How cute are these?  A bride and groom asked me to create a unique favor for their wedding.  They were having a firepit after the reception, so I thought an upscale S’mores kit would do the trick.

We made special heart shaped pieces of chocolate instead of the traditional candy bar.  We added one full graham cracker split in half and a jumbo marshmallow.  I remember seeing jumbo marshmallows at a candy show and having to order them from a distributer, now they are ubiquitous!

We put a dot of chocolate to hold the heart onto the marshmallow and voila!  A new addition to our wedding favor line-up was born.

Just add a twig and fire!

We recently hosted a pinkalicious tea party at Choclations…hence, Pink-a-lations!  We had 2 seatings of excited little girls and their moms and even a few dads.  When they first entered in their all pink outfits, (adorable!!!) they started to color a picture provided of the pinkalicious character.  We then took their orders for their afternoon tea service.

They were given the choice of fluff and strawberry tea sandwiches or mini ham sandwiches (remember, pink food).  They all had mini strawberry scones and for dessert, non pareils with pink sprinkles and chocolate chip cookies with pink sparkles.

As if the pinkness wasn’t enough, even the beverages were pink…pink lemonade, pink iced tea (which is our toasty almond flavor), and pink milk (milk with strawberry syrup).

All decorated a mini cupcake with, what else, pink frosting, pink sprinkles, and raspberries. Allison then sat them all down in a circle and read to them from the Pinkalicious book.

A good time was had by all, and we see a Purplicious, Goldilicious and Silveralicious in our near future.

A picture is worth a thousand words.  I am very particular about my Chocolate Covered Strawberries.  In fact, you could call me the Strawberry Nazi.  I will actually turn down a sale if I think my strawberries are going to be eaten incorrectly.  The correct way to eat a chocolate covered strawberry is to eat it the day we dip it.  I question, no I interrogate each customer before they order strawberries to make sure they are going to eat it, or the recipient of their gift will eat them the day they are dipped.  If not, then no strawberries for you!

Look at the picture on the left.  The strawberries were freshly dipped, succulent delectible specimens and the chocolate is crisp and glossy and perfect.  The ones on the right were 24 hours old.  The stems of the strawberries are no longer bright green, the strawberries are mushy, the chocolate is separating from the berry, and they have started to sweat.  Not an attractive quality in a confection.  I’m not trying to be mean when I say you cannot have strawberries today if you plan to serve them tomorrow.  Just looking out for you.  If you have any doubt that I have your best interest at heart, look at the photos above.