Monday, December 28, 2009

The Chocolate Rose Shoppe Window - Winter


Our latest Chocolate window features three white bears sledding on an antique Flexible Flyer on top of powdery white snow.  This window depicts the winter Christmas we just had here in Madison NJ.   Cocoa (the brown bear) is now wearing a blue and gray sweater that my three boys wore when they were growing up.  He also has on his "If you love Madison, shop Madison" button.  The chocolate highlights are:  Bellagio White Hot Chocolate, Neuhaus Truffles, an Enjou Chocolat decorated shopping bag, a Godiva Truffle Tin, a Leonidas Praline Collection box, a Leonidas Micky/Mini Disney Collection box, and an antique Hershey's tin.  Please come take a look at the window if you have a chance.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Leonidas Chocolate available in Madison NJ


"Leonidas, since 1913, a great tradition of quality and freshness."

We now offer Fresh Belgian Chocolate from Leonidas at our chocolate shoppe in Madison NJ.

We proudly offer the following assortments:

Micky Mouse Assortment Winter Edition:
This unique gift box contains 16 pieces of chocolate with 4 Micky Mouse shaped pieces in 4 unique flavors:
  • white chocolate filling pralinĂ© with pieces of biscuits
  • dark chocolate filling ganache pralinĂ©
  • marble chocolate filling pralinĂ© with pieces of meringue
  • milk chocolate filling flan with caramel

Mendiants:
100% Pure Cocoa Butter with Hazelnuts, Almonds, Walnuts and Raisins.

Chocolate Assortments:
18 Dark Chocolates filled with Caramel Cream, Praline, Praline with Caramelized Hazelnuts, Crisped Rice, Caramel or just Dark Chocolate.

18 Milk Chocolates filled with Caramel Cream, Caramel Cream with a hint of Coffee, Praline, Praline with Coffee, Crisped Rice, Caramel or just Milk Chocolate.

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Friday, November 27, 2009

Our Festive Chocolate Holiday Window


A few highlights about our Christmas - Holiday window, that was unveiled on November 27, are the Antique Wooden Carousel Horse from Argentina and the Bear (his name is Cocoa) has on a Christmas red hand knitted sweater. We have boxes from a few chocolatiers - Neuhaus, Leonidas, Enjou and Godiva that are surrounded by Nutcrackers. There is a Menorah in a holiday globe sprinkled with snow. The reason the window was setup for the 27th was Madison held a Christmas Parade and Tree lighting on that day. This year my 6 year old niece had the honor of lighting the town Christmas Tree.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Neuhaus Chocolatier available in Madison NJ


Now Featuring - Belgium's Master Chocolatier
Neuhaus Createur Chocolatier - Since 1857

Neuhaus was the inventor of the Praline and Ballotin box. The Praline is a confection of various centres enrobed in chocolate. The Ballotin box is the small elegant box that pralines are sold in.

We proudly offer the following assortments from their line of finely crafted Chocolate:

Ballotins:
Wrapped in a red Ribbon 1/4lb Assortment of their best selling Pralines.
Wrapped in a red Ribbon 1/2lb Assortment of their best selling Pralines.

Napolitains:
40 Crunchy Milk Napolitans - Speculoos (Belgian cinnamon cookie), Caramel, Feuilletine (Crunchy wafers from Brittany), and Bresilienne (caramelised hazelnuts).

60 "10 Flavours" Napolitans - add Smooth & Creamy (with a touch of vanilla), Coffee, Rich & Intense, Strong 72%, Dark Earl Grey Tea, Dark Raspberry, Dark Exotic Lime.

Biscuits:
Diavola - Traditional butter biscuit with almonds, coated in dark chocolate.

Amandagio - Traditional butter biscuit with almonds.

The Neuhaus Collection:
Dark, Milk & White - a selection of 16 Pralines.

Dark - a selection of 16 Dark only Pralines.

Truffles - Amere, Tiramisu, Beurre, Congnac & Paillettes Cafe - 16 Truffles.

Truffles - Classic, Dark, Caramel, Cappuccino & Speculoos - 16 Truffles.

The Brussels Collection:
Orangette - Candied orange peel coated with chocolate.

Amourette - Praline with almonds and hazelnuts.

Neuhaus Choco Instant:
Delicious hot chocolate - the full flavor of Neuhaus Chocolate in an instant. Made with 38% cocoa.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

The Chocolate Rose Shoppe in the Media

This post will contain links to articles that mention or are about The Chocolate Rose Shoppe:

The Alternative Press - 2/9/2011
Valentine's Day Treats
Shopping local this Valentine's day promises tasty sweets and unique treats for your loved one

Madison Chatham This Week - 11/17/2010
Jersey Devil Chocolates & The Chocolate Rose Shoppe Perfect Together

Daily Record - 7/31/2010
Find variety of fresh foods at Morris farmers markets
How Farmers Markets help downtown merchants

Madison Eagle - 3/26/2010
New Madison shop makes sweet impression downtown
March - Madison featured merchant of the month.

Madison Eagle - 2/26/2010
Welcome to Madison

Madison.Patch.com - 2/11/2010
Crowds come out for a good cause at Chocolate Rose Shoppe
Hearts for Haiti Launch

Madison.Patch.com - 2/8/2010
Sweet Treats to Please All Your Valentines

Heartsforhaiti2010.com
Kick off Event at The Chocolate Rose Shoppe - 02/02/10
The Hearts for Haiti Launch is on Thursday 2/11/2010 at our Shoppe.

Madison Eagle - Late Night Thursdays -  01/31/10
Madison Businesses sign up for Late Night Thursdays

Patch.com - 01/20/10
Chamber Sponsoring January Sale Days

The Alternative Press - 12/6/09
Madison Merchants Focus On Promoting Downtown

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Chocolate Rose Shoppe Gift Certificates


At The Chocolate Rose Shoppe of Madison NJ, We Make It Easy to
Give a "Golden Ticket" Gift Certificate to Someone Special!

This makes a great last minute gift idea and can be redeemed at any time.

It is also available in any denomination of your choosing and comes in a Golden envelope.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Chocolate Rose Shoppe - Shows or Tastings

The following is a list of Chocolate shows/tastings that we will be attending or have attended:

Future:
Morris Museum - Morristown, NJ - February 12th, 2011

Past:
A Taste of Madison - Madison, NJ - January 18th, 2011

The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts - December 4th

The Chocolate Show - NYC - November 11th

The Franciscan Charities Auction - October 3rd - 17th

Bottle Hill Day - Madison, NJ - October 2nd

The Philly Candy Show - Atlantic City, NJ - September 13th

The Rotary Family Festival at Florham Park - September 9th-12th

Chocolate Tasting - The Chocolate Rose Shoppe - Thursday April 29 - 5pm-7pm

Madison Chamber - Easter Fun Fest
Saturday, March 27 - 11am-12:30pm
The Chocolate Rose Shoppe will be handing out candy and toy filled Easter eggs, as will other businesses in town.

Taste of Madison - March 15, 2010
We offered free samples from Enjou, Hachez, Santander, Neuhaus, Madelaine, Alberti, and Pernigotti.   There were over 500 visitors.

Morris Museum - Chocolate Festival - February 13, 2010
We have been asked to host a Chocolate tasting table at their festival.  As this is the day before Valentines Day, Sue will likely attend this event handing out chocolate while I am working at our Shoppe.  The event was a success as there were over 600 visitors to the Festival even though they were only expecting about 200.  We gave out a lot of free samples.

Hearts for Haiti NJ - Our Shoppe - February 11, 2010
The Hearts for Haiti Madison NJ Launch Celebration will be held on this date from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at our shoppe in Madison, NJ.  Please stop by to help get this Red Cross affiliated fund raising started.  Chocolate, wine and cheese will be served by The Chocolate Rose Shoppe, Main Street Wine Cellars and Whole Foods.

Philadelphia National Candy Gift Gourmet Show - Atlantic City NJ - January 11, 2010
As this was a Monday, only one of us was able to attend this event.  At this show, we were able to visit and meet with a couple of our current vendors for the fist time. It was nice to finally meet some of the people we have been talking to on the phone.  We also did some research into adding a refrigerated display case and truffles for individual sale.

Studio Allegro - Nutcracker Ballet Performance - Madison NJ - December 13, 2009
We sold chocolate ballet pops, roses and toy soldiers after each of the two beautiful performances.  This was a great way for us to get out in front of people to promote our shoppe and to watch our daughter in her second Nutcracker performance.  Thank you to Susan and Leslie for letting us do this.

Chocolate Show - New York 2009 - November 1, 2009
This show was great for Sue and I to attend.  We ended up finding a couple of suppliers for our shop during this Sunday excursion and learned a lot about this business.

A Chocolate Rose Halloween


Our first Halloween as chocolate shoppe owners was a very busy day. We provided the candy for a Drew University Halloween Carnival. The candy was used as a prize for each event that was won. At our shoppe we gave out a lot of candy to the parade marching trick or treaters that passed by our store. This was the first year that they had the magic show on Waverly Place, bringing more children than usual. Our children have walk in and enjoyed this parade for many years. At 5:00 we closed our shoppe to go home, trick or treat with our own children then hand out more candy and chocolate bars. A great time was had by all.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Madison Chatham This Week - Newspaper Article

On October 28, 2009 we had our first newspaper and online article written about our shoppe. It was a couple of days before Halloween and we were the featured business in the Madison Chatham this Week paper that gets distributed free to every home and business in our two towns. It was great publicity for us as everyone who now walks into our shoppe mentions the article. Thank you.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Godiva Chocolate available in Madison NJ


Now Featuring - Godiva Chocolatier

"Godiva Chocolatier was founded 80 years ago in Brussels, Belgium when master chocolatier Joseph Draps founded a chocolate company that was named in honor of the legend of Lady Godiva."

We proudly offer the following assortments from their line of finely crafted Chocolate:

Godiva Assortments:
Classic Belgian Chocolates (1/2lb and 1lb) including pralines, ganaches, fruits, caramels, and solids in milk, dark and white.

Godiva Truffles:
This assortment contains one of each of the following Godiva Truffles: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Hazelnut Praline, Double Chocolate Raspberry, French Vanilla, Roasted Almond, Smooth Coconut and Extra Dark Chocolate.

Godiva Bars:
Godiva Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Bar
Godiva 85% Cacao Santo Domingo Dark Chocolate Bar

Godiva Cherries:
Rich Dark Chocolate Cherries - Real Tart Dried Cherries

Dark Chocolate Cherry Cordials with the Whole Cherry immersed in sweet liquid fondant.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Enjou Chocolat available in Madison NJ


Now Featuring - Enjou Chocolat
Homemade Local Chocolate

Enjou has been making gourmet chocolates for 25 years! They have over 5,000 molds to accommodate any party or event theme. Their chocolates make a lasting and "sweet impression".


We are so excited to offer their delicious chocolate pretzels, custom shaped pops, party favors, gift boxes and baskets:

Connoisseur Collection:
Wrapped in a gold and silver ribbon offered in 1/2lb and 1lb Assortments. Assorted chocolate covered nuts, caramels, jellies, fruits, cremes and truffles.

Gift Boxes and Baskets:
An example of what these would contain is Chocolate Covered Oreo's, Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Nonpareils, 4 Piece Assortment Box and Solid Foiled Stars. Prices range from $29.95 to $59.95.

Chocolate Covered Pretzels and Nonpareils:
Dark, Milk, White and Nonpareils Chocolate Covered Pretzels (Large and Mini).
Dark, Milk, White Nonpareils.

Chocolate Pops:
Available from Ballet Slippers to Footballs.

We have just a small selection of what Enjou offers.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Vermont Nut Free Chocolate - Madison NJ



Now Available - Vermont Nut Free
Tree and Peanut Free Chocolate

"Gourmet chocolates guaranteed safe for those with any nut or peanut allergy."

We are so excited to offer their delicious chocolate milk and dark pretzels, custom shaped holiday and rose pops, sweet and semi-sweet baking chips and skippers. We also get in holiday specific chocolate such as gold coins, large santas and toffee peppermint bark.

We now place an order at least once a week and can add any items you would like to our regular orders.

This amazing company "was founded by the mother of a little boy with a peanut allergy. Their entire selection is completely safe for those with any tree nut or peanut allergy -- and they can also be enjoyed by anyone who loves fine chocolates."

Monday, October 5, 2009

Madison NJ Blankets For Sale

Take a piece of Historic Madison home with you!

We are proud to be the only shop in Madison that offers these warm cozy blankets for sale. We have them in Madison Maroon. Each blanket depicts City Hall - Hartley Dodge Memorial, The Library, The Railroad Station, The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, The Community House, Bottle Hill, Main Street, Waverly Place (where we are located), and our World War I Monument. The size of the blanket is 69" by 52". They are machine washable and able to be machine dried.

They make great house warming or house closing gifts -
$50.00 each.
(Please click on the image to see all the blanket details.)

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Bottle Hill Day 2009 - Madison NJ

When we decided to open our Chocolate Shoppe, the goal was to open the doors a couple of days before the Madison, NJ town festival called Bottle Hill Day. With rain expected for the day, we did not know how the day would turn out. We setup a booth out in front of the shoppe and decided to give out mini chocolate covered pretzels. With all the people stopping by to visit us (the rain held off), we gave out over 400 small pretzels in just under 2 hours. We also had so many visitors that many of our friends could not make it into the shoppe that day as there was a continuous line out the door. When the day was over, we were very happy and tired having completed over 380 register transactions that day. It was a wonderful event for us to announce to Madison, NJ that there was now a chocolate shoppe in the area.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Types of Chocolate Available

We are proud to offer the following varieties of Chocolate -

Nut-Free: Gourmet chocolates, from Vermont Nut Free, that are safe for those with any tree nut or peanut allergy. Not only are the ingredients nut-free, so it the complete manufacturing process.

Sugar-Free: We carry a few lines of sugar-free chocolate from Godiva, Rose City Chocolatier, Asher's, Dove, Hershey's, among others. Some of the chocolate contains Maltitol and/or Lactitol as the sugar substitute. If there is enough demand, we would be happy to add additional brands. Please let us know what you would like us to add. 

Organic:  We offer many brands of Organic Chocolate with one of the more well known being Green & Black.  "Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones."as quoted by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). 

Vegan: Vegan chocolate is made without the use of animal products of any kind, without sacrificing flavor or the commitment to all natural and fresh ingredients. The sugar used in making these fine vegan chocolates is processed from the sugar beet, and no animal products are used in processing or filtering the sugar.  One brand that we offer is Rose City Chocolatier.

Kosher: Chocolate products that conform to Jewish dietary laws.

Madison NJ - Chocolate Links

These Links we feel are worth visiting:

Madison:

www.ilovemadisonnj.org
If you love Madison, NJ; shop Madison.

www.nj.com
The Chocolate Rose Shoppe listing on NJ.com.

gov.rosenet.org
Our Web listing on the Madison Borough website.

www.rosenet.tv
An Internet TV Channel for the Borough of Madison, NJ.

www.TheAlternativePress.com

Your Neighborhood News Online - Our Listing

www.Patch.com
MadisonPatch - Online Community - Our Listing


Chocolate:

www.glutenfreeregistry.com
Our listing - we sell Gluten Free Chocolate

www.craftchocolatemakers.org
Craft Chocolate Makers of America.

www.finechocolateindustry.org
The Fine Chocolate Industry Association.

www.foodallergy.org

FAAN The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

Friday, September 25, 2009

Our Elegant Shoppe Window

Sue created our elegant window using an antique bench, antique chocolate tins, a favorite family teddy bear with a hand knitted sweater and chocolate wrappers showing the chocolate/candy that we sell in our shoppe.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Chocolate Rose Shoppe - Opening Day


After six weeks of research, planning, town approvals, painting, carpentry, lighting design work, deciding on what chocolate to order, sign design, computer setup, inventory and pricing, ..... we took the brown paper off the store front window on September 24th and opened the door to our Chocolate Shoppe. It was an amazingly fun learning experience for all six of us. Within 20 minutes, we had our first customer. Family and friends came by to see us. After all the hard work, we were finally open for business.