An Evening of Chocolate
It’s all about getting closer to my roots. I come from an environment of restaurants and day-of production. My wonderful family has built a fantastic machine around me but it takes me away from some of...
View ArticleA Chocolate Reflection, Our First Dinner Success
Once settled into our 2nd location, the environment seemed to call to us– “I deserve beautiful plated desserts for people sit and savor.” My fathers pastry chef background in high end restaurants...
View Article2014 Year in Review, The Chocolate Saga
2014 was crazy. Crazy all over the place. We had some crazy good times, crazy bad times, and somehow I think we’re all ok. –let me check– toes, fingers, smile– yea I think we’re ok! Thank You Chocolate...
View ArticleA Quick History of Chocolate
In my email today was a school showing off “A Delicious History of Chocolate” and thought I should share it. Chocolate has been around for a long long time but it’s real spread began nearly 500 years...
View ArticleInternational Chocolate Awards Finalist
We are happy to announce that our latest chocolate truffle addition, the 80% dark chocolate truffle, has become a grand jury finalist in this years International Chocolate Awards. Each year our goal is...
View ArticleFrom the Chef’s Table, a Perspective on Teaching Chocolate Truffle Making
Our recent foray into conducting hands-on classes has led to a number of revelations as well as a lot of fun! The truffle making class has been particularly endearing. Something about the “golden...
View ArticleChocolate of the Month Club
The Secret Chocolatier balances a lot of ongoing projects. Being a small family business means it takes us longer to make real some of those plans. This is one we are glad to finally get out there, a...
View ArticleA Moment in the Life of The Littlest Chocolatier
The Secret Chocolatier started in 2008 at area farmers markets selling a couple large chocolate truffles. Finally opening our first retail store in 2011. A month later Logan Ciordia made his...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Chocolate Exhibit
A Chocolate Gallery, A 6 Year Celebration We have had a lot of fun working our way to this event. Nearly four months ago an idea was germinated to start something special, an art show. A chocolate art...
View ArticleA Guide to Shipping Chocolate
Update 2020: I came to revise the post after just handling another large shipping moment and re-reading it.. we still do this! We’ve stuck it out with USPS but their current guidelines on Priority are...
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