Plans call for factory tours, “make your chocolate bar” option.
July 24, 2013
No better way to celebrate 50 years of doing business than to close the deal on a new 12,500-sq.-ft. building, which will house a retail shop and manufacturing facility. The Waterbury, Conn.-based, family-owned business, which was started by John and Helen Fascia, both of who remain involved in the business, finalized the purchase of a new building on July 12
Made by hand with the finest all natural ingredients, Cubze truffles are available in a variety of flavors including chocolate, chocolate raspberry, chocolate cappuccino, chocolate mint, chocolate walnut, cookies & cream, cranberry walnut, and peanut butter, coated in either milk or dark chocolate.
While it may be easy to understand why ancient cultures thought chocolate could provide an energy boost, and cocoa butter was used to treat skin disease, a new book also reveals that chocolate has been used as a remedy for tuberculosis and even snake bites.
It was about 3,500 years ago, in 1500 B.C. somewhere in South Central Mexico that a culinary genius amongst the Olmecs first realized that cocoa should be used for food.
“The husband and wives are going to do a $40 box of chocolates and flowers,” explains Rob Auerbach . “We’re going more for the impulse purchase. The ‘I’m going to get my professor in college this, or my neighbor or my friend that. It’s not the heavy-duty romantic.”