Edible Boston Tells Our Story

We were so excited to be featured in the Winter Edition of Edible Boston! Here is a preview of the article, but be sure to check out the entire issue full of local treasures and seasonal favorites.
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EHChocolatier

By Andrea Pyenson, Edible Boston

"They met over a wedding cake. When a mutual friend asked Elaine Hsieh and Catharine Sweeney to make the dessert for her nuptial celebration, the women—who did not know each other at the time—could not have predicted the eventual outcome: that 12 years later they would form EHChocolatier, producing artisanal chocolates and bonbons in the Somerville building that also houses Taza Chocolate and Fiore di Nonno cheese." Read More..

Last-minute Gift Ideas on FOX25

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Here was a FOX25 feature where we were listed by by Daily Grommet as a great last-minute gift idea. With the New Year approaching- start it off right by giving someone special one of our handmade chocolates or confections.

Last-minute shopping: Holiday grommets: MyFoxBOSTON.com

Video Feature on Daily Grommet

The EHChocolatier kitchen was visited by Daily Grommet, an online marketplace and the birthplace of Citizen Commerce, a movement that gives people the information and tools to support products that align with their own values. Here is the video that is featured on their website: dailygrommet.com

Daily Grommet

A few weeks back, Daily Grommet, came to visit us in the kitchen to film a video about us and what we do in preparation for our product launch on November 7.  It's very interesting to watch the process of creating a "documentary" type film while you're in it.  Things that we take for granted at this point seem magical and mesmerizing to others.  Jesse, the videographer, who clearly has done this many times was great in giving us direction.  Catharine and I tried to gracefully juggle clever conversation (well, it seemed clever at the time) and instruction while making bourbon caramel and dipping chocolates.  All while attached to each other and the camera with mike wires.  Luckily, no equipment ended up in our chocolate.  Promise.


Daily Grommet is a new company with a mission to find unique products and share their stories through video, blog, and an active community discussion. I'm particularly proud of our Daily Grommet appearance. To be a Grommet is quite an honor, over 1000 products are submitted each month for 20 very special spots.  Each day, DG features one of these products starting at Noon for <24 hours during which you can chat with the product owners.  That would be us.


I hope you’ll take a moment to stop by DailyGrommet.com when our product is being featured.  It would be wonderful to hear your thoughts, reflections, and feedback about our product and to add them to the conversation – it’s easy to leave a comment in the “Talk about this Grommet” section.  And if you want to make sure you don’t miss our feature, just sign up for the daily email from Daily Grommet.

Inspired by leftovers

Not infrequently, our ideas for new products come about when we have a lot of something else left over.  When we make our pecan clusters, we have these little bits of the maple syrup roasted pecans left at the bottom of the tray which we can’t use for our clusters.  And to make sure we don't end up eating them all, we had to work on turning them into something.  

Once we stick it through the food processer, it’s like a pecan butter or a pecan praline.  Not the New Orleans praline, but like the hazelnut praline we make for our bonbon.  A little melted milk chocolate to hold its form and we’re off and running.  

The dome we use was inspired by Easter this past season.  We wanted to invoke a nostalgic “Peep”.  As you can see, it was a little freaky.  After multiple attempts, we decided to go with our current version - kind of like the abstract “peep”.   


We put the two together ("You've got pecan butter on my chocolate!" "You've got chocolate on my pecan butter!) and there we have our Maple Pecan Butter Domes.


The series of photos below outline the process - it's pretty cool when we flip them out at the end.

Cottonball clean!

 

Airbrush colored cocoa butter 

Set in Cooling cabinet

Check the temper
 

Fill the mold

Tap out the bubbles

Flip and swirl to empty excess 

Wait til just setting and then...

Scrape - shells ready to fill

Fill with Maple Pecan Butter

Bottom and Flip out 

Child's Play

I spent most of my afternoon today sitting in front of my computer doing all those extra things related to our business that are not related to making chocolate.  Not surprisingly, at times, this takes up more time than it does to actually make the chocolate. Thankfully, I only have to look across the kitchen to be inspired by my 9 year old daughter and her good friend, composing cupcake masterpieces.

The Hippest Chocolate on the Block: Hippity Hop

EASTER COLLECTION

Hippity Hop into Easter with EHChocolatier's special collection of artisan-handcrafted bonbons. This 10 piece collection is packaged in our signature black box with an antique letterpress wrap printed up just for the occasion.

Bourbon Caramel - Two petite molded rabbits in dark chocolate filled with our classic Knob Creek Bourbon Caramel

Mango Lime - A taste of the tropics with a juicy mango ganache infused with lime

Maple Pecan Butter - Rich pecan butter and milk chocolate gianduja

Varietal 67% Dark - A single plantation dark chocolate with flavors of ripe tropical fruits and licorice

Anise and Honey - A dark chocolate ganache infused with subtle licorice tones of anise and a touch of clove honey

Peppermint Pattie - A refreshing two layer filling of a peppermint "pattie" and dark chocolate ganache

Orange Zest - Bits of crystallized orange zest inside a varietal dark chocolate ganache

S’mores - A graham cracker “crust” topped with roasted homemade vanilla marshmallow dipped in dark chocolate

Coconut - A classic confection with a delightful nostalgic chewy texture

If you'd like to have your chocolates shipped, please place your order by April 17, midnight.

Please note that ALL Easter orders will be shipped on April 19 through USPS Priority Mail to arrive within 2-3 business days.

Orders to be picked up can be placed until April 21, midnight. Pick up at our kitchen in Somerville from April 20-22, 10am- 2pm.

Click Here to place your Easter Collection order today!