LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES VALENTINES DAY GIFTS NOW AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS

Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its Valentines Day line of retail products, arriving on retail store shelves now and also available at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.

Burlington, VT (PRWEB) January 6, 2004 -- Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its Valentines Day line of retail products, arriving on retail store shelves now and also available at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com. Made in small batches from Belgian chocolate and 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 packaging designed by a Vermont artist, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for Valentines Day.

Chocolate is always an impulse purchase, but even more so at Valentines Day," said Allyson Brown, Director of Sales. With men buying most of the gifts, its always last minute, and price is often no object in their efforts to impress."

The Be Mine" Basket is filled with gift boxes of truffles, hearts, and squares -- over 50 chocolates in a keepsake basket handwoven from New England ash. The Big Box of Truffles features thirty of the coveted indulgences nestled in a gift box tied with ribbon (available all dark chocolate, all milk chocolate, and assorted milk & dark chocolate).

Heart Shaped Boxes
The Double Deluxe Assortment is twenty sumptuous chocolates in two stacked trays, including raspberry creams, Cherry & 3-Nut Small World Sensations, caramel hearts, and chocolate hearts, all in a keepsake heart-shaped box tied with red ribbon. Twenty-two delicious gourmet chocolates are in the Grand Heart Assortment, including milk and dark chocolate truffles and hazelnut pralines. The Petite Heart Truffles box is filled with eight chocolate truffles.

Five hand-decorated truffles fill the Valentine Truffles box, with flavors including Champagne, Amaretto Praline, Vanilla Malt, Legendary Dark, and White Raspberry. The Hearts Gift Box is a clear cube tied with red ribbon and filled with more than 25 milk, dark, and dark mint crunch chocolate hearts wrapped in gold, red, and fuchsia foil. Additional products include Square Medallions and Non-pareils.

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 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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