Sweets and Stories

Eat Chocolate Every Month
Chocolate of the Month Club
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
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. We’re excited to finally launch... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier Toffee Award
Award Winning Chocolate Toffee
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
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 to grow we should probably... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier Custom Brownie Pop Wedding Favors
Chocolate Wedding Favors Win Every Time
On By Robin Ciordia / 0 comments
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 are all popular choices. For... Read more
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Chocolate Shop Metrics 2011
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
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 it would be fun to... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier Fudge
Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe Revisited
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
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 that in a while so... Read more
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R&D: Taza 60% Ganache Taste Test
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
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 out to select groups to... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier Drinking Chocolate
Hot Chocolate & Drinking Chocolate, a Seasonal Favorite
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
We’ve been drinking a lot of chocolate lately. When I mean a lot I mean pounds. Not only is it a favorite creation in the house, we’ve been trying to... Read more