MERIDEN — Ukungena kwiVenkile yeTshokholethi yaseThompson, ngoko nangoko ubethwe livumba elibi letshokholethi.

Ivenkile, ifakwe kwicandelo lokuhlala kwisixeko e-80 S. Vine St., yenye yeendawo zokumisa kwi-Ofisi ye-Connecticut ye-Chocolate Trail ye-Tourism kulo nyaka.

I-Connecticut Chocolate Trail yayiyingcamango eyadalwa ngo-2011 njengendlela yokubonisa ii-chocolatiers kulo lonke elaseConnecticut kwaye yenze kube lula ukuba abantu bazifumane, ngokutsho kwe-Ofisi ye-Connecticut yezoKhenketho.

Umzila udwelisa iindawo ze-18, kuquka iThompson Chocolate eMeriden kunye neCioccolata eSweet eWallingford.

I-Thompson Chocolate ithatha inxaxheba kwi-trail ukususela kwi-2014, umphathi wezokuthengisa kunye nokuthengisa uKevin Scarpati uthe.

“Ngokuqinisekileyo siyazifumana iindwendwe ezifikayo ngenxa yomzila,” utshilo uScarpati.“Luvelwano olwandisiweyo kuthi kunye nenkampani ukufikelela kwinani labantu esingenako ukufikelela kulo.

IVenkile yoMzi-mveliso ivuliwe ngoMvulo ukuya ngolwesiHlanu ukusuka ngentsimbi yesi-9 ukuya kweyesi-4 malanga. Iya kuhlala ivuliwe kude kube ngu-6 pm ngoLwesine, nge-13 kaFebruwari, ngobusuku obungaphambi koSuku lweValentine.

Ivenkile ngokuyintloko ithengisa iitshokholethi ezisongelwe ngefoyile, ngokwemilo eyahlukeneyo kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya itshokolethi emhlophe, itshokolethi yobisi kunye netshokholethi emnyama.Iitshokholethi ezimilise okwentliziyo ezingxoweni, kwiifom zelollipop, kunye neengobozi zinokufunyanwa kwimibala emininzi enomxholo woSuku lweValentine ngeli xesha lonyaka.Izimuncumuncu zetshokholethi zoSuku lwaseSt. Patrick kunye nePasika nazo ziyafumaneka ngoku.

Ivenkile ikwaneemveliso ezithengiswayo ezingathengiswanga kwenye indawo —njengeebhari zepecan ezidumileyo kunye nebhani zePasika zetshokolethi ezifolisiweyo.

Ivenkile ayiboneleli ngomzi-mveliso, kodwa unokufumana iziqwenga ezahlukeneyo kwimbali yeshishini elineminyaka eli-140 ubudala kunye nevidiyo ebonisa inkqubo yemveliso.Ngaphantsi kwe-counter-out counter kukho i-antique molds esetyenziswe kwi-1900s kwaye eludongeni kukho isiqwenga seshedi yendawo apho intsapho yaseThompson yayikhe yavelisa itshokolethi.

NgoLwesibini, umhlali waseMeriden ubomi bakhe bonke, uJane Costello, wayethengela amalungu osapho izinto zoSuku lweValentine, kubandakanya nelollipop yetshokolethi yomzukulwana wakhe.

Wayengayazi iTreyili yeChocolate, kodwa wayonwabile itshokolethi asele eyithanda iminyaka ibandakanyiwe kuluhlu.

Ukulandela umkhondo oya eWallingford kuya kukubeka eSweet Cioccolata, 28 N. Colony Road.Ivenkile yetshokholethi yegourmet ibikwindawo enye iminyaka eli-17, kodwa iceba ukususa iingcango ezimbalwa ezantsi nge-Ista kwindawo ebikade ihlala yi-Cindy's Unique Shop.

Ukwandiswa kuya kuthetha kwakhona iimveliso ezintsha, ngokukodwa, i-gluten-free kunye ne-sugar-free treats, eziceliwe.UCeste uthe itshokolethi sele ingenayo i-gluten, kwaye itshokholethi emnyama ayinabisi, nayo.

Izinto ezifumanekayo evenkileni ziquka itshokolethi- kunye/okanye iicookie ezigqunywe ngecaramel, iipopcorn, iipretzels, iiapile, iigraham crackers, kunye neepleyiti ezine-assortment of treats.UCeste uthe ixolo letshokholethi lithandwa ngumthengi kwaye liza nezinto zokuthambisa ezinje ngeealmondi ezigcadiweyo, iicashews, iicranberries, ii-non-pariels, ikhokhonathi kunye nezinye iziqhamo ezomisiweyo.

NgoSuku lweValentine, ivenkile iya kuba namawakawaka amaqunube agqunywe ngetshokholeyithi esandul' ukuntywiliselwa ngoLwesine nangoLwesihlanu, ngoFebruwari 13 no-14, kuquka ezimhlophe, ubisi kunye neetshokholethi ezimnyama.

I-Cioccolata eSweet ivulwa ngoLwesibini ukuya ngolwesiHlanu ukusuka ngentsimbi ye-10 kusasa ukuya ku-5:30 emva kwemini nangoMgqibelo ukusuka ngo-10 ukuya ku-3 emva kwemini.

Ezinye iindawo zokumisa kulo mzila ziquka iiChocolates zeFascia eWaterbury, iiChocolates zikaMunson eBolton, kunye noBuchule obuNgcwele eManchester.

Ngokungafaniyo neprogram ye-CT Wine Trail Passport, umzila wetshokolethi awubandakanyi amabhaso okanye izitampu zokutyelela.Amashishini angacela ukuba zongezwe umzila ngokuqhagamshelana Connecticut Office of Tourism.
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