With love in the air and Valentine’s Day this week, what better thing to focus on than Southern artisan chocolates. A little something sweet for your sweet {or for yourself!} the craft of chocolate making is alive and well in the South today.
We have beautiful Cacao boutiques here in Atlanta, and the space is just as fabulous as the chocolates themselves. And, I got my first Olive & Sinclair as a gift from sweet Courtney at Pizzazzerie, both from Tennessee! And, though they are not made here in the South, the beautiful Mast Brothers Chocolates can be found in so many wonderful sweet shoppes here and have a southern-inspired craft look and feel so I just couldn’t leave them out! One of my favorite little beach towns is Apalachicola, FL, where the Apalachicola Chocolate Co. even further romanticizes the notion of chocolate – and you must ask them about their “chocolate oysters!” And, the fun Wild Ophelia chocolates have so many southern-inspired flavors like southern hibiscus peach, beef jerky, New Orleans chili & smokehouse BBQ.
#southernchat: artisan chocolates (Monday, 2/11/13, 9:00 pm est)
Q1: What kind of chocolate lover are you? Chocolate lover to chocoholics welcome!
Q2: Who are some of your favorite chocolate makers?
Q3: There are so many chocolate flavors & combinations out there, what are your favorites?
Q4: What are the most important elements when you’re selecting an artisan chocolate to gift?
Q5: More sweet #southernchat topics to come! What other southern sweets topics would you love to see?
{ If you’re interested in sponsoring the southern artisan chocolate chat, or to learn more about #southernchat, to be a guest or host another giveaway, click here to learn more!}
Artisan Chocolates: Olive & Sinclair, Cacao, Mast Brothers Chocolates, French Broad Chocolates, The Chocolate Lab, Wild Ophelia, sweeteeth.
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February 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm
mnhgauthier
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