Valentine's Day
John&Kira's chocolates in a circle, with Marcie Blaine Artisanal Chocolate in the center
We believe chocolate is love in edible form! Looking for a way to celebrate love with chocolate? See below for our 5 ideas plus 1 bonus option, and book with us at info@philadelphiachocolatetours.com, 215-833-0044, or www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com/buy.
And, enter to win our Facebook hotel stay giveaway!
Chocolate ganache-filled strawberries, using ganache by Lancaster Hummus, at last year's Chocolate & Champagne Tour
1. Take our special Chocolate & Champagne Tour
In addition to our chocolate tours 52 weeks a year, we also offer a special once-a-year-only tour: our Chocolate & Champagne Tour, the Friday before Valentine's Day. This year it will be on Friday, February 8, at 5:00 pm, starting at 12th and Filbert outside of Reading Terminal Market. Guests will sample chocolate treats with Champagne themes, as well as glasses of Champagne, and will meet special Visiting Chocolatiers, and will learn the history and fun facts about both chocolate and Champagne. $50 per person. Purchase tickets at www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com/buy.
Teuscher Chocolates
2. Take a tour on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is Thursday, February 14, 2013, and we'll offer a chocolate tour that day at 12:45 pm which will run until 2:30 pm! Chocolate is romantic any day of the year, and on Valentine's Day in addition to sampling extra special treats for the season, you'll learn facts about why people have linked chocolate and romance throughout history and which famous royals believed in chocolate's aphrodisiac powers! $40 per person for the Philadelphia Chocolate Tour (www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com/tours-and-schedules/).
3. Give Philadelphia Chocolate Tours gift certificates
Our gift certificates can be sent to you or directly to your gift recipient, in hard copy, or by email, and they never expire. www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com/gift-certificates/. $40 per person.
She said yes!
4. Propose marriage on a Philadelphia Chocolate Tour
We customize the tour for the couple, and this could range from having us pick up the ring in advance and tuck it under a specially marked truffle on a silver tray, to having a flash mob appear and sing the couple's favorite song before he pops the question! Once the couple is engaged we can take care of the bachelorette party with a chocolate tour! Engagement tours are $40 per person for a public tour, or $120 per couple for a private tour, plus any extras that are selected, such as singers or flowers. And, the couple can take a free tour with us every year to celebrate their anniversary!
Adornia Fine Jewelry
5. Chocolate and jewelry
Take a Philadelphia Chocolate Tour during Valentine's Day week and receive a $50 gift card from Adornia Fine Jewelry. Public tours are $40 per person, and the schedule is at www.philadelphiachocolatetours.com/tours-and-schedules. Private tours are $120 per couple.
Capogiro Gelato Artisans
Bonus idea:
Did you know that Philadelphia Chocolate Tours founder Valerie Beck wrote a book about love? It's true, and it works! It's called *Romance Around the Corner: 8 Steps Toward Attracting the Man of Your Dreams and Having Fun in the Process*, and it's available on Amazon. Click for a peek or to order!
Here's to love and chocolate!