We are so lucky at 189 Brackett Street. We love our customers, and our customers love us. At no time was this more obvious than during the Valentine season. First, we were serenaded! Fou
I am writing this entry while on our short January break, which started on New Year's Eve and ends this Wednesday. Looking back, the five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year were a bl
Our little team started to plan for the holiday season in October. Now that we had year-to-year numbers, we naively thought we would be able to gauge demand. Or perhaps not, as we found w
Our customers were already in love with our Baby Dragons and the Scary Pumpkins, but nothing could prepare them for the skulls we unveiled this year. Skulls with BRAINS mind you... The go
And a very first Happy Birthday to Chocolats Passion at 189 Brackett Street! The year exceeded our wildest expectations. It started when we found out, very soon after opening, that the W
Our Mendiant mixed box, left to right: Nougat in dark chocolate; Australian ginger, Marcona almonds in milk chocolate; Strawberry pâte de fruits/Meyer lemon in Dulcey white; and Organic g
Our tempering machines: 207 at left, and Bertha at right. It is finally hot and summery, the best weather for ice cream and a dangerous time for (melting) c
Inviting the scrutiny of chocolate professionals and having them pass judgment on our confections is a big step in our growth as artisan chocolatiers. This year, Darcy and I decided it was
Photo credit Jim Keithley, Channel 8 News Chocolats Passion has been the very lucky recipient of attention from our local Maine televisio
Our first Spring/Easter season is thankfully over! While we had a 9-week (seemingly endless) stretch between Valentine day and Easter, it proved to be barely enough time to create all the
As of last Tuesday, our little chocolaterie has been open for half a year. I feel so thankful to all our neighbors who care for our fate and ask ever so earnestly how "we are doing". And
A year ago Darcy and I met at a Valentine party my neighbor was hosting for her women friends. We chatted about chocolate and her background as a pastry chef. I asked her to come work with
HOLIDAY SHOP HOURS: From Wednesday December 19, holiday hours will be from noon to 7 PM until Christmas Eve, when we will close at 5PM. We will re-open on December 28 for our regular re
We already feel like part of the fabric of the neighborhood. I know this is a bit of a grandiose statement to make, but it is real. Most of our customers live within a short walk of the st
The chocolaterie build out took a lot of energy on the part of an excellent team, but we are now finally ready for our day in the sun! We had our first pre-opening tasting yesterday with
Save the date! On September 12, 2018, at 1 P.M., we open our chocolate creation and boutique space in the heart of Portland's West End. We will be open from 1 P.M. to 7 P.M. every Wednesd
Tourism in my world always includes chocolate visits. When the destination is Paris, the experience is of course exquisite and always creates sensory overload. There is only time to visit
The Chocolate Lovers' Fling proved to be everything promised and more. It raised a great deal of money for SARSSM, particularly with the lively and highly convincing auctioneer skills of
What is better than supporting a great cause? While swooning over chocolate of course! For the 32nd year, the Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine (SARSSM) is holding its b
Serendipity would have it that I crossed paths with a very talented pastry chef looking to expand her chocolate skills. Darcy and I met at my lovely neighbor's Valentine party, where I ha
Moving from the big city (Boston) to Portland has meant lots of changes for this little chocolate company, and nothing was more apparent last night at my Pop-Up launch at the Fork Food Lab.
We moved to Portland a short four months ago, but it already feels like ages that I have been making chocolates at the Fork Food Lab. Fork has a vibrant community of exceptional food make
