Custom Chocolates - Flowers' Wedding

I met with Jasmine Flowers this week to design custom chocolates for her wedding next month. The ceremony will be held at Peachtree Christian Church and the reception will be at The Ritz Carlton Atlanta .

After the taste testing, Jasmine selected milk chocolate champagne truffles. The bride's and groom's initials in magenta will be painted on the truffles.

When I receive photographs from White Rose Studios, I will post the pictures.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

from Dreamy Gelato & Chocolates

Photograph courtesy of Altmix Photography

A Little Girl's Valentine Treats

I spent the day with my little girl preparing for her class Valentine party. She wanted chocolate covered oreos with sprinkles. She loves oreos, white chocolate and the color pink so I was happy when I found all the ingredients she needed to make her special treats.

When I worked in consulting and project management, I did not have the opportunity to bring my kids to work. I cannot imagine, taking her to London with me and riding the fast train to Cannon Street Station. The crowds were thick in the mornings. Fortunately, things are simpler here so we enjoyed are time together.

Apparently, she liked the treat. I had to wash her hand and give her gloves. She can't lick the gloves.

Now she is hard at work.

We loved the heart bags.

Hopefully, her classmates love her handmade treats. Her teachers received boxes of truffles. I guess there is an advantage to having a student that parents own chocolate shops:)

Networking Event: The Knot

Hosted by Leslie Karrer and Sharon Hagans

Enjoy an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, entertainment, and an opportunity to give a little back.* Plus, get a sneak peek at all that is new at The Knot Wedding Network.

*Contribute non-perishable food items to Hosea Feed the Hungry as part of The Knot's effort to give back to the local community.

WHEN:Thursday, April 2, 2009
TIME:6:00 p.m.
WHERE: W Atlanta - Buckhead3377 Peachtree Rd. NEAtlanta, GA 30326

Popcorn, Popcorn Everywhere

A couple of days a ago or should I say a little over a week ago, I was blogging about the chocolate covered pretzels we were making for a large corporate order. I wanted to continue with the other chocolate treats.............. chocolate covered popcorn and custom "thank you" truffles. This order was for 60 boxes filled with these three treats. Another set of 60 boxes were filled with custom cup cakes.

The chocolate covered popcorn presented its own set of challenges. All of our products are created fresh before delivery and the deliveries were scheduled for different days over two weeks so I was popping popcorn, tempering chocolates (two different types), pouring chocolate, popping more popcorn, drizzling chocolates............. there was popcorn everywhere.

The truffles were perfect and simple. My client's colors are red and gold so I made white chocolate tuxedo truffles finished with "thank you" in gold. I initially made milk chocolate tuxedos, but settled on the white chocolate in order to bring attention to the truffles in the boxes surrounded by popcorn and pretzels.

Overall, the gift boxes were a huge success. My client hand delivered about a dozen boxes last Monday and she received call back from over half of her client's that day. She has been getting calls ever since.

Custom Chocolates: David Christensen Photography

I want to apologize, it has been over a week since I posted. I have been extremely busy. Sleep is becoming a distant stranger these days and I fear the next couple of weeks are going to get worst. I am very pleased about the exciting projects I am working on, but I will try to blog more as I enter my busy season. I have several projects I wanted to share with my followers over the next couple of days. First, I am working with David Christensen Photography to create custom chocolates for their clients. The interesting and moving aspect of this project is their logo.

This is a very intricate logo to paint on a chocolate. The different colors, fonts, and sizes all present challenges. Not to mention the fact that the letters overlap. I am confident we will overcome these challenges and David Christensen Photography's custom chocolates are going to be breathtaking.

Paisley Umbrella Event - Lucky Paperie's Custom Chocolates

Dreamy Gelato & Chocolates created custom chocolates on behalf of Lucky Paperie for the Paisley Umbrella Event.

The truffle looked elegant on the lovely china.

Lucky Paperie designed the menus and custom tags.

The truffles were dusted with gold to give them a sparkle.

The event was a success and I enjoyed my first visit to the Paisley Umbrella.

Pretzels, Pretzels Everywhere

I am excited about a corporate order I am creating for a new client. The client wants chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered popcorn, classic milk "thank you" truffles and cup cakes. I am not a cup cake provider so they hired a very talented chef to create the cup cakes. Today, I wanted to feature the pretzels. I have created chocolate covered pretzels for a very long time, but never for this many clients at once.

We are making them in 100 piece increments.

I have become so addicted to the sweet, salty and crispy treat.

I am thinking about giving a bag to one or two of my blog followers that leave comments over the next couple of days. What do you think?

Valentine's Package - Perfect Date Night Prize Package

Purchase any chocolate item during the month of February, and be entered to win the perfect date night prize package! Prize package includes: (2) medium sized gelato - any flavor, $40 gift card to Ted's Montana Grill, plus $20 gift card to AMC Avenue Forsyth 12. Drawing will be held February 28.

Chocolate Photo courtesy of Belletti Photography and Gelato Photo courtesy of Laura Ladd Photography.

Custom Chocolates - Happy 14th Birthday

Yesterday, the Ramirez family celebrated Nena's 14th birthday party at Dreamy Gelato & Chocolates. Despite her young age, Nena knew exactly what she wanted for her party. She ordered a custom dark chocolate and cappuccino cake to serve 12 people. In addition, she created her own custom truffles to give to her guest as party favors. She wanted a milk and dark chocolate combination so we made a milk chocolate truffle with dark chocolate ganache. To finish the truffle, she wanted it to say "Thank You". The party was a huge success.

The above card was made by Momental Designs. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the cake. It was beautiful.......covered in whipped cream and decorated with chocolate covered coffee beans.