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Posted By RCI,
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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 Bill and Lisa Campbell welcome us to Green Mountain Chocolate in Hopedale, MA.
The pallet receiving area is a great area to inspect containers before they are ever brought into the facility.
Lunch at the Chateau Italian Restaurant on Lake Winnecunitt
Striping black raspberry truffles.
Tasting truffles in the retail area.
Thank you Campbell family and staff for hosting us and giving each of us 32 truffles!
Inspecting procedures are very important in any facility and they have thorough practices at Green Mountain.
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Posted By RCI,
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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 Day 3: The last day of tours on the RCI New England Chocolate Tours
Chocolate Pops!
Starting the tour day at Hillards House of Candy in Easton, MA.
Ice cream at 11am is divine! Taste testing all day is such hard work!
The packing wheel slowly rotates so the assorted boxes can by hand-packed by Cheryl
Hillards House of Candy
Attendees having a great time
 Charlie, the owner, giving the Behind-the-Scenes tour
Kahlua Truffles
Learning to make peppermint cremes. After they set, they will be enrobed in chocolate.
Making nut clusters with a fork.
Hillards historic signature flagship store.
Hang bagging non pareils
The store interior speaks of Judy's style.
Ice Cream display
Hillards dipping machine keeps the chocolate tempered and ready to use for dipping.
Making chocolate covered cherries - my favorite fruit serving!
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Posted By RCI,
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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 Dinner out at the finest Italian restaurant in Worcester, MA.  We learned to fill email lists with customers, vendors, corporate clients, etc. with top of mind marketing techniques.
Learning from valuable educational sessions about company marketing on the web with Terrapin Art & Design.
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Posted By RCI,
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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 Lunch at the historic Mystic Inn, where Laure Bacall and Humphrey Bogart honeymooned, was delicious.  Fran Cox, Jr. leads the tour into Munsons
 Mini Munsonettes!
Munsons uses frozen bananas to make chocolate covered fruit.
 They can fill 1,200, one pound boxes a day of product.
Some signature confections at Munsons
Signature Confections
 Signature Confections
Taking a break in the sun
Thank you to Bob, Karen, and Jim Munson and their staff for a great tour!
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Posted By RCI,
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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 Thank you to the Hauser family.  This double twist machine converts to bar wrapping, too.
Adding texture to truffles.
 Truffle making machine fills ganache center and shell at the same time.
 Hauser is the only truffle shell manufacturer left in the U.S. They make a 26 or 35 mm shells for large customers.
 Blueberry port truffles by Hauser Chocolates
 Chocolate lace great for topping desserts - made with crisp caramel in lace pattern covered in chocolate.
Hauser Chocolates tour
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Posted By RCI,
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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 Thank you to the Sweenor's for the tour!  Hard candy batch machine used mostly on dry winter days.
 Sweenor's behind the scenes.
 Taking a break to smile at Sweenor's.
Sweenor's tour- the first of the day!
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Posted By RCI,
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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 The Tour Notebook gives a nice summary of each store including photos for each attendee. 
Day 1 Tour Map
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Posted By RCI,
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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The Tell-N-Sell Reception was a hit, and associate members had the opportunity to highlight their new products to chocolate makers. Laura, from Guittard Chocolate, and Elizabeth, Chocolate Fetish, talked about different chocolate while others sampled the latest flavors in panned goods from Dorothy's Cox's Chocolates. Kristene, Marc, and Pat reconnected while friends met up for dinner. After dinner, some attendees filled the hotel restaurant to watch Candy House Gourmet Chocolates, located in Joplin, MO, be featured on the Kendra Wilkinson show, Kendra, shown on the E! channel.
 Kendra Wilkinson learns to dip chocolate at Candy House, Joplin, MO.  Headed out to dinner for the night.
 Dorothy Cox's Chocolates show off their panned chocolates in a variety of colors.
 Old friends are reconnecting.
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Posted By RCI,
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Taking in the fare of New England's ocean waters at Legal Seafood
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
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