Whether your dad is a serious chocolate connoisseur or simply loves sweets…

…a gift from Norman Love Confections is a great way to say “I LOVE you” this Father’s Day.

Our signature gift boxes provide an assortment of dark, milk and white gourmet chocolate confections in quantities of 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 pieces.

Sleek gift baskets include the Chocolate Lovers Gift Basket, as well as the Euro-Style Sipping Chocolate Basket and Dark Chocolate Deluxe Gift Basket featuring the ultra-premium BLACK dark chocolate line.

Gift certificates and chocolate specialties also make excellent gifts for Dad, and there are sugar-free selections as well.

This Father’s Day, remember: real men LOVE chocolate!

Be sure to order online by 2pm today, or stop by Our Salon.

Enjoy!

About 2 months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting…

…Anne Schuette, who was born on April 7th, 1905!

Anne lives with her daughter and family in Fort Myers (and in Illinois), and here she is enjoying our Norman Love Confections cake and gourmet chocolate for her 105th birthday!

Thanks for sharing your photos Anne & family!

- Norman

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Now here’s a fun and interesting use of our Gourmet Chocolate!

Maura, our Production Manager, worked with Jennifer Hicks (and her staff) of the North Carolina Museum of Art to create a gourmet chocolate version of the Kirchner’s Panama Dancers painting!

Using 2,400 flat, square shaped Norman Love Confections dark chocolate shells filled with Tahitian Vanilla Ganache, they recreated the painting.

We used 12 colors to produce the 2,400 pieces, and then mixed and matched the colors out of cocoa butter — airbrushing them to match the painting.

They assembled the piece in the studio at the end of April (here’s the video!)

Panama Truffles from The North Carolina Museum of Art on Vimeo.

The event was on Thursday, April 29th, and the guests were allowed to eat the chocolates during the evening, uncovering the artwork underneath!

Here’s a funny photo of the male servers passing the extra chocolates out in tutu’s to match the girls!

Thinking of Gourmet Chocolate?  Be sure to check out all of our offerings on our web site at www.NormanLoveConfections.com.

We’re extremely proud to present our 2010 Mother’s Day…

Gourmet Chocolate Collection!

Our Mother’s Day Gifts feature 8 Special Heart Shaped Flavors:

1. 70% Dark Complexite
2. Cookies ‘n’ Cream
3. Passion Fruit
4. Strawberry
5. Tahitian Caramel
6. Vanilla Cupcake
7. Vanilla Latte
8. White Chocolate Raspberry

Learn more about our Mother’s Day Gourmet Chocolate Collection, or visit our Online Store to see our Mother’s Day gift boxes.

Enjoy,

Norman

Are you ready for delicious Gourmet Hot Chocolate?

How about taking a “sip” around the world, with our BLACK sipping chocolates?

What a perfect way to warm up during these cold winter days…

The culinary adventure continues with our gourmet collection of sipping chocolates –

Fill your cup with the ultra-premium flavor of dark chocolate from the world’s five premium growing regions and experience the exotic and deeply satisfying flavors of rare Criollo and Trinitario beans from:

• The Dominican Republic,
• Ecuador,
• Bolivia,
• Venezuela and
• Madagascar

and manufactured by Max Felchlin.

Each tin of sipping chocolates contains one of the five flavors in the BLACK collection:

1. Hacienda Elvesia,
2. Arriba,
3. Cru Sauvage,
4. Maracaibo Clasificado and
5. Madagascar.

You can learn more about each of these delicious flavors on the BLACK Single Origin Dark Chocolate section of our web site.

For the ultimate exploration of BLACK, try both the BLACK artisan confections and sipping chocolates together!

Whether you’re interested in our BLACK Sipping Chocolates, or our BLACK single-origin chocolate confections, you can order both on our web site, or stop by Our Salon for a taste test!

Enjoy!

Today, I’m reviewing the third single-origin dark chocolate, called Cru Sauvage, and…

it has a cocoa mass of 68%, which puts in the middle of our BLACK Single-Origin Dark Chocolate selection.

Its flavor profile:

shows it’s less bitter than the previous two dark chocolates I reviewed – Arriba with a 72% cocoa mass, and Hacienda Envesia with a 74% cocoa mass.

Cru Sauvage is the world’s first chocolate made from beans harvested from wild cacao trees growing in the Beni region of north-eastern Bolivia. This harmonious chocolate possesses fresh lemon and grapefruit notes, an intense dried plum bouquet, and an exquisite hint of vanilla.

It is available with all of our other Ultra-Premium BLACK chocolates in our BLACK Gift Boxes (in 5, 10 and 15 piece boxes), and in our BLACK Sipping Chocolates on our web site, or in our Salon.

Enjoy!

The second single-origin dark chocolate that I’m reviewing…

has the second highest cocoa mass of our BLACK Single-Origin Dark Chocolate selection.

It’s Arriba with a 72% Cocoa Mass, and here is its flavor profile:

You’ll notice as we reduce the cocoa mass, the sweetness starts to increase while the bitterness decreases.

This dark chocolate is made with cocoa beans from the prized Nacional from Arriba Mocache, Los Rios, Ecuador, and its flavor is enhanced by intense coffee and licorice fragrances. A gentle processing technique gives rise to an intense dried plum bouquet and a long finish of flowery black currants.

Arriba is available with all of our other Ultra-Premium BLACK chocolates in our BLACK Gift Boxes (in 5, 10 and 15 piece boxes), and in our BLACK Sipping Chocolates on our web site, or in our Salon.

Enjoy!

The first single-origin dark chocolate that I’m going to review…

has the highest cocoa mass of our BLACK Single-Origin Dark Chocolate selection.

It’s Hacienda Elvesia with a 74% Cocoa Mass, and here is its flavor profile:

You’ll notice that it’s the least sweet of all of our dark chocolates, and that’s directly proportional to its mass.

It is an elegant, robust chocolate with notes of black tea and a hint of tobacco made with beans from the Dominican Republic. The processing method produces a fruity note that is sustained by a refreshing hint of orange and a splash of grapefruit.

Hacienda Elveisa is available with all of our other Ultra-Premium BLACK chocolates in our BLACK Gift Boxes (in 5, 10 and 15 piece boxes), and in our BLACK Sipping Chocolates on our web site, or in our Salon.

Enjoy!

If you’re looking to make the perfect hot chocolate – with a true, ultra-premium, gourmet dark chocolate base – here’s our FOX4Rising segment from early yesterday morning!

I’m showing our BLACK Sipping Chocolates, which are available in Our Salon, or on our web site at: www.NormanLoveConfections.com.

Remember: You can learn more by visiting the BLACK Sipping Chocolate section on our web site.

Enjoy!

Here’s another great gift to give friends, family or business associates…

Our limited edition BLACK Tie Holiday Basket with ultra-premium dark chocolate throughout.

Our BLACK Tie Holiday Basket includes:

• Dark Bark
• 10 Piece Black Box
• 1 Black Mug
• Black Sipping Chocolate Tin
• Coordinating Black Solid Bar
• Chocolate Covered Almond Nuts
• Stuffed Penguin
• Basket

Discerning dark chocolate lovers everywhere are putting this sophisticated BLACK collection gift basket at the top of their holiday wish list.

It features a variety of delights from Norman Love Confection’s premium dark chocolate single-estate line known as BLACK.

The gift includes the Dark Bark chocolate novelty treat, a 10-piece box of BLACK confections including two of each point-of-origin flavor, one BLACK sipping chocolate tin and mug, a BLACK chocolate bar, chocolate-covered almond nuts and an adorable plush penguin, all beautifully presented in a festive basket.

Visit the BLACK Tie Holiday Basket page in our web site, or see all of our Holiday Specials.

Remember, you can order today, and set your delivery date in the order process — so your gift arrives right when you want it to!

Enjoy!