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Name: Erika Jensen
Location: Algona, Iowa, United States

I’m a lover of anything sweet. Growing up in small town Algona, IA, it was hard to find a specialty shop that would tame my soulful desire for chocolate. Thinking back to my hometown, I knew people, no matter their location, craved a sweet alternative to grocery store chocolate and baked goods. My friends and family knew me as a natural baker with a passion for food, so they encouraged me to pursue my dream in the culinary arts. After refining my skills, I opened a business whose goal is to touch people’s lives and make them feel loved and appreciated—all through the products we offer. Hence, The Chocolate Season was born, a place I hope you come to know and love for our friendly service and decadent creations. And now just recently, we expanded after 3 yrs of business and have moved, again, back to Algona IA! We opened algona's first retail confiserie and dessert cafe and the response has been fantastic! But never fear, our on-line store is still up and we continue to make fresh-to-order sweets and baked goods and ship anywhere in the world.

Monday, October 8, 2007

What a Fun Request!

Last week I had tons of fun in the kitchen...especially with a certain order from my friend Kim! (this friend, actually, is semi-responsible for helping my husband and I meet..if she hadn't told him to leave his office and meet me out front...well...who knows what would have happened!)

So Kim and her beautiful girls must have been in the mood for some Halloween chow because that was the theme of their order. They were able to sample the cookies n' creme apple and ghoulish apple, which entitled them to free caramel corn. Since they got caramel corn, Kim ordered rocky road popcorn for her friend and some decorated sugar cookies and truffles for her friends and family (both of which, of course, were decorated to be like Halloween characters)

Making truffles look like a pumpkin, mummy and Frankenstein proved to be a fun, yet challenging request...but I was excited for this opportunity to deviate from the norm!

I hope you enjoy these pictures of my final creations for this wonderful family and a big thank you to Kim, Rick, Bailey, Riley and Samantha for allowing me to be artfully stimulated with these fun, fun projects! You guys are the best! xoxoxo

4 Comments:

Anonymous Kim said...

These treats were the BOMB!! We used the cookies and truffles at a church dineer Sunday, everyone was so pleased. I do not know if we could pick a favorite, but I would have to tell you if you have not yet tried Erica's apples you HAVE TO!
I promise we will be return customers.

October 9, 2007 5:45 AM  
Blogger sarah mae said...

those look so yummy! i am really wanting to try your ghoulish apple, too! i might have to. ;)

October 12, 2007 9:27 AM  
Blogger Claire Kennedy said...

Please send them my way. You have some talent. I love to cook , but im no chef.Very nice blog...

God Bless,
Claire Kennedy

October 12, 2007 3:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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April 7, 2010 8:19 PM  

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