LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES INTRODUCES NEW HOLIDAY GIFTS

Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of products for Christmas and Hanukah. Maintaining its tradition of award-winning seasonal packaging in unique shapes, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for the holidays.

Burlington, VT (PRWEB) July 15, 2003 -- Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of products for Christmas and Hanukah. 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 seasonal packaging in unique shapes, 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.

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 LCCs award-winning milk and dark chocolate squares.

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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