Sweeten the season with a Waggoner Chocolates Assorted Wrapped Red Holiday Gift Boxes. Whether you are shopping for the perfect gift for the holiday or another special occasion this assorted chocolate treat is sure to make anyone smile. Waggoner Chocolates family confectionery heritage dates back more then 90 years.
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Food Allergens: CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, TREE NUTS (coconut, Pecans), PEANUTS, AND WHEAT
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Designer Chocolate:
Known as the food of the gods, nearly two-thirds of women eat chocolate candy or desserts weekly. Chocolate surely is a trend that has taken hold and has the masses clamoring for more; and the latest trend is not just any old chocolate... it's designer chocolate.
Scrumptious, smooth, creamy, rich, delectable and indulgent are just some of the adjectives often used to describe chocolate, the delightful substance of which the average American consumes 10 pounds each year. A cultural pastime and a sweet-tooth favorite, chocolate's taste and texture incite passion unlike any other confection. From hot chocolate to truffles to cookies to cakes, chocolate is well established as a substance Americans love to love. It makes some of the best gifts for just about any occasion.
Making Designer Chocolate:
Especially passionate for chocolate are chocolatiers, those who create fine chocolate with masterpiece-like artistry. Here's how they do it:
Chocolate's pleasure comes from the painstaking process that yields the finest varieties. Chocolate begins with the seeds from inside the fruit of the cacao tree, native to regions that include South America, Africa and Indonesia. These seeds are known as cocoa beans.
The beans are fermented and dried in the sun before they are ready to go to the chocolate maker. The chocolate maker roasts the beans, sorting and blending beans from different locales to create their own distinct flavors. Next, the beans are winnowed, a process that removes the meat, also known as the nib, of the cocoa bean from the shell. The meat or nib is then ground into a substance called chocolate liquor, which is pure, unsweetened chocolate.
Much talent is required to turn this chocolate liquor into fanciful and delectable treats. The chocolate maker adds sugar, flavoring (such as vanilla) and milk (found in milk chocolate) according to his or her own special recipe. Then conching occurs; this is done with a special machine that blends ingredients. The process can take from two to six days. Next, chocolate is tempered. This involves slowly heating the chocolate then slowly cooling the chocolate in order to let the cocoa butter solidify without separating from the rest of the ingredients. The exact processes and ingredients used by each chocolate maker determine the texture, quality and taste of the final product.
Ingredients: INGREDIENTS - SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], COCOA BUTTER, MILK FAT, MILK, SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], VANILLA, VANILLIN [AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR], PEANUT BUTTER PEANUTS, DEXTROSE, HYDROGENATED RAPESEED/COTTONSEED OIL, SALT), WHITE CONFECTION (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [PALM KERNEL OIL AND HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL], WHEY POWDER, WHOLE MILK SOLIDS, NONFAT DRY MILK SOLIDS, PEANUTS (ROASTED IN PEANUT OIL), PECANS (ROASTED IN PEANUT OIL), CORN SYRUP, NUMOLINE, COCONUT OIL, CREAM OF TARTAR, SUGAR, CREAM, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMIN D3, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL VANILLA FLAVORING, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SEA SALT, MICA-BASED PEARLESCENT PIGMENTS, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5, RED 40, BLUE 2, CARNAUBA WAX, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE. CARAMEL COLOR, PROPYLPARABEN [PRESERVATIVE]), SHREDDED COCONUT, SODIUM METABISULFITE, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID], GRAHAM FLOUR [WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR], SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, HONEY, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SOY LECITHIN, MALT, YEAST, RAISINS, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL RASPBERRY FLAVORING, KEY LIME FLAVORING, ORANGE FLAVORING, WILD CHERRY FLAVORING, FD&C RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [CORN], TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, GELATIN.