Give your mom as gift as sweet as she is- luxurious, gourmet chocolates!  Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13 so stop by one of our three retail stores and we’d be happy to help you select the perfect gift for Mom. We have clusters, caramels, truffles, chocolate flowers, gift baskets— everything to show mom how special she is.

LCC Retail Stores

750 Pine Street
Burlington, VT
Monday-Saturday 9-6pm
Sunday 12-5pm

802-864-1807
65 Church Street
Burlington, VT
Monday-Thursday 10-8pm
Friday-Saturday 10-9pm
Sunday 11-7pm
802-862-5185

Route 100 – Cabot Annex
Waterbury, VT
Monday-Sunday 9-6pm
802-241-4150


PS- Don’t forget to enter our Chocolates for Mom Contest!

Sending Mother's Day Chocolate is the sweetest way to show someone you care.  Mother’s Day is May 13th and to help you celebrate, we’re selecting a winner for our Spring Selection Gift Box every day until May 8th!   This all-natural chocolate gift box is filled with gourmet truffles, chocolate creams, chocolate caramels, peanut butter cups and more and is valued at $30.    You can come back and enter each day to increase your chances of winning our Grand Prize- $500 in chocolate!

What would you do with $500 in chocolate? 

Visit our Facebook page to enter!

Here at Lake Champlain Chocolates, we know the Easter Bunny has many personalities. Everyone recognizes that big, white bunny that sneaks around hiding eggs – but why? And how?

It all started way back in the 13th Century in Germany, when people celebrated the beginning of spring by honoring the goddess Eostra. Eostra symbolized fertility, and soon became associated with rabbits (who are known for being very fertile). The first Easter Bunny legend, though, wasn’t published until 1680.  The tale about a rabbit carrying around eggs and hiding them in gardens really took off when it was brought to the United States in the 1700s, and the tradition of making nests (or baskets) for the rabbit to hide the eggs in became very popular, leading to the Easter traditions that we’re familiar with today!

At LCC, we have lots of different chocolate bunnies to help you hide eggs in the garden (or around the house) – and each one has a different way of doing it. If you believe that bunnies can deliver eggs, why not on a motorcycle? Or in a hot rod? Or on a tractor?

The Gardening Bunny likes to take her time and find all of the best egg-hiding spots among the tulips and daffodils.

Mr. Goodtime Bunny spends his morning searching for the biggest hiding spot (for his really big egg!).

Tractor Bunny doesn’t mind put-put-putting along slowly through the fields – he’s just excited that it’s springtime.

Crusin’ and Cycle Bunny go as quickly as they can and race to hide the most eggs.

No matter which bunny fits your style (and your imagination), they’re all delicious and they’re all available at our retail stores! In fact, Gardening Bunny, Tractor Bunny, and Cycle Bunny are ONLY available in our retail stores. Stop by and pick out your perfect bunny, and let our staff give you their hints for the perfect egg-hiding spot!

Cars are honking.  No, not in a bad, “I’m so annoyed” kind of way (this is Vermont after all). These honks sound happy.   Yes, even honks can have personality.  Ok, so why are all these cars honking so much?  I’ll give you one guess.  The Easter Bunny!

Everyone loves the Easter Bunny.  He dances. He waves.  He wears a bowtie.  Ok, sometimes kids may want to keep their distance, but absolutely everyone loves what the Easter Bunny brings in his basket each year.  A chocolate bunny, some chocolate Easter eggs, jelly beans, and some green grass and you’ve got yourself a perfectly filled Easter basket.

And then there’s the Easter egg hunt.  Even though it can be cold, and even snowing some years, there are some great easter egg hunts to choose from in Vermont.  One of our favorites is down the street from us at Oakledge Park, on the shores of Lake Champlain.  It’s the Eggstravaganza!    The LCC Bunny is there along with 10,000 eggs, food, activities, music— you name it, this Easter egg hunt has got it.

What sort of Easter egg hunts happen in your neck of the woods?

Our stores have everything you need to fill your Easter basket—chocolate bunnies, cream-filled eggs, all-natural jelly beans and even chocolate carrots!

Stop by one of our three retail stores and be sure to say hello to the LCC Bunny!

LCC Retail Stores

750 Pine Street
Burlington, VT
Monday-Saturday 9-6pm
Sunday 12-5pm
802-864-1807

65 Church Street
Burlington, VT
Monday-Thursday 10-7pm
Friday-Saturday 10-9pm
Sunday 11-6pm
802-862-5185

Route 100 – Cabot Annex
Waterbury, VT
Monday-Sunday 9-6pm
802-241-4150

It’s that time of year again.  No, not Easter.  Not spring skiing.  Not mud season, (although all those things are happening now too.)  It’s the Third Annual Howard Center Curling Challenge!  You may remember the LCC team won the tournament the first year.  Yes, we won the whole thing.  We have a picture of the trophy to prove it.  Well, this is the year we get it back.  Anyone interested in challenging us?  There is still time to put together a team and sign up!

Here are the details: The tournament is March 31st at Cairns Arena in South Burlington.  Not to worry if you’ve never curled before, there is instruction on the Friday before (March 30) given by the Green Mountain Curling Club so you’ll be ready to hit the ice come Saturday.  There are wonderful prizes for highest fundraiser, best costume, best team spirit and more!  And did I mention there is a bagpiper that leads the ceremony for the championship game?  

Most importantly, this event supports the Howard Center, an organization that is an essential part of our local community here in the Burlington area.  The Howard Center’s mission is to “improve the well-being of children, adults, families and communities.”  Their clinicians and staff work 24/7 to help individuals and families experiencing depression and other mental illness; alcohol and substance abuse; and intellectual disabilities, including autism. The work that the organization performs makes a real difference in the lives of those who are facing these challenges. 

LCC is proud to be a gold sponsor of the event, as well as having a team going for the gold for the third year in a row!  With offices just down the street, the Howard Center is our neighbor who is dedicated to making our community a better place and LCC couldn’t be happier to help support such a worthy and important organization.

Not sure about curling?  You can still support the event by visiting first giving to contribute to the cause and you can come watch the semi-finals and finals starting at 6pm.  Who knows, the Easter bunny just might show up!

Vermont is known for its beautiful four seasons. However, there are lots of other seasons mixed in there that really tell the story of life in Vermont:  ski season, hunting season, hiking season, boating season and mud season to name a few.  Sugaring season though, perhaps more than any other, really captures the essence of Vermont, something that we talk about a lot here at LCC. 

A few of us were lucky enough yesterday to pay a visit to David Allen who provides LCC with his maple syrup to make our Maple Crunch and Five Star Granola Bar.  The visit confirmed what an art and science it is to make maple syrup, what a significant role terroir (the taste of place) plays into the taste of the syrup and how the smell of boiling sap (different than maple syrup) is like nothing else in the world. 

There are maple syrup producers scattered all over the state, some small, some quite large.  David’s operation probably falls somewhere in the middle.  He uses up to date technology (that means no traditional metal pails) to make the process as efficient as possible but he’s still sitting right there watching the sap boil, carefully making adjustments all along the way.  There’s no technology to replace that (at least not yet, anyway).

To give you an idea of the scope, David taps approximately 4000 maple trees on 50 acres.  It takes him about 2 weeks to set up all the tubing—this year it was a scramble since we’ve had such a mild winter.  In fact, it’s the earliest he ever remembers taping the trees.  Between his trees and the sap that others bring him, he hopes to produce 2000 gallons of syrup this year.  Sugaring season is short and incredibly weather dependent.  To get the sap to run, you need warm days and cold nights and then a few colder days mixed in there as well.  This time of year though, the sap is running full bore and that means David will be sitting right next to that boiler until it stops, probably at the end of March.

To experience just a piece of what it’s like, take a look at our photos.  Or if you’re local, come by and visit one of our stores for our Taste of Place Maple Celebration on March 17 where we’ll have limited edition Maple Caramels, Maple Pecan Ice Cream, Maple Walnut Fudge, maple lattes and shakes, plus all chocolates made with maple syrup will be on sale!

The real Mardi Gras in New Orleans may be over, but we’re just gearing up here in Vermont.  This Saturday is the 17th Annual Magic Hat Mardi Gras Parade in downtown Burlington.

Here are six reasons why we think it’s one of the best events of the year!

1.    It’s the largest carnivale celebration in the northeast.

2.    The parade and events benefit Hope Works (ending sexual violence through HOPE)

3.    All the floats throw beads, moonpies, and chocolate coins from Lake Champlain Chocolates!

4.    There’s a special “Little Jambalaya Viewing Zone” section.

5.    LCC gets to be one of the judges to determine the best float!

6.    We’re convinced nowhere else in the world but Burlington, VT would 25,000 people line the streets for a parade in freezing, winter temps!

OK, we’re not about to win an Oscar or an Emmy (although our good friend Grace Potter’s duet with Kenny Chesney was up for a Grammy) but I digress.  

We did, however, win the Bride’s Choice Award.  For the third year in a row!  We’re usually pretty modest, but since this award is based on customer reviews, we’re happy to gloat a bit. 

What exactly is a Bride’s Choice Award?  Well, our good friends at WeddingWire present awards each year to recognize the top 5% of wedding professionals across 20 different service categories.  We are thrilled to have won the Wedding Favor & Gifts Category, for three years running! 
Thank you to all of those newlyweds who choose LCC for their chocolate wedding favors!  It’s great to read all those wonderful reviews and to see that our attention to detail does not go unnoticed.   In fact, why don’t we let our customers do the talking?

“Timely, considerate, and delicious.”

“Ordering the wedding favors was probably the easiest part of planning my wedding.”

“LCC is fabulous. Highly Recommend.”

“Delicious chocolate and gorgeous presentation!”

“We chose the Vermont sampler for our wedding favors and they were a huge hit! It was the first wedding I've been to where the favors were fought over and none were left behind on the tables. Ordering was a snap over the phone and everything arrived perfectly.”

Recently engaged?  We’d love to help you pick out just the right chocolate favor for your wedding or event.  You can email us at weddings@LakeChamplainChocolates.com or give us a call at 1-800-5909 to talk with one of our wedding consultants. 

Valentine’s Day – a day of love, romance, roses, and (most importantly) chocolate. For the retail staff at Lake Champlain Chocolates, it’s also one of the busiest days of the year! Unlike many of the other “Chocolate Holidays” that have a long busy season (Halloween, Hanukkah, Christmas), most of our customers do their Valentine’s Day shopping on February 14. We’re happy to help you pretend it’s because you want your chocolate-dipped strawberries to be as fresh as possible, but don’t feel bad if Cupid forgot to remind you to get your gift-buying done early. For many of us, it’s our favorite holiday to work.

Here are five reasons why:

1.    We get to find out what everyone likes best.  It is a common sight on Valentine’s Day to have a customer order a pound of Almond Butter Crunch or 25 Raspberry Truffles. When you know what your Valentine loves, why take a risk?

2.    We get to make lots of recommendations. One of our favorite customers is the confused, overwhelmed, last-minute customer. You know, the one who says, “I need a gift that will make me look awesome.” Hand-packing a box of our favorites or helping you decide what kind of truffle your Valentine might like is a blast!

3.    We get to tie hundreds of bows. And we love to tie perfect, pretty bows. We always say, “Once you’ve worked a Valentine’s Day here, you can tie a bow on anything!”

4.    We get wonderful compliments from happy customers – because who isn’t happy when they have found a perfect gift for their Valentine? Thank you for making our day, and for telling us that we’re “not a Factory Second.”

5.    We get to go home at the end of the night and relax. After a long day of helping customers prepare for the perfect Valentine’s Day, we are thrilled to skip the busy restaurants and just take it easy. Besides, it’s easier to get a reservation on the 15th!