(Burlington, VT) Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, introduced its spring line of chocolate gifts for Easter, Administrative Professionals' Day, and Mother's Day 2008. Made in small batches from all-natural ingredients, LCC chocolates are carefully crafted by chocolatiers 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, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for spring.
"In this age of mass production, it's rare to find Easter bunnies that are still carefully handcrafted one by one," said Allyson Myers, Director of Sales. "Our chocolate artisans carefully hand-pour and decorate each bunny, then individually wrap them by hand, making them edible pieces of art."
New for 2008 is the rich, decadent Coconut Delight Egg with a sweet creamy fondant and shredded coconut center covered in dark chocolate, striking the perfect balance of sweet and dark. Other favorites include the Treasure Surprise Egg, featuring a decorated egg box that "cracks" open to reveal an assortment of filled eggs, solid squares, and milk & dark chocolate bunnies. The Foiled Eggs Gift Bag, LCC's best-selling Easter item, contains raspberry cream, peanut butter, caramel, java, hazelnut praline, and coconut cream Easter eggs. Eggs are also available in an oval Easter Egg Gift Box and in bulk countertop dispensers. "Consumers wait all year for our all-natural filled chocolate eggs in classic flavor combinations," said Myers.
A timeless favorite, the Classic Easter Bunny, in both solid milk & dark chocolate in 5- & 6-1/2-inch tall sizes, is also available in solid white chocolate in the 5-inch size. Additional handcrafted bunnies available are Placesetting, Mr. Goodtime, and Country. All come packaged in cellophane tied with a colorful ribbon. Hopp'n Bunny is a 4-1/2-inch tall milk chocolate rabbit in a festive gift box with a window.
Other Easter gifts include the 24-piece Square Medallions, Milk Chocolate Carrot, Potted Eggs, Springtime Signature Squares, 2- & 5-piece Truffles, 15-piece Chocolate Assortment, Bunny Pop, and the Peanut Butter Egg.
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.