Valentine’s Day is the most chocolate-y time of the year, when stores fill up with delicious confections and love lights aflame or is rekindled over seasonal treats. If you want to give the best this year, turn to Kate Weiser. She’s famous for her intricately hand-painted bonbons, candy bars and other creative concoctions, and Valentine’s Day is a special time for her talents to shine.
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Each season, and especially around the holidays, countless people turn to Kate Weiser for the nation’s best chocolates and treats. This fall, Kate is whipping up large batches of autumnal goodies that range from pumpkin pie candy bars to spooky chocolate eyeballs. When mass-market candy won’t do, Kate has you covered.
These items will be available at Kate Weiser stores, with select items also available to purchase online for delivery. Quantities are limited, so be sure to secure your favorites before they’re gone.
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Easter is Sunday, April 9, which means there’s still time to stock up on the season’s best treats. Fortunately, the shopping is easy, as everything you need is available at Kate Weiser Chocolates, the beloved local shop known for hand-painted bonbons and creative, seasonal goodies. That’s your ticket to ensuring full Easter baskets and happy loved ones.
This year, Weiser is making a variety of fun chocolates and candies that look as good as they taste. That includes “egg yolk” bonbons, bunny bark, chocolate eggs, bonbons and cute animal figures filled with chocolate and caramel. Items are available in stores and select products are also available online. Be sure to secure your favorites before they’re gone.
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When we think of Valentine’s Day we tend to think of chocolate, love, and presents, yet most of us don’t know that Valentine’s Day has its roots in an ancient Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia. It was a festival celebrating early spring, fertility, the ancestors, and love. The ancient priests would sacrifice a goat and then make their way around the perimeter of the city of Rome, lightly tapping women on the way with strips of the blood-soaked goat’s skin. No one thought this was strange, as this was an invitation for the spirits of the ancestors to re-incarnate through the cycle of rebirth and ensure fertility. At the end of the day single girls would write their names and place them into an urn. Each bachelor would pick a name out of the urn and would spend the year with her — thus ensuring fertility for the community. Continue reading
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Easter is quickly approaching, which means you’ll need some delicious treats to celebrate the holiday. Fortunately, Kate Weiser has you covered. Known for her intricately hand-painted bonbons, chocolate eggs and other seasonal goodies, Weiser is offering everything you need to ensure full Easter baskets and happy loved ones this year.
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Kate Weiser produces gorgeous chocolates year-round, but Halloween is a special time for her talents to shine. Known for her intricately hand-painted bonbons, candy bars and seasonal goodies, Weiser has produced a batch of Halloween-themed delights, including chocolate pumpkins, chocolate skulls, butterfingers (emphasis on “fingers”) and even some delicious eyeballs.
These items are available at Kate Weiser’s flagship Trinity Groves store, all Central Market locations, and 25 Neiman Marcus stores around the country. Each is also available to purchase online. Quantities are limited, so be sure to secure your favorites before they’re gone.
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