Effective September 5, we are implementing a price increase across our product line. This will help us deal with higher costs, and particularly that of chocolate, our biggest ingredient b
Portland Old Port holds a month-long vote in July for Best of Portland with a huge list of possibilities (Best Place to Play Pool/Darts/Shuffleboard? Check. Best Twitter Personality? Check
Winky Lewis Photo Darcy was first introduced to all via this blog entry over four years ago. She has been a huge part of what Chocolats Passion has become today: first starting from our t
Winky Lewis Photo The time span between Valentine's Day and Easter this year was huge, and exactly what we needed to produce more bunnies and eggs than ever. This year, our French bunnies
The Perfect Puree has been a constant as long as Chocolats Passion has been in business. Our top selling chocolate, Passion Vanilla, uses their fabulous passion fruit as the base. There
Our team is thrilled to announce that Sarah Levine has been promoted to Lead Chocolatier! Ever since Sarah joined us almost two years ago, she has blazed a trail of masterful competence i
Photo Credit Jonathan Nutt Our team is exhausted from our intense holiday season, but we feel very luck
Photo credit Winky Lewis Every fall, we introduce a new menu. Our team has extensive discussions as to what chocolates to cycle out of the lineup, and what new tastes to introduce. Since
September 12 marked our third birthday at 189 Brackett! Half that time was marked by the pandemic, but our team is stronger for the pivoting and having had to adapt. At least, our busine
Photo credit Winky Lewis Karen Watterson, the editor of the iconic 'Eat Drink Lucky' daily posts, also writes a blog dedicated to her favorite food group, dessert! Sweet on Maine covers t
September 12 will mark our third anniversary at 189 Brackett! We have seen the demand for our ever expanding offerings explode over those 34 months, creating shortages at every chocolate
We wish to extend our warm thanks to those of you who nominated us in the first round of Downeast Magazine's 2021 Best of Maine survey. We are so thrilled to now be a finalist in the "Mai
A month ago, my darling neighbor Desi van Til gifted a box of our chocolates to Erin French of the iconic Lost Kitchen. Not long after, TLK approached us to see if we would be willing to h
Pack up the heart molds, polish the eggs! Thematically, the switch from Valentine production to Easter is swift. This year, the early Easter date (April 4) makes speed even more necessar
Photo credit Sarah Levine The time span between the holidays and Valentine day is the shortest of all the major chocolate holidays, and as such imposes absolute production discipline on ou
Back in March, three weeks before the pandemic shutdown, a young woman entered the shop and asked if we were hiring. As serendipity would have it, we were, but I told her we were looking
The following entry is a reprint (with the kind permission of the editors of the Green Man review) of the most fun review of our Halloween Skulls. Enjoy! Chocolats Passion Skulls Skulls. I
An eternity ago, back before the pandemic and the shutdown, I was invited to speak at Mechanics' Hall, as part of their Makers' series. I saw it as a great opportunity to provide a quic
We are very fortunate that our state's leadership has provided clear, science-based guidance regarding COVID-19 avoidance. Our low rates of infection mean that our economy can safely reope
Our first week back was the best! First, we saw so many of our regulars, who were as excited as we were for the reopening. The sense of joy in being able to reconnect is so real. We shar
The last ten weeks were intense for our little business. They encompassed Easter and Mother's Day, two important chocolate holidays, which generated a huge number of orders from customers
(Winky Lewis Photography) The City of Portland has issued a stay at home directive, effective tomorrow
After much thought, we are starting this week with a new protocol in our shop. We wanted to set up measures that totally meet the social distancing imperative while recognizing that
