One of the perks of living in a small town is access to factory seconds. In Vermont, we lived near the Ben and Jerry’s factory and a sock mill. The socks were handy, but ice cream seconds were often disappointing: chocolate almond ice cream where they forgot the almonds… what’s the point? Nearly a decade ago, we moved to the home of the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I think every woman in La Plata County would agree that the Chocolate Factory’s semi-annual sale of chocolates with a bloom of cocoa butter on the surface–the so-called Bloomers Sale–is a great local event.
It’s sort of a public service, and takes place at the County Fairgrounds. Small children can afford to buy substantial amounts of chocolate.
As for the adults, well, these days chocolate is practically health food.
Local wisdom is that if you have a deep freeze in the cellar, there’s no such thing as buying too many truffles. I bought 20 lbs. I do love that big deep freeze.
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