Sweets and Stories

Chocolate of the Month Club

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The Secret Chocolatier is always juggling multiple projects. Being a small family business means it takes time to bring some of our plans to life....

Award Winning Chocolate Toffee

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The Best Chocolate Toffee After our holiday season cooled off we began to wonder what we should be doing next. I had the thought that...

Chocolate Wedding Favors Win Every Time

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There are many thoughts on what makes the best wedding favor. Frames, candles and candle holders, personalized glassware, salt and pepper shakers and pretty soups...

Chocolate Shop Metrics 2011

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Each year I comb our sales data and try to create a picture for the family of their hard work for the year. We thought...

Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe Revisited

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Recently I was asked to share our easy chocolate fudge recipe for an upcoming magazine article. I thought sure, then paused.. well we haven’t made...

R&D: Taza 60% Ganache Taste Test

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We are always testing new thoughts, tastes, creations, ideas.. Many of them will never see the light of day but many others we will put...