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!

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. 

Are you dreading pouring through Valentine’s Day cards filled with cliché sayings?   Dread no more.

Our personalized heart throbs have come to the rescue!  Emily Jones, recently featured in a cover story about her talents, has been decorating chocolate hearts for the past few days with corny, sweet and classic Valentine’s Day messages.  Let’s see if any of these catch your eye: Hot Mama, Hot Lips, Cutie Pie, Wild Thing and of course Be Mine.  Beautifully written in white chocolate on a dark chocolate raspberry filled heart is pretty special, not to mention delicious.  The hearts are available at all three of our stores.

Interested in having your own saying?  Give Emily a call at our Pine Street Store and she’ll create one just for you!   The number is 802-864-1807.  One catch, you must be able to come to the Pine Street store to pick it up when it’s ready. Sorry, we can’t ship (at least not this year!).

The Super Bowl is over and it’s time to focus.  Valentine’s Day is a little over a week away.  Next Tuesday is February 14th, which means you still have time!  Valentine’s Day is made for love, and chocolate. And we have chocolate gifts to charm all of your Valentines.

Perhaps your Valentine just loves our mouth-watering gourmet truffles, or maybe they are a sucker for a heart-shaped box.  Are there some salty-sweet lovers in your life?  Look no further than our Sea Salt Caramels.  Do you REALLY want to impress?  The Grand Heart, Be Mine Basket or our new Love is Sweet Basket are all truly gorgeous and delicious gifts of love.  And the Kiss Me Frog is the perfect chocolate gift for the playful romantic in all of us.

Let our chocolate do the talking for you this Valentine’s Day.  And we’ll give you one more hint—order today for $5 shipping!  It’s the last day, so no more procrastinating!  Still wondering what gift is best?  Give us a call, we would love to help!