The Humble History of the Chocolate Chip

The chocolate chip wasn’t always a chip or even the main ingredient in a cookie! As our name shows, we here at The Chocolate Truffle love chocolate, and we love a good story too! So we decided to go back to where it all began, chocolate of course. Just how exactly did the chocolate chip […]

Sugar and Spice, and Everything Ginger!

Fall is in full swing. Everything sweet, pumpkin-spiced and ginger-spiked is within reach! We love the flavor that a spice like ginger adds to baked goods, hot drinks, and savory dishes. We also absolutely love crystallized ginger candy as a sweet and spicy midday pick-me-up! Crystallized ginger candy is a classic. Not only is it delicious, but ginger has […]

You are Cordially Invited… to try our Chocolate Covered Cherries!

Of course, this delightful bite of goodness is formed around the sweet cherry fruit. These sweets date back to 1700s France, in a region called the Franche-Comté where a local crop of cherries was grown. These particular cherries were griotte cherries, a sour variety that undoubtedly pairs well with sweet chocolate. A dessert by the […]

The History & Legends of The Origin of Peanut Brittle

You’d think it would be easy to track down the origin of such a delicious candy like peanut brittle, but its beginning is as sticky as the candy itself! The recipe we use has been handed down through several generations of candy makers and is an old family favorite. In fact, we still make peanut […]

iMalted Mountain

The Icy History of Malted Milk & the Candy Somewhere deep in Antarctica lay the Horlick Mountains, and hidden in a wooden case of Horlick’s Malted Milk Tablets, were found rare lantern slides of a lost South Pole expedition by Roald Amundsen. Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole, and it may […]