The first batch of chocolates is gone (wow, they went fast!), but if you missed them, I’m making a special batch for the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles’ fundraising appeal. (More details on the appeal here: http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/give.html .) This batch will be fudges, marshmallows, and (if I have time) caramels, and will come [...]

My friend Brian took some photos during the packing party that captured the sheer volume of the operation. So here they are: The packing process has been streamlined by my friends over the years, and has become remarkably efficient. First, all the chocolates get put into cups, which takes about two hours with eight people [...]

Whew! What a week it’s been. I made 103 pounds, 12 ounces of chocolates, in thirty flavors, most of it in just four days. (That’s 47 kg of chocolate, for non-US folks.) I used about sixty-six pounds (30 kg) of dark chocolate, thirteen pounds of white chocolate, and about three pounds of milk chocolate. Plus [...]

Sorry for the radio silence – I been busy! I spent most of the last few days “in the weeds”, as they say – behind on the production schedule despite considerable help from friends. (Thus, no time for blogging!) I also had five unexpected batch failures (which is very unusual): the orange blossom ganache separated [...]