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Happy Sweetest Day 2010
Halloween isn’t the only candy-coated holiday in October. Today is Sweetest Day, a regional holiday for sweethearts giving sweet treats. Only one confection will do for my wife: chocolate. As kid on Halloween, the chocolate bars were the only candy she craved.
So this year I treated her to Ghirardelli chocolate squares in two flavors: Dark Chocolate Raspberry and Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter. Each gift bag has a dozen individually wrapped chocolate squares made by Ghirardelli, the second oldest chocolate company in the U.S. If your sweetheart loves chocolate with delicious fillings, give Ghirardelli.
Tags: chocolate+candy, for her, gift ideas, sweetest day
If you’ve been struck by Cupid’s arrow, Valentine’s Day means a gift to your beloved on February 14. And for some, a mini-Valentine’s Day returns in the fall as Sweetest Day, the third Saturday in October. Find gift ideas from these blog posts covering both romantic holidays.
- Valentine’s Day 2011: Photo Book (2/14/2011)
- Happy Sweetest Day 2010: Ghirardelli chocolate squares (10/16/2010)
- Valentine’s Day 2010: Coffee Gifts (2/14/2010)
- Valentine’s Day 2010: 10 Gifts for Him (1/24/2010)
- Happy Sweetest Day 2009 (10/17/2009)
- Giving Personalized M&Ms (3/7/2009)
- Happy Valentine’s Day 2009 (2/14/2009)
- Choice Chocolates for Valentine’s Day (2/1/2009)
- Love is in the Mail for Valentine’s Day 2009 (2/1/2009)
- Happy Sweetest Day 2008 (10/18/2008)
- Sweetest Day is Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 (10/13/2008)
- Valentine’s Day 2008: Step by Step (2/14/2008)
- Valentine’s Day 2008: 12 Gifts for Him (2/2/2008)
- Cupid’s Crystal Ball: How Will America Spend Valentine’s Day 2008? (1/30/2008)
- Happy Sweetest Day 2007 (10/20/2007)
- Sweetest Day is Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007 (10/15/2007)
- Giving Flowers (7/14/2007)
Tags: gifts by occasion, sweetest day, valentine's day
It’s Sweetest Day, a regional holiday for sweethearts and a celebration of chocolate and candy. This year, I’m giving my wife gourmet chocolate from FunkyChunky (also on Twitter as @funkychunky).
First, there’s the FunkyChunky Chocolate Bar. Think milk chocolate covered with Oreo chunks, pecans, graham crackers, dried berries and crispy rice. Next, we’ll share FunkyChunky Chocolate Pretzels. These thick pretzels are coated in three kinds of chocolate and swaths of chewy caramel, then topped with chopped pecans.
Be sure to try their other hand-crafted treats, like chocolate popcorn, caramel corn and peanut butter pretzels.
Tags: chocolate+candy, for couples, for her, indulgences, sweetest day
M&Ms have new meaning for me: Marriage & Memories. Late last month, I watched a college friend give her hand in marriage. And for the wedding favors, the couple gave the chocolate candy that melts in your mouth and not in your hand. They chose pink and white M&Ms to match the wedding theme colors, personalized with their names and the wedding date.
Visit MyMMs.com to customize the classic candies. First, pick two colors from 20 options. Then create a unique message on each color (two lines, eight characters per line). MyMMs.com prints one side of the candy; the other side carries the signature lowercase “m” you find on all M&Ms. It’s like text messaging via candy.
And if you’re sending custom M&Ms to your love, play off that urban legend about the green M&Ms as an aphrodisiac.
You also can upload a photo and have a your giftee’s face appear on M&Ms. I recommend choosing a single face for each M&M design because the candies are only one centimeter wide. The resulting image looks a black-and-white sketch, so avoid photos with shadowing on the face.
Allow about two weeks of lead time for your custom M&Ms. For one 7-ounce bag with personalized messages, you’ll pay about $17 plus $10 shipping. The unit price drops as you buy more bags ($14 per bag for two bags; $12 per bag for three bags). For faces on your M&Ms, you’ll need a minimum quantity of three bags for $13 per bag.
For the ultimate packaging, order the custom M&Ms with a cast-iron gumball candy dispenser with a glass top.
Tags: birthday, chocolate+candy, gift sites, photos, sweetest day, valentine's day, wedding
This Sweetest Day, I gave a Godiva tour of the desserts of Europe. The chocolatier offers a limited edition collection of chocolate truffles inspired by signature European desserts.
- Chocolate Soufflé Truffle: “A center of dark chocolate mousse enrobed in dark chocolate.”
- Carmelized Apple Tart Truffle: “Apple caramel wrapped in a milk chocolate shell and rolled in milk and white chocolate flakes.”
- Crème Brûlée Truffle: “A blend of caramelized vanilla crème, covered in a white chocolate shell and sprinkled with brown sugar.”
- Bananas Foster Truffle: “A smooth banana ganache covered in silky milk chocolate, sprinkled with banana flakes.”
- Lemon Chiffon Truffle: “A light lemon crème and white chocolate mousse, enrobed in dark chocolate and rolled in icing sugar.”
- Black Forest Torte Truffle: “A 72-percent dark chocolate ganache with a hint of cherries, wrapped in a dark chocolate shell.”
We also discovered cleverly wrapped chocolate bars from Bloomberry & Co., featured tonight on Food Network’s Unwrapped. Click each image below to enlarge.
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