Lake Champlain Chocolates’ New Holiday Gifts Now Available To Consumers

(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of products for Christmas and Hanukah. The new line is arriving on retail store shelves now, and is also available at http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.

(PRWEB) October 19, 2003

(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of products for Christmas and Hanukah. The new line is arriving on retail store shelves now, and is also available at http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com. Made in small batches from the finest all-natural ingredients, Lake Champlain Chocolates are carefully crafted by chocolatiers who are fanatical about creating chocolates with the honest individuality, charm, quality, and freshness which are synonymous with the spirit of Vermont. Maintaining its tradition of award-winning, uniquely shaped seasonal packaging designed by a Vermont artist, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for the holidays.

Three stacked boxes of chocolates make up the Tower of Treasures. Holiday colors and winter patterns decorate the boxes, designed to look like miniature New England homes. A bright red ribbon, tied in a bow at the top, completes the package. Inside are Chocolates of Vermont, Pecan Caramel Clusters, and Raspberry Creams.

“Gift assortments are consistently our most popular products,” said Allyson Brown, Director of Sales. “The Tower of Treasures has plenty of assorted chocolates, making it perfect for a family or office to share. Each box can be kept as a keepsake as well.”

Back by popular demand are Epicurean Ecstasies – small batches of handcrafted chocolates made in the Old World tradition from the freshest ingredients. Pecan Caramel Clusters, Peanut Butter Cups, Dark Chocolate Almonds, Almond Butter Crunch, and two selections of Classic Belgian Pralines arrive in ballotin boxes just as if you’d stopped by the chocolatier yourself.

“We’re finding that consumers are going back to the Old World traditions,” said Brown. “Pecan Caramel Clusters and Peanut Butter Cups are all-time favorites of an earlier time and bring a sense of familiar comfort at the holidays.”

Debuting this year is the Simon Pearce Dessert Bowl filled with Select-Origin Chocolates. Gift baskets include the Grand Holiday Basket with ten gifts – over 150 pieces of prized confections – and the Basket of Chocolate Cheer. Also available is the Signature Gift Basket and the Vermont Country Gift, a keepsake tin & copper bucket reminiscent of maple sugaring, and filled with tastes of the North Country.

Spruce Tree Truffles nestles eleven milk and dark chocolate truffles in a keepsake tree-shaped box. The Star Assortment is shaped like a golden star reminiscent of tin ceilings and pie safes, and filled with 24 dark Chocolates of Vermont. The Jolly Snowman Selection is a charming, whimsical holiday favorite with 14 truffles, hazelnut pralines, and raspberry creams in a snowman-shaped box with a green-ribbon scarf.

Pecan Caramel Cluster Gift is a keepsake cylinder showing a New England winter scene, including a skier, and is filled with handmade Pecan Caramel Clusters. Additional festive gift boxes include 5-piece Holiday Truffles, 18-piece Holiday Chocolates of Vermont, a Hot Chocolate Gift Set, Sheer Delight – a sheer blue drawstring bag filled with gold chocolate coins, and a 15-piece Holiday Assortment. Children will especially enjoy Stocking Stuffer Squares – seven of LCC’s award-winning milk and dark chocolate squares.

Lake Champlain Chocolates, celebrating their 20th anniversary, offers sweet indulgences that capture the essence of Vermont, the tradition of making fine chocolate, and the pride that goes into each bite. Preservative-free and Kosher-certified, Lake Champlain Chocolates are crafted in small batches from the finest quality Belgian chocolate and select natural ingredients including local Vermont cream, sweet butter, maple syrup, honey, fruits, nuts, and other natural flavors. Lake Champlain Chocolates are available online at http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, as corporate gifts & wedding favors, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.

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