Calling all Chocolatiers: What are YOU Making Special for Easter This Year?

Easter is one of the top holidays for buying and gifting fine chocolate and I know that there are many very creative chocolatiers that are members of TheChocolateLife.

So - what are you making special this year? Let us know - and please post pictures of whatever you mention.

:: Clay

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Permalink Reply by Lana on April 3, 2009 at 11:15am

Your Easter presentations are beautiful. I browsed your site - nice! I really like your baby presentations too. They look like a labour of love... so cute...

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Permalink Reply by Souheila Kurjie on April 4, 2009 at 1:30am

Thank you Lana! Indeed, baby, wedding, and seasonal favors are given a lot of thought in terms of design, color schemes etc...and take a LOT of love , care and hours to put together :) It sure is a happy business to be working with chocolates though!

In turn, i wanted to let you know that I love your white bunny....adorable! what a cute idea to have the dalmatian-like spotting! this should be a bestseller in my view!! :)

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Permalink Reply by Lana on April 3, 2009 at 5:31pm

This is my first Easter in production and I had concerns about who would be buying 'grown-up' chocolate as the chocolate part of this holiday seems child centered. I'm learning this isn't so! And don't we all have a little bit of child in us anyways...
Easter does have a spiritual significance for me and I wanted to depict this in my chocolate offerings. I have made 'Bread and Wine' chocolates. The 'Bread' is a chocolate version of a hot cross bun. The flavour is remarkably similar with hints of cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel, raisin, vanilla… ummmmm
The wine is made with an Organic Argentinian Merlot. I tried many wine ganache experiments with Port, Banyuls, different Merlots... I'm hooked now. I can't stop! I think I'll do a wine assortment for Father's Day.

And, of course, there's the bunnies - a whole herd of them. There's 'Almond Jack' - a 70% bunny made with Cocoa Camino 70% couv. and organic almonds. 'Hazel' - made with Gepa milk chocolate couv. (a caramely tasting organic, fair-trade couv. made in Germany) with organic hazelnuts. 'Joe' - a 58% dark bunny made with a blending of different organic FT couvertures and crushed Arabica coffee. 'Salty-Salty' - Caramely milk chocolate combined with streaks of 70% chocolate and flaky sea salt. My fav. And 'Spot' - The best white chocolate ever! Gepa's organic FT white chocolate is made with 2 types of sugar giving it a very caramely flavour but without the usual sweetness found in white chocolate. Very special. These bunnies are decorated with milk chocolate spots giving them the appearance of milk cows! What a herd.

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Permalink Reply by Tina Tweedy on April 3, 2009 at 5:59pm

Lana- These are so creative! I love the idea of the "bread and wine" chocolates...very classy designs to represent each. And they sound very delicious. Your "herd" is just adorable.

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Permalink Reply by Carol on April 3, 2009 at 7:00pm

Lana,
The chocolates are beautiful.
The flavors sound great and the hot cross bun really provokes the image of a real one.
Did you use white chocolate for the piping or something else.

I love the bunnies too, where they fun to make?

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Permalink Reply by Lana on April 3, 2009 at 7:47pm

Thanks for the wonderful comments Tina and Carol! Yes, the piping on the hot cross bun is white chocolate - as is the chocolate used in the ganache. I have gotten great feedback on them as they really do taste like a hot cross bun. I love to see that puzzled look on people's faces as they eat it. How can it be?!

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Permalink Reply by Ilana on April 4, 2009 at 2:54am

LANA!!!! WOW! I have been waiting to see your works of art and just knew they would be perfection. Absolutely lovely! I am truly excited for you. I am also thrilled that you gotit right with the wine!!! I would love to taste your things. Everything has days and days of thought put it-every detail. I am so happy for you!!! HUGS and congrats!!

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Permalink Reply by Lana on April 4, 2009 at 7:37pm

Ilana, aren't you the sweetest thing! Can I carry you around in my pocket?

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Permalink Reply by Diana on April 8, 2009 at 10:30am

We have just surfaced from the rush and waved the white flag yesterday! Nothing else in stock on our site until after Easter.
My eggs this year were a mix of funky and traditional, with a nod to the spring fashion colours of vivid orange, green and pink.
We had some great coverage on national TV and a good link in from Nigella Lawson's site which really boosted sales.
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