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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