequently and in smaller portions. Faced with choosing from a box of beautiful chocolates, moderation may be difficult. Several…
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HALLOWEEN: Great Chocolate Eyeballs

These white chocolate eyeballs are sure to make your Halloween celebration memorable. They’re available from Woodhouse Chocolate, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week, on a chocolate hand ($10) or a chocolate spoon ($6), in milk or dark chocolate. Woodhouse has a large selection of artisan Halloween chocolates, including adorable bats and spiders. See them…
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HALLOWEEN: Good & Scary Chocolate

Ganache-filled Halloween pavés. Photocourtesy iGourmet.com.   If you didn’t find what you liked in our recent Halloween Candy feature, here’s more: The scary images on these dark chocolate pavés (flat-topped squares) from Christopher Norman won’t frighten away chocoholics. The luscious, creamy fillings will banish all fears: The ghost contains wild berry dark chocolate ganache The…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Cacao Cuvée Chocolate Truffles

Excellent chocolate truffles from Cacao Cuvée. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. Most chocolate lovers can’t resist chocolate truffles, balls of ganache (chocolate mixed with heavy cream) that melt in your mouth. Many chocolate truffles are pure chocolate-on-chocolate—ganache enrobed in cocoa or a hard chocolate shell. That’s fine for some people, but we need…
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