Chocolate Review

Every now and then I like to highlight some of the chocolates that we make here at the inn under our Life By Chocolate banner.

Ok, I also just like to look at picture of chocolate and this gives me an excuse. Sometimes I have to taste them too just to make sure I'm describing them right!

We make a unique bunch of chocolate bars. They are all made with 72% organic dark chocolate and have little pockets of flavor. Some of the most popular ones are the Bee's Knees with honey and bee pollen and Wild Rabbitwith chili pepper! The wrapper design features images from some of my art quilts, which you may see hanging on the walls around the inn.



Halloween is practically around the corner, but we actually have our chocolate cats available all year around just because who can resist a chocolate cat! We make them in dark or milk chocolate.



Our crunchy butter toffee is also a popular holiday treat that we have available all year. The chocolate is organic and so are the almonds.



We have a large selection of chocolate bark in dark, milk, vegan, or white chocolate with all sorts of yummy things in them, such as almonds, dried cherries, pistachios, coffee beans and sea salt, and cranberries.




Our shop is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but you can also shop our web store at Life By Chocolates.com

Winter Ice Sculpture

I always love to see what the weather will do with the little creek that runs through our property. It comes up with the most amazing ice sculptures!

This is the latest creation. It was the result of temperatures that went from 50 degrees and raining to -8 degrees over night. The rushing water was frozen at ever increasing heights to form this magnificent icy waterfall. The photos just don't do it justice.



Another section of the creek had thick sheets of ice, that eventually cracked in the middle as the water levels fell below the ice.



Right now the creek is back to just swiftly flowing water, so the stage is clear and waiting for the next creation!

In the meantime, we are staying warm inside enjoying the heady scent of dark chocolate as we begin making Valentines chocolates!



Our wholesale customers are placing their orders already and our shop will soon switch from Christmas to Valentines.

However, now's your chance to take advantage of our 35% off sale on the Christmas chocolates. Solid chocolate Santa Faces and Figures in organic dark, milk, or vegan chocolate.

Gift Shop Update

Are you getting in the holiday shopping spirit yet? I tend to be one of those last minute shoppers who use that last-minute-panic feeling to get in the mood! However, I hate shopping in crowds, so I avoid the malls like the plague. Besides I like to support local shops - like ours at the inn!

Besides the yummy Life By Chocolate goodies, we also have gift items like hand-knit scarves (knit entirely by a local woman - me!) and unique quilted neckties.

We also carry supplies for artists and quilt artists, such as specialty (Aurifil & Superior Glitter) threads, paints, and inks. Our annual year-end sale on these supplies is going on until the end of December - all supplies 35% off!

All of our art quilting related books are 50% off. These make great gifts for the creative people on your list!

And don't forget the tremendously adorable Wee Forest Folk collectables!

Chocolate Season

The chocolate season is another name for winter/spring around the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn. It's when our in-house chocolate company, Life By Chocolates, is in full swing producing chocolates for all of the holidays that fall between October and April.

This is the time when the scent of chocolate really fills the main inn!

Even if you can't make it to the inn at the moment, but are craving some wonderful organic chocolates, you can always purchase the chocolates on the Life By Chocolates website.

We are in the process of updating all of the photographs of the chocolates on our website - putting up bigger pictures of all of the individual chocolates. Here are a couple sample pictures to tempt your sweet tooth!

These are Lemon Logs - a white chocolate ganache center flavored with lemon juice and lemon zest and covered with an organic 73% dark chocolate. Then sprinkled with naturally colored sugar crystals.

Then there is one of my favorites, the Lavender Ganache! This is a heavenly rich ganache (soft chocolate - like a truffle filling) flavored with a hint organic lavender and covered with an organic 73% dark chocolate.

We always put 2 sample chocolates in your room for your arrival. So if you have some favorites or a particular chocolate you'd like to try, let us know when you make your reservation and we'll be sure to put a sample of that in your room!