LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES LAUNCHES NEW E-COMMERCE WEBSITE

Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) has revamped their website, www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, focusing on e-commerce for consumers.

(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) has revamped their website, www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, focusing on e-commerce for consumers. The new site features over 80 gourmet chocolate products, ranging from boxes of truffles to Belgian chocolate bars, hot chocolate to dessert sauces. Consumers experience a streamlined shopping experience with unprecedented flexibility in navigating the site.

Website visitors can take a virtual factory tour, as well as learn about cocoa bean harvesting and roasting. Users can also recommend recipes or products to friends with just a few clicks. Other features include a calendar of when to give chocolates, chocolate tips & terms, factory tour information, company news & history, corporate gift program information, and a list of retail stores that carry Lake Champlain Chocolates. Wholesalers and hotels can also directly request information.
   
By popular request, the new website allows consumers to order personalized wedding favors online; choosing which chocolates they want, how the boxes will be engraved, and which of nine ribbon colors the boxes will be tied with. Website visitors can also enter a monthly drawing for a $25 gift of chocolates in exchange for answering a short survey.
   
LCCs Autumn line of seasonal gifts features leaf and pumpkin shaped chocolates, as well as chocolate turkeys. Some new and returning products are Truffles, Chocolates of Vermont, Pralines, Almond Butter Crunch, Five-Star Bars, Signature & Filled Bars, Gift Baskets, Dessert Sauces, Hot Chocolate, Chocolate Novelties, and the Chocolates-of-the-Month Club.

Lake Champlain Chocolates, founded in 1983, 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 www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.

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