Choclatique is here!

Our 'chocolate boutique' now features Choclatique chocolates!  Made in California, they are a great new find for us! Marcy and Melissa are showing off four of the new flavors....What's Up, Doc? (Carrot cake), key lime creme, Tuxedo mousse, and Grand Marnier Creme.  

The other new flavors we're proud to sell include Blue Ribbon Cherry Pie, Creme Brulee, Orangsicle, Root Beer Float, their Champagne truffle, made with Dom and adorned with (real) gold flecks, Cherry Creme, Strawberry Creme, and Blueberry Creme!

We love bringing in new and exciting flavors, and Choclatique is going to be a big hit!
If you 'dream in chocolate', come see us during your waking hours!
Madame Chocolate (a.k.a. Gyan)

For the love of chocolate!

 

 LOVE this stuff!!!
Right around Valentine's Day, I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of the proprietress of a chocolate 'boutique' in Florida.  We became fast friends, as we both loved doing what we do.....buying/selling fabulous chocolates!
She told me about this wonderful company up in Kansas (can you believe it?!?!), and I was able to get a big box of samples for our Chocolate Advisory Board meeting this afternoon.  Unanimous thumbs up!
Their name says it all....Cocoa Dolce'!  Indeed!  Hopefully they'll be in stock by mid-March.
In the meantime, if your sweet tooth is acting up, y'all know where to shop!  We got in fresh batches of Sweet Shop and Cocopotamus last week, and today our Godiva came in, so our chocolate cases are now fully stocked. 
C'mon in...you deserve a treat today!

Gyan

Spring is coming!

    The weather was so dreary today, it was easy to feel down and dreary.  But something clever came in the mail to the shop today, and now I'm dreaming of spring in a big way.

Feast your eyes on these adorable edibles!
Are they not the cutest cupcakes you've ever seen?!?!  They're regular cupcakes decorated with Jelly Bellies and other candies from the company to look like spring flowers!
The Jelly Belly company sent us a cute little cupcake flyer, and besides Christmas trees and Halloween pumpkins, this picture stopped me in my tracks!  
The artists used bunny corn (candy corn in spring colors) and various pastel Jelly Bellies to create these precious cupcakes.  
It's too bad my little grandson lives so far away.....this is enough to make me want to borrow somebody's grandkids and get creative in the kitchen!
Our spring/Easter candy will be arriving next Tuesday, and we're anxious to get it all out and displayed on our shelves.  
Spring has always been my favorite season at the shop.  By now, I'm so ready for bright colors and pretty pastels....it's such a refreshing change!  Besides, candy just looks like spring to me....and I hope to be able to make some candy look like spring cupcakes like the ones above!
Happy, creative spring is just around the corner!
Gyan

CAB-Chocolate Advisory Board

Not a joke!  We take our chocolate offerings very seriously!  We've now had two sessions with our appropriately named CAB.

It's Fat Tuesday, and what better way to celebrate the day than with taste-testing some incredible French chocolates!  Our CAB met this morning and reactions from all staff and CAB members were favorable, indeed!

   As you can see, Joe enjoyed his and Kay was letting a piece melt in her mouth while perusing their catalogue.

 

 The 60 year old French company is called "Michel Cluizel", and we are getting ready to place our first order, based primarily on what we sampled today and how our CAB members reacted to certain flavors!

We'll make sure to let you know as soon as it hits the states and gets on our shelves! 

One fat, sassy Mamma....
Gyan 

Sweets for your Sweetie(s)

It's that time of year again - time for LOVE!!
 If you're wondering what to get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day, here's what I suggest.....

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 Yea, baby....that oughtta do the trick!
We bring in SO much candy and chocolate for what I affectionately refer to as "The Big VD", and it finally starts to sell about one week before the big day.  That means it sits there and stares at us for weeks until the message is satisfactorily delivered!  
The message here is, size DOES matter!!! Yea, sure, it's the thought that counts, but the BIGGER the thought, the more it counts!!!!!!
We have all sizes to offer, and for the non-chocolate lovers (yes, you know who you are), we have about 50-100 kinds of candies just for the special day.
I know anyone reading this blog is an intelligent, thoughtful person, so I KNOW you get the message!
See ya soon!
Gyan

Christmas be gone...

Christmas merchandise, puhleeze go away....I adored you in the past, but frankly  I've grown weary of your constant, albeit cheerful, presence, and I want you OUT of my life!

My affections have turned to more romantic visions!

Starting tomorrow (1-8-10), ALL Christmas and Hanukkah goods, confections, trees, ornaments, EVERYTHING will be 75% OFF!

Adios seasonal stuff....you're crampin' my style.

Git...go on, git outta here, ya hear?  See if I care!  I know you'll be back in about ten months, but until then, we're done, ya hear me?  Finished.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Here we all are, gathered around the fuse box at the back of Othello's, where we held our annual CB Christmas dinner/drinks/Dirty Santa party!
From left to right, Holly Forsyth (our newest, youngest CB family member), Sandy Clopton, behind them is Maurice Galoob, our fearless leader and my husband of 39+ years, Shannon Macko, Rachel Forsyth rubbing the shoulders of Marcy Gonzales, Melissa Dowling, our long time manager, and moi. 
We have had a tremendous season, and the reason we all look so 'happy' is because we ARE!
Thank you to all of you who have helped us grow this year.  We're looking forward to another record-setting year, and we appreciate each and every one of you.
We are continuing our tradition of closing the day after Christmas, which affords us atleast two days (in this case, three!) to spend relaxing with family.
We'll be open again Monday, the 28th, and we'll have our half price Christmas madness sale.  Everything Christmas (from Godiva chocolates to pre-lit trees to holiday cards) will be half price.  It's usually a madhouse for about three days, then things start to settle in back to normal.  Sometimes I wish December lasted all year! 
We're also going to close the entire weekend of New Year's.  Inventory calls, and we're not immune to a good nap now and then!  Regular biz hours will resume on Monday, January 4th, 2010!!!!  My, my...where did this year go?!?!
Hope your holidays are merry....be safe and warm, and let the love from your families keep you warm throughout the season!

Sentimental old Gyan

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