(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) announced today that it was named an Editors' Choice in the Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England, an honor reserved for noteworthy travel destinations. Free guided factory tours are offered weekdays on the hour from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the 750 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont location.
Melt in your mouth aromas greet you at the door to the 750 Pine Street factory & café, where visitors satisfy all their senses while learning the story "from bean to chocolate to you." Knowledgeable, friendly tour guides explain the history of the company as well as cocoa bean growing, harvesting, fermenting, conching, tempering, and molding. Favorite processes to watch are chocolate enrobing, depositing, molding, packaging, and hand painting of the chocolates. For those who can’t travel to Vermont, an online version of the tour is at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com.
The Factory Store & Café offers chocolates & confections, apparel, gift cards, and deep discounts on slightly imperfect factory seconds. The café, which overlooks the chocolate factory floor, offers hot and cold chocolate & espresso drinks, tea, brewed coffee, and LCC All Natural Ice Cream.
Now in its 35th year of publication, the Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England provides readers with the insight they need to plan the perfect vacation, weekend getaway, or day trip. Whether it's to find a dream destination or to decide what to see and do while there, the guide offers a multitude of choices to pick from.
Lake Champlain Chocolates 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, and honey. Lake Champlain Chocolates are available online at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, as corporate gifts & wedding favors, at three company-owned retail stores in Vermont, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.