Where to Find Colorado’s Best Chocolate
Our guide to the very best locally made bars, bonbons, and more to buy for your sweetie (or yourself).Callie Sumlin, Denise Mickelsen, Patricia Kaowthumrong •
February 5, 2021
Editor’s note: This story was updated in early February 2021 to reflect business closures, changes, and new brands.
Chocolates are a foolproof Valentine’s Day gift, pleasing tastes both sophisticated and simple. But there’s a catch: It needs to be
good chocolate. In an age where bean-to-bar, ethically sourced, single-origin artisan chocolates reign supreme, those heart-shaped boxes of sugary truffles from the grocery store just won’t cut it. Here’s a handy guide to navigating just about all of the delicious, locally made chocolates on the market from sustainable bars to hand-painted truffles so you can score some real, er, brownie points.
Holidays are a time for comfort and nostalgia and maybe a little tipsiness. Eggnog fits all of those, from Thanksgiving through New Year s Day. Dry Land Distillers co-founder Nels Wroe loves the classic winter tradition, which is why the Longmont distillery is hosting its third annual Nog Off beginning Tuesday, November 25. We found out that all of the founders were competitive about their eggnog, and we all felt our eggnog recipes were better than the other, says Wroe, who started making rum at the distillery just to add to the eggnog. It s kind of ridiculous how we created rum, but that s why.