As the sister to a real-life chocohalic, I always have my eyes peeled for a pretty bar of chocolate, or in this case, nice packaging for a cup of the hot stuff. Designed by Kyle Tezak for Mindy’s Hot Chocolate in Chicago, the labels can be peeled back for a fun little peep show.. plus, I’ve heard their hot chocolate is killer.
Here Design recently collaborated with cabinetmakers to create the beautiful packaging for The Balvenie Forty. 150 bottles recieved the VIP treatment with hand-carved oak boxes and personalized calligraphy.
FYI, I just happen to be a scotch girl myself and I also just happen to have a wedding coming up.. just sayin’.
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I ran across this post this morning and thought it was pretty interesting.. the map below measures the distance to the nearest domestic McDonald’s in the US. I like a convenient sausage egg & cheese biscuit more than I’d care to admit, but this is still pretty crazy. I guess it’s good to know that you’re only walking distance to a dollar menu if you’re ever lost in the Mojave Desert..
I was cruising around Etsy yesterday and came across these adorable mini cutting boards by AHeirloom. Handcrafted from bamboo, you can even request that your city be marked by way of a little cut-out star or heart. Pretty cute, huh?
Wow wow wow! Designed by Anagrama and located in Nuevo León, Mexico, Theurel & Thomas sells the most beautiful looking macaroons, in pretty much the most beautiful sweet shop I’ve ever seen.
Not that I’m the type of person to have a saucer with my cup of coffee, but if they had these at your typical diner, I’d totally mess with it while waiting for my food.
It’s 9:30am and it’s already 90°. Since I’m always desperate to find new ways to stay cool, I would definitely try these ice straws.. even if they only lasted 5-6 minutes.
This cute rebranding for One Village Coffee was created by Able in the hopes to get new people interested in the brand (well, duh). It worked, I’m interested! Now all I have to do is put my talented coffee tasting skills to work.. to be continued.
Now you can make you campfire fancy by putting this stainless steel grill on it.. Looks good and still does its job of grillin’ meat!
I have yet to try it, but I still think the Nashville-based artisan chocolate brand, Olive & Sinclair’s handmade chocolates look delicious. Some of their flavors include Sea Salt and Salt & Pepper, both which are supposed to be amazing. I need to find out if they’re being distributed in Brooklyn!
See a few pics of how this handmade chocolate is made below:
I have no idea what this site says or is even about, but there sure is an amazing collection of knives!
Adoré Fine Chocolate wanted to have high-quality packaging for their handmade chocolates, so they hired Cobra & Assoc. to create individual packaging for each flavor. Using thermal block foil, laser-cut paper and special printing techniques, these chocolates are almost too pretty to open and eat.. but that wouldn’t stop me for more than a few seconds.
My new favorite blog!! Part of Serious Eats, Photograzing lets people submit photos of their favorite foods & recipes with links to their sites. Their tagline, “Share Your Favorite Food Photos and Find Inspiration” sums it up best, because looking at all of this pretty food makes me not want to order pizza for the 2nd time this week and rather, get cookin’. Delicious!
Design company Concrete created the branding for Xococava, a hotspot for chocolate and ice cream foodies in Toronto. I’m thinking of placing an order with my BFF who lives there and is visiting soon.. cause that white chocolate and cranberry bark is calling my name.
