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 Vosges Chocolate www.vosgeschocolate.com
Popular Solid Chocolate Skulls return. Skulls are inspired by the
Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, devoted to honoring the souls of
deceased loved ones. During the festivities, between October 31st
and November 2nd, families exchange sugar skulls, or calaveritas.
Flavors include Blanca, 33 percent cocoa butter, solid Venezuelan
white chocolate; Barcelona, 41 percent cacao milk chocolate with
hickory smoked almonds and grey sea salt; and Red Fire, 55 percent
cacao dark chocolate with ancho and chipotle chillies and Ceylon
cinnamon.
 2941 Restaurant
www.2941.com, near Tysons Corner, VA is commemorating Halloween
throughout October with a special
Eye
Scream dessert, designed by pastry chef Anthony Chavez. A Valrhona white chocolate, pistachio mousse and raspberry-lychee
coulis creation presented on a bed of dry ice to resemble a pair of
smoking eyeballs.
 Woodhouse Chocolate www.woodhousechocolate.com, in Saint
Helena in Califonia’s Napa Valley, creates special chocolates in the
forms of mummies, witches, cats, tombstones, pumpkins, gravestones,
and skulls.
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