CRAVE Minneapolis/St. Paul Guidebook GIVEAWAY

In honor of our feature in the CRAVE Minneapolis/St. Paul Guidebook, one lucky Cocoa & Fig fan will win a copy of the CRAVE book and a four-pack of Cocoa & Fig Chocolate Bouchons!  You'll be prepared for an awesome 2012 with this guide to exceptional, women-owned businesses in the Twin Cities (and have some sweet treats to eat as you browse!)

To enter, leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite dessert is along with a link to your blog profile or website with your email contact info listed.  Contest ends at midnight on Monday, January 2nd and winner will be randomly chosen, announced and contacted on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Good Luck!

Cocoa & Fig Featured in the CRAVE Minneapolis Guidebook

For the second year in a row, Laurie has been featured in the ultimate guidebook to women-owned businesses in the Twin Cities, CRAVE.  Her two-page spread includes photos of C&F desserts, a snippet about Cocoa & Fig, and her thoughts on running a business.  Check out more of the fabulous and local, women-owned businesses in the CRAVE guidebook by picking up a copy at the C&F Gaviidae retail shop.

Holiday Dessert Table

Stately, elegant, and festive - the perfect description for the miniature dessert table we did for a holiday wedding reception held at Calhoun Beach Club.  Coordinated by Dawn Ewest of Dawn Michelle Designs, the space was decorated with Christmas trees, garland, candles, floral arrangements, and more which made for a stunning setting. Shelly Mosman Photography captured all of the details of the spread in the photos below.

Cocoa & Fig miniature desserts included Vanilla Salted Caramel and Toasted Coconut Mini Cupcakes, Key Lime and Banana Pudding Dessert Shooters, Lemon Meringue Tartlets, Vanilla French Macarons, Chocolate Cake Lollipops, White Chocolate Covered Pretzels, and Tuxedo Dipped Strawberries.  Enjoy!

Credits:

Photography:  Shelly Mosman Photography

Event Planner: Dawn Michelle Designs, LLC

Desserts: Cocoa & Fig

Cocoa & Fig in Southwest Newspapers

 
We're honored to be featured in Southwest Newspapers today!  Reporter Leah Shaffer visited the Cocoa & Fig Shakopee production kitchen to interview Laurie and Joe, and check out all of the new holiday items baking in the kitchen.  The article titled Cocoa & Fig offers seasonal goodies, with a twist was printed in the Let's Go section of all Southwest Newspapers including the Eden Prairie News, Savage Pacer, Chaska Herald, and more.  Here's a short excerpt:

If you’re the type who’s ever yawned at the usual offering of sugar cookies and gingerbread, Cocoa & Fig’s holiday treats might be the menu to check out.

The bakery specializes in “just making things a little bit more gourmet than maybe grandma made them but still have some flavors that are reminiscent of what you had when you were a kid,” Pyle said.

For example, salted caramel is the popular treat this season.

“We are doing our salted caramel nut tarts which is sort of a kicked up version of a pecan pie,” Pyle said. Cocoa & Fig’s head pastry chef is allergic to pecans. “So maybe selfishly, I wanted something that didn’t have pecans,” she added.

Another classic with a twist: chewy, chocolate ginger cookies.

Cocoa & Fig’s recipe adds Valrhona cocoa powder and 70 percent chocolate chunks with crystallized ginger. Definitely not your grandma’s gingerbread man.

Read more online at Let's Go - Cocoa & Fig offers seasonal goodies, with a twist

Photos by Leah Shaffer of Southwest Newspapers

Cocoa & Fig Combination Gift Boxes

Give the gift of sweets this season by selecting a Cocoa & Fig Gift Box for the food fan on your list. We have an assortment of delightful packages to choose from including the following combination boxes:

Chocolate Lovers Gift Box

2 Chocolate Cake Lollipops, 2 Valrhona Chocolate Chunk Cookies, 4 Valrhona Chocolate Bouchons, and a 4 oz. package of Sweet Goddess Butter Almond Toffee

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Exclusively Cocoa & Fig Gift Box

2 Cake Lollipops, 2 Valrhona Chocolate Chunk Cookies, 4 Valrhona Chocolate Bouchons, a 5 oz. package of Granola, and a 5 oz. package of Caramelized Cayenne Peanuts.

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Simply Sweet Gift Box

4 oz. package of Sweet Goddess Salted Caramels, a 5 oz. package of Thomasina Cashew Brittle, and a 5 oz. package of Caramelized Cayenne Peanuts

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Taste of the Holiday Gift Box

2 Cake Lollipops, 2 Valrhona Chocolate Chunk Cookies, 4 Valrhona Chocolate Bouchons, a 5 oz. package of Granola, and a 5 oz. package of Caramelized Cayenne Peanuts

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View our entire Gift Box Menu online.
Order by email at info@cocoaandfig.com or by phone at 952.540.4300.

72 hours notice is requested.

We look forward to sweetening your holidays!

Gorgeous Dessert Table for Rachel and Justin's Wedding

Rachel and Justin had an elegantly gorgeous wedding with reception to follow at Oak Ridge Country Club.  The amazingly talented team over at Amy Zaroff Event + Design worked wonders with the white, slate gray and pale purple color scheme - the wedding just radiated with French elegance.  And the luscious florals by Sadie's Couture Floral are breathtaking.  I especially love the giant baby's breath arrangements.

We designed a Custom Miniature Dessert Table for the reception and flavors included: Vanilla Cake Lollipops and Chocolate Cake Lollipops, Mini Crème Brulee with Caramelized Sugar, Mini Streusel Topped Fruit Pies, Lavender and Salted Caramel  French Macarons, Valrhona Chocolate Bouchons, Black Velvet Mini Cupcakes with Lavender Cream Cheese Icing & Mini Eclairs!

These awesome photos were taken taken by Erin Johnson Photography.  Be sure to check out the video at the bottom of the post by Capture Studios.

 

 Justin + Rachel // The Home You Were Meant to Have from capture studios on Vimeo.

Credits:

Photographer: Erin Johnson Photography 

Event Planner: Amy Zaroff Events + Design

Invitations: Amy Zaroff Events + Design 
Floral Arrangements: Sadie’s Couture Floral and Event Styling  

Videographer: Capture Studios
Dress & Hair Piece: Monique Lhuillier

Hair Stylist: Sara Grimaldi at Sa Bel Salonspa

Makeup Artist: Andrew Holton
Venue: Oak Ridge Country Club

Desserts: Cocoa & Fig

Custom Film Reel Cake

Cocoa & Fig was asked to design a custom cake that looked like a classic film reel - we think it turned out pretty awesome!  The "film" was done in black fondant with white square pieces, and the "reel" was done in red fondant.  It was finished off with an inscription on top that mimicked the old, glitzy signs with movie titles or stars' names in lights. So classic and fun!