Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Day 2 Winfrey's Fudge

Enrobing and hand marking coffee creams.

Thank you to the Winfrey family for the great tour!



Milk coffee creams get cut and enrobed by Carol at Winfrey's


The Econoseal packing unit packs maple walnut fudge at about 20 boxes per minute.


Tomric makes makes a similar guitar cutter to cut melt aways.



Finished coffee creams come of the cooling tunnel



The packing table is maximized for efficiency.


Day 2 Lunch at Davenport Yacht Club

Lunch at the Danversport Yacht Club was beautiful! Hank & Janice Whetstone celebrated their 25th anniversary today


Day 2 Mrs. Nelson's

Thank you to the Mapes Family for hosting us at their store.



Mrs. Nelson's Store


Chocolate wedding favors are still the best gift!


Chocolate's for Administrative Professional's Day.


Learning the secrets of making great chocolate from Arthur Mapes, owner.


Mrs. Nelson's version of caramel nut clusters.

Day 2 Hebert Chocolate Mansion

The Hebert Mansion



Bob, from Hebert's, and Henry Whetstone trading secrets.


Chocolate-opoly game produced by Late for Sky games.


Bark Trio


Retail Area


A great idea for birthday parties.


Hebert's Candies, established the same year as RCI in 1917.


Headed off today to tour Hebert's Mansion, Mrs. Nelson's, Winfrey's & Nichol's.

Day 1 Sessions & Dinner in Worcester, MA

Dinner out at the finest Italian restaurant in Worcester, MA.



We learned to fill email lists with customers, vendors, corporate clients, etc. with top of mind marketing techniques.


Learning from valuable educational sessions about company marketing on the web with Terrapin Art & Design.

Day 1 Munson's Chocolates and Mystic Inn for lunch

Lunch at the historic Mystic Inn, where Laure Bacall and Humphrey Bogart honeymooned, was delicious.



Fran Cox, Jr. leads the tour into Munsons


Mini Munsonettes!


Munsons uses frozen bananas to make chocolate covered fruit.


They can fill 1,200, one pound boxes a day of product.


Some signature confections at Munsons


Signature Confections


Signature Confections


Taking a break in the sun



Thank you to Bob, Karen, and Jim Munson and their staff for a great tour!

Day 1 Hauser Chocolates

Thank you to the Hauser family.



This double twist machine converts to bar wrapping, too.


Adding texture to truffles.



Truffle making machine fills ganache center and shell at the same time.



Hauser is the only truffle shell manufacturer left in the U.S. They make a 26 or 35 mm shells for large customers.


Blueberry port truffles by Hauser Chocolates



Chocolate lace great for topping desserts - made with crisp caramel in lace pattern covered in chocolate.


Hauser Chocolates tour

Day 1 Sweenor's Chocolates

Thank you to the Sweenor's for the tour!



Hard candy batch machine used mostly on dry winter days.


Sweenor's behind the scenes.


Taking a break to smile at Sweenor's.


Sweenor's tour- the first of the day!