Sweets and Stories

Peach Scroll Work Wedding Cake Base
Wrap Up of Bridal Open-House in Charlotte
On By Robin Ciordia / 0 comments
On Sunday afternoon we hosted an open-house to introduce Charlotte brides to what The Secret Chocolatier was all about. Enjoy a moment to bend our ear, talk their desires, and... Read more
The Line of My Heart, Chocolate Hearts
Fall in Love with The Secret Chocolatier
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
The seasons are really moving by us here at The Secret Chocolatier. We raced past Thanksgiving and many of the Christmas holidays. Now looking ahead, a mere 3 weeks out... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier prepares for 2011 SCORE Awards
SCORE Awards Ceremony, Sea Salt Caramels
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
I meant to get to this wrap-up much sooner than now but time waits for no one. Especially the busy. When we were developing our business plan, pro forma, and... Read more
Wedding Chocolate Truffle Tree
Charlotte Brides, Open House at The Secret Chocolatier
On By Robin Ciordia / 0 comments
Charlotte, NC on February January 29th, 2012 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm meet The Secret Chocolatier family, see and taste our work at our shop between South Park and Cotswold. http://tsc-bridal.eventbrite.com/... Read more
The Secret Chocolatier
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
2011 Chocolate Year in Review
2011 Chocolate Year in Review
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
2011 was an amazing, turbulent, extremely hard working year for us at The Secret Chocolatier. Every year is a hard working year for us. There are only 4 of us... 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