Lake Champlain Chocolates Introduces New Holiday Gifts

Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of chocolate gifts for Christmas and Hanukah.

Burlington, VT July 28, 2004 -- Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), a gourmet Vermont chocolate maker, has introduced its holiday line of chocolate gifts for Christmas and Hanukah. Made in small batches from the finest all-natural ingredients, Lake Champlain Chocolates are carefully crafted by chocolatiers who are fanatical about creating chocolates with the honest individuality, charm, quality, and freshness which are synonymous with the spirit of Vermont. Maintaining its tradition of award-winning seasonal packaging in unique shapes, LCC again brings customers one-of-a-kind chocolate gifts for the holidays.

Consumers are looking for grab & go gifts -- ready-to-give right off the shelf, said Allyson Brown, Director of Sales for LCC. Our holiday gift boxes offer the perfect solution for shoppers short on time and eager to impress.

Three stacked boxes of chocolates make up the Tower of Treasures -- the 18-piece Holiday Chocolates of Vermont, the Pecan Caramel Cluster Gift, and the Mint Coins Box -- and each box is also sold separately.

Tree Truffles nestles eleven milk and dark chocolate truffles in a keepsake tree-shaped box. The Star Assortment is a holiday party box filled with 38 Cherry and 3-Nut Sensations. The Snowman Assortment is a charming holiday favorite with 14 truffles, hazelnut pralines, and raspberry creams in a snowman-shaped box with a green-ribbon scarf.

Additional festive gifts include 5-piece Holiday Truffles, a Golden Coins gift box, a handcrafted dark chocolate Snowman, a Hot Chocolate Gift Set, a 15-piece Holiday Assortment, and Sheer Delight -- a blue drawstring bag filled with gold chocolate coins. Children will especially enjoy Stocking Stuffer Squares seven of LCCs award-winning milk and dark chocolate squares.

Lake Champlain Chocolates offers sweet indulgences that capture the essence of Vermont, the tradition of making fine chocolate, and the pride that goes into each bite. Preservative-free and Kosher-certified, Lake Champlain Chocolates are crafted in small batches from the finest quality Belgian chocolate and select natural ingredients including local Vermont cream, sweet butter, maple syrup, honey, fruits, nuts, and other natural flavors. Lake Champlain Chocolates are available online at www.lakechamplainchocolates.com, toll-free at 1-800-465-5909, as corporate gifts & wedding favors, at three company-owned retail stores in Vermont, and nationwide at specialty food & gift stores and upscale hotels & inns.

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