Tag: Chocolate

CHINESE NEW YEAR: Special Chocolates For The Year Of The Tiger

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If you forgot to send Valentine’s Day chocolate to someone special, or need a reciprocal gift, you’ve got an “out.” You can still celebrate 4708, the Chinese Lunar New Year (February 14 to 28th). It’s the Year of the Tiger. Moon cakes are traditional, but few people would choose them over Burdick Chocolate’s exquisite chocolates…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Vodka Cocktails

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Chocolate cocktails range from sweet to spicy to sizzling, like “Hot Lips,” above. Photo courtesy Van Gogh Vodka. Chocolate has been called the “fruit of love,” so it’s no wonder that it’s the favorite gift for Valentine’s Day. Long thought of as an aphrodisiac, there’s a scientific basis to the claim. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, the…
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VALENTINE’S DAY: Gifts For Kids

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How cute are these ganache-filled penguins? And more delicious than most chocolate. Photo courtesy BurdickChocolate.com. The kids on your Valentine’s Day list will be happy with just about anything that’s chocolate. It’s easy to pick up a gift at the drug store or even the supermarket. But if you have a discriminating child—or you’d like…
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