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This year's Easter collection features a stunning lineup of handcrafted chocolate eggs and bunnies. Every one of our smash eggs is individually hand-painted and available in your choice of milk chocolate or dark chocolate  when cracked open, you’ll discover caramels, mini bunnies and a signature mini strawberry chocolate egg⁠.🐰 solid chocolate bunnies of all sizes and chocolate varieties are ready for adoption: milk chocolate, caramelized milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate (dairy free)🐰 a trio of filled bunnies for every sweet tooth: vanilla creme, salted caramel and vanilla marshmallow, and maple crunch Hop on in... the retail store is open every day until Sunday, April 5Monday to Saturday 10am-5pmSunday 11am to 4pmopen Good Friday 10am-5pmopen Easter Sunday 11am-3pm

Canadians are used to this time of year — one week the temperature is double digits above zero and the next we are under a snowfall advisory. Everyday you leave the house hoping that you have made the right jacket and footwear choice. To keep spirits high until spring actually arrives, we are sharing our hot chocolate recipe to help keep everyone warm. The best thing about this recipe is that you start by simply making a syrup that can be added to warmed milk or water, which can be diluted as much or as little as you would like to control the sweetness and chocolate intensity, and stored in the fridge for when the craving hits. In a sauce...

Community invited to March 14 celebration at Orillia studio and factory  ORILLIA, ON —  DWN Craft Chocolatier is celebrating five years of handcrafted chocolate with a special anniversary open house on March 14 at its studio and factory at 21 Peter Street South, Orillia. Chocolate lovers are invited to drop in between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to shop, taste, and celebrate with Simcoe County’s local bean-to-bar chocolate maker. To mark the milestone, DWN is offering double loyalty points on all in-store purchases of house-made products on March 14, along with $10 flat-rate shipping from March 1–14 for customers celebrating from afar. Anyone who makes a purchase online or in person during that time will also be automatically entered into...

Running a small craft chocolate company means navigating change thoughtfully, so starting soon, there will be an increase in the cost of our chocolate bars. The small bars will be $8.50 (up from $7.75) and our large bars will be $12 (up from $11.50). These are the products many of you reach for again and again, and we’ve done our best to keep them at the same price for as long as we could. Over the past year, the cost of cacao, primary ingredents, packaging, and freight has continued to climb. Instead of altering the recipes or cutting corners on the ingredients we use, we’re choosing to keep making chocolate the way we believe it should be — small-batch, with...

Like many of you, I’ve spent the past month rewatching the slow-burn romance between two fictional hockey players. To cope with my feelings, I did what I do best — I made chocolate. Single-origin cocoa nibs from Peru (Piura White) were infused with Canadian vodka for a full week, then gently dried before being stone-ground with freeze-dried ginger. The result is a smooth dark milk chocolate  finished with the fizzy spark of popping candy. Vodka + Ginger Ale = sweet Hollanov combination And in true DWN fashion, the label captures one very specific feeling: the electric anticipation of episode six.