Sweet Salvation

Count on these mail-order chocolates for last-minute holiday gifts.

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Winter 2007 Gift Guide

Give while the giving’s good.

Winter 2006 Gift Guide

Give like you’ve never given before.

Kidlet and I are on a quest for the perfect chocolatier. Saw Recchiuti chcolates at Whole Foods and bought an assortment. My daughter and I are in agreement — blech, yuck, phlooey! You bite into a third rate taste of...

New Finds: Irresistible Peppermint Patties

Recchiuti Confections makes a damn good peppermint thin.

Stonehouse Olive oil Recchiuti chocolates (have you tried the chocolate & caramel sauce—watch out!) June Taylor Jams (new fave: mayer lemon and rose geranium marmalade) Scharffenberger’s milk chocolate Lotta...

Just curious about what everyone is planning to prepare for their holiday feast. I am trying to keep my menu somewhat healthy this year, but may borrow from other people’s ideas—either for this year or next...or for...

Five Star chocolate bars. They have them at Whole Foods: little fat delicious gourmet bars. My favorite is the carmel... Are there other good but unpretentious chocolates I should know about in time for the holidays? Link: http

2nd Burdick...their chocolate penguins & mice are particularly charming...good for presents & party favors...(I think they also have turkeys for the holiday) I also suggest Pierre Marcolini...I note they ship to Canada, too...high...

Just like with restaurants, some chocolate makers excel at some things and not at others. XOX makes the best truffles I’ve ever had, Recchiuti makes the best brownies, Joseph Schmidt the best presentations (but...

I’m looking for online sources for chocolate candy that is the opposite of See’s candy. I need ideas for holiday gifts. I’ve looked at Harry and David, and Godiva chocolates, but these strike me as generic. The...

The holiday season is coming up soon. The yearly xmas cookies and goodies box will need lots of chocolate. Are there any good website sources that you know that sells either Scharfenburger or Valhalla chocolate in bulk? Or other...

One blogger’s quest for chocolate-based holiday cheer goes unrewarded.

I’m looking to give a holiday gift of chocolates to a friend of mine and I was wondering what is your favorite chocolate that’s available in San Francisco. I know XOX is mentioned quite fondly here; however, I...