MERIDEN — Ke hele nei i loko o ka hale kūʻai hale kūʻai o Thompson Chocolate, ua paʻi koke ʻoe i ka ʻala nui o ke kokoleka.

ʻO ka hale kūʻai, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi ʻāpana noho o ke kūlanakauhale ma 80 S. Vine St., ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi e kū ai ma ke keʻena ʻo Connecticut Office of Tourism's Chocolate Trail i kēia makahiki.

ʻO ka Connecticut Chocolate Trail he manaʻo i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 2011 ma ke ʻano he ala e hōʻike ai i nā koleka ma Connecticut a e maʻalahi i ka poʻe e ʻike iā lākou, e like me ka Connecticut Office of Tourism.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke alahele he 18 mau wahi, me Thompson Chocolate ma Meriden a me Sweet Cioccolata ma Wallingford.

Ua komo ʻo Thompson Chocolate i ke alahele mai ka makahiki 2014, wahi a Kevin Scarpati ka luna kūʻai a me ke kālepa.

"Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau malihini e hele mai ma muli o ke ala," wahi a Scarpati."Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻike no mākou a me ka hui e hiki i kahi demographic a mākou e hiki ʻole ai."

Wehe ka hale kūʻai hale kūʻai i ka Pōʻakahi a hiki i ka Pōʻalima mai ka hola 9 am a i ka hola 4 pm E wehe ʻia a hiki i ka hola 6 pm ma ka Pōʻalima, Feb.

Kūʻai nui ka hale kūʻai i nā kokoleka i ʻōwili ʻia i ka foil, ma nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano like ʻole, me ke kokoleka keʻokeʻo, ka waiu kokoleka, a me ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele.Hiki ke loaʻa nā kokoleka koʻikoʻi puʻuwai i loko o nā ʻeke, i loko o nā ʻano lollipop, a me nā hīnaʻi ma ka nui o nā kala i manaʻo ʻia i ka lā Valentine i kēia manawa o ka makahiki.Loaʻa nā meaʻai kokoleka no St. Patrick's Day a me ka Easter i kēia manawa.

Loaʻa i ka hale kūʻai nā huahana no ke kūʻai aku ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe — e like me nā pahu pecan kaulana a me nā bunnies Easter Easter.

ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka hale kūʻai i nā huakaʻi o ka hale hana, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana like ʻole mai ka mōʻaukala 140 makahiki o ka ʻoihana i hōʻike ʻia a me kahi wikiō e hōʻike ana i ke kaʻina hana.Ma lalo o ka papa helu hoʻopaʻa ʻana he mau ʻāpana kahiko i hoʻohana ʻia i ka makahiki 1900 a ma ka paia kahi ʻāpana o kahi hale kūʻai kahi i hana ai ka ʻohana Thompson i ka baleka.

Ma ka Poalua, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Jane Costello e noho ola ana ma Meriden i nā meaʻai no ka lā Valentine no nā ʻohana, me kahi lollipop kokoleka no kāna moʻopuna.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka Chocolate Trail, akā ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ke kokoleka āna i aloha ai no nā makahiki i komo ʻia ma ka papa inoa.

Ma hope o ke ala i Wallingford e pae iā ʻoe ma Sweet Cioccolata, 28 N. Colony Road.Aia ka hale kūʻai kokoleka maikaʻi ma kahi hoʻokahi no 17 mau makahiki, akā ke manaʻo nei e hoʻoneʻe i kekahi mau puka ma lalo o ka Easter i kahi wahi i noho mua ʻia e Cindy's Unique Shop.

ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi nā huahana hou, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā meaʻai hou gluten-free a me ke kō, i noi ʻia.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ceste, ʻaʻole i pau ka gluten i ke kokoleka, a ʻo ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele ʻaʻole waiu.

ʻO nā mea i loaʻa i loko o ka hale kūʻai, ʻo ia nā kuki i uhi ʻia i ke kokoleka a/a i ʻole ka caramel, popcorn, pretzels, apple, graham crackers, a me nā pā me nā ʻano meaʻai.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ceste he mea punahele ka ʻili kokoleka a hele mai me nā mea hoʻopiha e like me nā ʻalemona kālua, cashews, cranberries, non-pariels, niu a me nā hua maloʻo ʻē aʻe.

No ka lā Valentine, e loaʻa pū ana ka hale kūʻai i mau kaukani hou i uhi ʻia i ke kokoleka i uhi ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima a me ka Pōʻalima, Feb.

Wehe ʻia ʻo Sweet Cioccolata i ka Pōʻalua a hiki i ka Pōʻalima mai ka hola 10 am a 5:30 pm a me ka Pōʻaono mai 10 am a 3 pm

ʻO nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ke alahele, ʻo Fascia's Chocolates ma Waterbury, Munson's Chocolates ma Bolton, a me Divine Treasures ma Manchester.

ʻAʻole like me ka papahana ʻo CT Wine Trail Passport, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ke ala kokoleka nā makana a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona no ke kipa ʻana.Hiki i nā ʻoihana ke noi e hoʻohui ʻia i ke ala ma ke kelepona ʻana i ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻo Connecticut.
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