Loving Vegan Toffee
We just made another fresh batch of chocolate covered vegan toffee this morning, and let me tell you, it is beautiful! 
Crispy, sweet and crunchy, with that lavish chocolate layer to finish it off; this really is one of my favorite confections of all time. It’s also one of our most popular, flying out the door almost as fast as we can make it.
Can you tell I’m really loving our vegan toffee right now? Just wanted to share that love with all of you!
In the Works: Gluten-Free and Sugar-Free Baked Goods
One of our goals here at Allison’s Gourmet is to offer the very best, most delicious, premium sweets available. We strive to create elegant, delicious vegan desserts that everyone can enjoy. In that direction we’ve been doing all kinds of baking tests lately working on making gluten- and sugar-free versions of our organic brownies and cookies that are just as good as our originals. Today we tested a gluten-free version of our classic chocolate chip cookies with organic coconut sugar and they turned out really good! We’re still perfecting the gluten- and sugar-free organic brownies, but are confident that we’ll get there!!
We want to know: is gluten-free important to you? How about sugar-free?
Personalized Gourmet Vegan Wedding and Party Favors
An order of our vegan wedding favors this morning reminded me that wedding season is only a few months away and no doubt brides-to-be are already planning.
If you’re planning a vegan wedding or want elegant, gourmet wedding favors for your big day we have a gorgeous selection of truffles and caramels for you to choose from in either 2-piece or 4-piece boxes. Our vegan wedding favors could also be party favors or small gifts for many kinds of occasions. We even supply these as hospitality gifts to our favorite upscale B&B. You may select one of several beautiful box colors and we even print a personalized message on the boxes for you. Let us help you make your day especially delicious.
Our New Look
If you’ve received orders from us recently, you may have noticed that our look is changing. The new website was the first step, and now we’re upgrading our packaging as well. We’re already 
phasing in our luscious new lavender embossed purple chocolate boxes, and soon we’ll be introducing gorgeous new gift boxes, post cards and gift cards, too. A few other things have also changed. Our hot cocoa is now called drinking chocolate, many of our gift baskets, gift sets and samplers have new looks as well as new names, and coming soon, all of our products will have lovely new labels. So, keep an eye out for your next order, our new look is coming to life, one piece at a time.
Monthly Club Orders Are on Their Way!
We’ve been busy at Allison’s Gourmet vegan bakery this week. As well as doing several gluten free cookie and brownie tests, 
we also shipped all the monthly club orders on Monday. Our monthly clubs offer a scrumptious variety of baked goods delivered fresh from our vegan bakery to your doorstep every month. So, if you belong to one of our clubs, your order will be arriving soon! This month’s club flavors include amazing Butterscotch Pecan Cookies, heavenly Original Brownies, and awesome Vanilla Chai Fudge. These flavors will also be available individually on our website while supplies last. Enjoy!
Update from Allison’s Test Kitchen
In the Allison’s Gourmet Test Kitchen today we had fun testing a gluten free version of our vegan brownies. 
The best part about doing recipe tests is that we get to eat whatever we make and then figure out how it could be better. We’re always trying to improve our products. The brownies today didn’t turn out quite perfectly, but pretty close; we’ll keep trying. Stay tuned… if we’re able to get these tests to come out right we might be offering really awesome gluten free vegan brownies on our website at some point in the future! Let us know here, on our blog, if gluten free baked goods are something that would interest you.
The Flavors of Summer
It feels like spring here in Northern California, which makes me start looking forward to long days of summer fun in the sun. For all you cookie monsters out there, here’s a little sneak preview of some of our 
gourmet cookie flavors coming up in the summer months.
May kicks off the summer season with Coconut Key Lime cookies. There’s nothing like mild coconut and tangy lime to whisk you away to an imaginary tropical paradise. June’s gourmet cookies will be Mint Chocolate Chip, a perfectly sweet refreshing flavor for the hot days of summer. July goes classic with chewy peanut butter cookies just like the ones mother used to make. Here’s to planning ahead… we have your summer sweet tooth all taken care of.
Back by Popular Demand: Cherry Truffle Hearts
They were such a hit over Valentine’s Day that we’ve decided to bring back our Cherry Truffle Hearts for Springtime. 
Now through Mother’s Day every 16- and 24-piece Chocolate Assortment and 16-piece Truffle box will include four heavenly Cherry Truffle Hearts wrapped in red foil. As well as being decadently delicious, these fancy truffles add a special touch of love to our vegan chocolate boxes.
Also, keep an eye out for our gorgeous new packaging including beautiful purple chocolate boxes coming soon…
Vegan Easter Chocolates Available Now
Sweet and delicious vegan Easter chocolates are available now for Easter delivery! Choose our adorable solid chocolate bunnies combined in sets with solid
chocolate eggs for the kid in all of us, or try large foil-wrapped filled eggs for an extra luscious vegan Easter treat. Items may be ordered individually or found all together in our special Easter and Springtime Vegan Gift Basket complete with a half-dozen chewy vegan cookies and green “grass” filling. Whether you’re celebrating traditional Easter or simply welcoming the springtime, these delicious chocolates and vegan gift baskets are sure to add sweetness to your festivities. Pre-order now for Easter delivery.
Special 24-piece Gift-Boxed Vegan Caramels
Do you love caramels? We do, and we know from experience that good vegan caramels are hard to find, which is probably why our 16-piece Gift-Boxed Vegan
Caramels are so popular. These awesomely chewy chocolates make great fair-trade gifts for yourself or your friends, loved ones, and colleagues. Right now, we’re pleased to be offering our Gift-Boxed Vegan Caramels in a special 24-piece box for a limited time. Don’t miss this chance to fill your vegan caramel craving and give decadent fair-trade gifts to all your friends.