zChocolat.com Offers Elegant, Personalized Chocolate Gifts for Valentine's Day 2011.(Company overview)

(PRWEB) January 14, 2011

Aix-en-Provence, France zChocolat.com, founded to deliver the finest handmade French chocolates worldwide, is offering a selection of its exclusive chocolates a the Romantic Collection a in elegant packaging options perfect for Valentine's Day. Nestled within the embrace of heart-themed boxes, chocolates handmade by world-champion chocolatier Pascal Caffet comprise this year's Romantic Collection.

At the core of the Romantic Collection are delectable heart-shaped chocolates in four richly seductive colors and flavors: milk chocolate Supreme with hazelnut praline, dark chocolate Mystique with vanilla bourbon caramel, white chocolate Toquade with chocolate ganache, and red Amore ganache scented with bergamot. All are created exclusively for zChocolat by Caffet.

The chocolates are offered in varying quantities and packaging options that include a Valentine-themed ballotin and handmade mahogany boxes that are lovingly hand-carved to feature a heart-shaped cutout.

Available for the first time this Valentine's Day, the Romantic zBasket 4 encases these heart-shaped chocolates alongside decadent French hazelnut praline truffles, chocamandines (chocolate-covered almonds) and zChocolat's signature numbered chocolates a all wrapped in red and white satin bags that rest not in an ordinary basket, but in a handmade, polished mahogany box.

Looking for more Valentine's Day gift ideas? Browse through the pages of other exquisite handcrafted gifts at zChocolat.com. The exclusive, artisanal chocolates are offered in a range of assortments and in a variety of stylish boxes, all handmade in France. The French know the art of love of love and seduction. And they know chocolate.

To personalize your gift for any recipient, whether a love interest, cherished family member or beloved friend, zChocolat.com offers a range of customization options. Gifts can include a personal message engraved on a brass plate displayed on the box, a message and photo included on the complimentary gift card, as well as sophisticated wrapping options or a teddy bear, heart-shaped lavender sachet, or heart-shaped lock with secret 4-digit code to commemorate a special date.

Caffet explains the unrestrained creative process that underlies development of all new zChocolat collections. "I have always loved working with chocolate, which is demanding and tough to break, yet wonderfully warm and flavorful. Chocolate gives me the freedom to create, to search for new flavor combinations (without blending more than two to preserve purity)." This artistic passion, a culinary purity and years of experience all combine to create a repertoire of edible masterpieces based on a 400-year-tradition of French chocolate recipes. All zChocolat.com creations are made of the finest cocoa, 100% pure cocoa butter and freshest local ingredients and are low in sugar, with no preservatives, coloring or alcohol. The result is a selection of the best chocolates with more intense flavors and a longer finish than other varieties.

The combination of stylish presentation and uniquely delicious chocolates embodies genuinely French flair, making the Romantic Collection one-of-a-kind, memorable Valentine gifts.

About zChocolat.com:

zChocolat.com was founded in 1999 when Jean-Philippe Khodara and his wife Valerie realized that the Internet provided the perfect opportunity to share their love of supreme quality, handmade French chocolates with the world. When setting out to create this access, they also strove to further distinguish themselves with responsive and personal customer service as well as unique packaging and gift customization. zChocolat.com chocolate and confections, as well as their signature mahogany boxes, are all 100% handmade in France. zChocolat.com is committed to elevating the art of chocolate gift giving to a new level of personal expression a one of imagination, intelligence, and elegance a and one that assures the giver will make a grand and lasting impression. A rigorous and passionate pursuit of this vision has been recognized and acknowledged in various media outlets aincluding multiple selections as a Forbes Favorite on Forbes.com a since March 2005. zChocolat.com is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France with a dedicated logistics center in Forcalquier; its U.S. office is based in Ojai, CA.

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