Favorite Producers
January 19, 2022
Choice Chocolates Founder Joan Coukos fell in love with old world, handmade chocolates on a life-changing trip to Brussels. She brought two antique molds home with her to Manhattan and started creating chocolates in her kitchen. Eventually, Coukos began taking formal steps to become a chocolatier, leaving her banking career behind. She founded Chocolat Moderne […]
Chocolate News & Notes
November 26, 2021
Chocolate News & Notes: Holiday Chocolate Top 10 List by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist Whether you’re looking for impressive presents, delightful stocking stuffers, or sweets to accompany your holiday meal, we have it all. Visit our online store or stop in the Next Door Café to peruse our entire bounty of seasonal treasures. […]
Chocolate News & Notes
July 2, 2021
Jennie’s Sunny Summer Chocolate Edition by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist The temps are rising, but summer chocolate is still a thing! Whether you’re looking for a sundae topping or something to nibble on after your backyard BBQ, we’re pretty sure we’ve got something that will suit your fancy. Here are my top picks to […]
Chocolate News & Notes
June 10, 2021
Jennie’s Top 10 Sweets for Father’s Day by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist Here is our curated list of sweets for Father’s Day that Dads are sure to love, complete with bacon chocolate, bourbon chocolate, spicy peanut praline and more! Whether your Dad is sweet, salty or spicy we’ve got your gift covered. 1. Monsoon […]
Chocolate News & Notes
April 27, 2021
Jennie’s Wow-Worthy Top Gift Picks for Mother’s Day by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist Our shelves are filled with mom-thrilling confections and as always, we are ready to assist you in finding the perfect gift. We miss you for our in person sampling and gift selection conversations, but we are still here to help you […]
Chocolate News & Notes
March 30, 2021
Easter Chocolate News and Notes Jennie’s Top 10 Egg-cellent Spring Picks by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist Hop into spring with a colorful array of spring confections! Here’s our list of seasonal finds including Easter chocolate bunnies, chocolate filled eggs and springtime sweets. Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Filled Fudge Eggs This much anticipated Easter confection from […]
Chocolate News & Notes
February 4, 2021
Valentine’s Day Chocolate News and Notes by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist This Valentine’s Day, visit Zingerman’s Delicatessen for swoon-worthy sweets that are sure to win hearts. Whether it’s a bar of chocolate, a custom box of truffles or a date night at home at our Virtual Happy Hour, our chocolate experts are here to […]
Ari's Favorites
January 30, 2021
Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Splendid spread made from Sicilian pistachios and extra virgin olive oil If you want a little something to brighten your day, put a culinary-inspired smile on your face, and leave some lovely fine flavors on your tongue, pick up a jar of this incredible sweet pistachio cream, made in central […]
Ari's Favorites
January 30, 2021
Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The best of Budapest arrives in Ann Arbor It was in the fall of 2011 that Frank and Amy from the Bakehouse and I (along with my good friend, food writer Molly Stevens) took our first trip to Budapest. It was the beginning of an exploration that, ten years later, has made […]
Ari's Favorites
January 14, 2021
Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Handmade organic salt from the coast of Wales Certainly, no one needs salt from Wales to get through their week. That said, this is a product that brings so many of our values and purposes to life—it’s got a lovely, delicate, almost sweet flavor. Made by David Lea-Wilson, along with his wife […]
Ari's Favorites
January 7, 2021
Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Like a cool café latte from Iceland, you can carry in your car Most all innovations seem so obvious once someone has made them. Here’s one that I can’t believe hasn’t made the mainstream for the last 150 years. And yet, I at least, have never heard of it till […]
Ari's Favorites
December 5, 2020
Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A man who will help lead the fight against the pandemic puts his signature on an amazing dark chocolate When I first wrote about my friend Shawn Askinosie’s new chocolate bar back in 2019, I asked him a few times who “Zeke” was. I vaguely remembered Shawn saying that Zeke […]
Chocolate News & Notes
December 4, 2020
Chocolate News & Notes: Holiday Chocolate Top 10 List by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist These holiday chocolate recommendations will help you find impressive presents, delightful stocking stuffers, or sweets to accompany your holiday meal. Visit our online store or stop in the Next Door Café to peruse our entire bounty of seasonal treasures. […]
Next Door Café
October 25, 2020
Move over, Europe. Your ultra thick, ultra rich, ultra luxe drinking chocolates are great, but sometimes you just want a mug of really good, everyday hot chocolate. Zingerman’s cocoa connoisseurs spent months formulating, blending and testing Next Door Café’s house blend of hot cocoa mix. “We ordered just about every cocoa we could find […]
Chocolate News & Notes
October 15, 2020
For a very limited time, the oompa loompas at Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory have created a bite-size treat that has us all wishing we could go trick-or-treating again. As a matter of fact, if word gets out in the neighborhood that you’ve got bite-sized Karamel Krunch in your candy bowl, you’ll have more adults ringing […]
Chocolate News & Notes
October 1, 2020
Chocolate News & Notes: The Halloween Edition by Jennie B, Zingerman’s Chocolate Specialist We promise they are no trick … just all treat! Halloween isn’t going to be quite the same this year. We’re drowning our sorrows with this list of spooky sweets and warm treats. Stop by the the Deli or Next Door to […]