My mother didn't keep a kosher home, but growing up Jewish in New York in the 1950's, I was exposed to wide array of Jewish confections. Kosher chocolates were, by far, the most desirable. Every autumn my father would bring home (and keep tucked away in his drawer) gaily decorated boxes of dark chocolate truffles and jellies, milk chocolate lollipops and coins, doling them out in small amounts to me, and no doubt much larger ones to himself, because they were so delicious. When I was old enough to visit the neighborhood chocolate shop myself, I again obtained access to these exquisitely fragrant and indescribably addictive kosher chocolates.
Since such quaint chocolate shops have gone the way of manual typewriters, I decided the time had come for me to buy chocolate on line and immediately began to search for the elusive and heavenly kosher chocolates of my youth. Much to my delight, I found a luxurious treasure trove of authentic kosher chocolates from lechocolatier.com. As glamorous and glossy as that of any European chocolate house, this Miami-based, all kosher chocolatier tempts the connoisseur with hand dipped chocolate covered fruits, liqueur truffles, dark chocolate pretzels, chocolate enrobed cookies and stunning holiday baskets.
Reviewing the prodigious selection of Rosh Hashanah chocolate from lechocolatier.com, I realized that I had finally found the perfect gift for my mother-in-law, who has explicitly instructed me not to send any more chachkies. The Rosh Hashanah Chocolate Shofar baskets, surrounded by truffles, the chocolate greeting cards and the chocolate succas are all uniquely festive gift options. Or I could break with tradition and send one of the meticulously molded artisan chocolate collections. What chocolate lover could fail to gasp with wonder at a painted chocolate animal zoo or a gleaming chocolate baby grand? And to top it all off, any of these beautiful pieces of edible art can be dusted with gold or platinum for a truly elegant veneer.
As a chocolate aficionado living in the exurbs of Miami Beach, where the chocolatiers are few and far between, I really do need to buy chocolate on line. Now that I've discovered lechocolatier.com, I can enjoy the kosher chocolates I've been missing.
