Dean's Sweets: Cocoa bomb hot chocolate

Answering the Calls for Cocoa Bombs – The New Hot Chocolate Craze The first cocoa bombs started in 2019 as a TikTok viral phenomenon. We started getting calls for them in fall of 2020. That’s when we and folks like the Today Show and the Washington Post finally caught up to the fast-moving social media world.  So while the…
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Dean's Sweets: Chocolate conversation hearts

Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, Palentine’s Day… it’s all about sending out love to the ones you love. Valentine’s Day chocolate gifts are not just cupids and hearts for romantic partners anymore. Besties, buddies, bros, we all want those love arrows! Valentine’s Day Chocolate Online Gift Guide It’s not always easy to shop online for the…
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You might think corporate gifts are purely a commercial transaction – shiny objects, cold and calculated – sent from one big office to another, given to clients or customers only to encourage future business. But, whether for a board meeting or a sales meeting or for the holidays, corporate gifts can be so much more…
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Dean's Sweets: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate

What’s the difference between milk, dark, and white chocolate? We get variations on this question *a lot*. Some customers ask purely out of curiosity. Others ask with a hint of worry in their voice, as if preferring one kind of chocolate over another says something about them as person. Maybe they’ve heard or read reviews…
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Maine Chocolate

Maine-made chocolate. Sounds good already, doesn’t it? Here in Maine, we’ve got miles of rocky coastline and cool, clean mountain air. We’ve got lobsters and blueberries and maple syrup. You’ve probably heard of all these wonderful things. What you might not know is what makes Maine-made chocolate stand above the rest. Why is Maine chocolate…
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