June 19th - Open House, Park Centre

June 25th & 26th - Car Rally

July & August - Kagawong Farmers Market, Every Wednesday 10 - 4pm

July 3rd - Old Mill Heritage Centre Open House 11am - 6pm. New exhibits for 2010 Harbour Island, Senator Farquhar and PM Pearson

July 8,9,10 - Edwards Studios Watercolour workshop, Old Mill

July 10th - 10am - 4pm, Rummage/Bake sale & BBQ, Pavilion Anglican Church

July 14th - 10am - 4p,m Library Book and Bake Sale, Park Centre

July 19th to 23rd - Kagawong Art Camp, Park Centre

July 17th & 18th - Edwards Studios Stained Glass Workshop, Old Mill

Saturday July 24th - KAGAWONG SUMMERFEST
8:00-11:00 "Pancake Breakfast", Park Centre
8:30-2:00 "Silent Auction", Park Centre
10:00-11:00 "Story/Craft Time", Library
10:00-2:00 "Special Event Kagawong Market", Farmers Market
10:00-5:00 "Harbour Island Exhibit", Heritage Centre
11:00-2:00 "Outdoor BBQ", Farmers Market
2:00-4:30 "Victoria Afternoon Tea", Anglican Church

August 5,6 & 7th - Edwards Studios Landscape painting workshop, Old Mill

August 16th to 20th - 4 Elements, Kagawong Art Camp, Park Centre

The store is full again with all of your old favourites as well as some new products to try! This weekend we are sampling one of our new product lines, Wind & Willow, which make great appetizer and dessert cheese balls. And new from our kitchen: Double Caramel Bars and Tahini Chocolates. Chocolate Covered Coconut Macaroons have also become a popular treat and will be made in Milk Chocolate this week, so get them while you can!

Heather recently visited the French Pastry School in Chicago to attend The Art of Artisan Chocolate Candies presented by Chef Thierry Mulhaupt. She is now back in Kagawong bringing new ideas to the kitchen. This also means Belgian Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes are back for the season!

Our hours are now Tuesday to Saturday 10a.m. - 5p.m., Sunday 11a.m - 4p.m., closed Mondays.

We have been busy putting the store back together for another year and today is our first day open for 2010!

The weather is beautiful today and I can't wait to get down to the store to put on the first pot of coffee of the year! I look forward to seeing the regular customers and meeting new customers this year!

Our early spring hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10 am til 5pm. We will be closed Sundays and Mondays.

Happy Spring Everyone!

Elizabeth

Finally, Spring has arrived and I am craving some chocolate.

The store will be re-opening the beginning of May so we have to get back to it soon!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the spring again and I hope we get more of this great summerish weather! What a great way to start the year!

After a great Fall & December it is time for the store to shut down for winter, just until Spring!

We wish a happy and successful 2010 for everyone and look forward to seeing you in the spring.

Summer went by so quickly! Labour Day weekend is coming and that will be the changeover to our Fall Hours and it will also be one last day for cupcakes.

Unfortunately, the kids have to return to school and that includes Heather our Cupcake Specialist.

Labour Day Weekend, Saturday is our last day for cupcakes for the season, so put your order in if you need some! Our hours for the Labour Day Weekend will be:

Friday & Saturday 10 - 5:30,
Sunday 11 - 5
and we will be closed on the Monday.


After the holiday weekend our hours will return to:

Closed Mondays
Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5
Sunday 11-4

We were fortunate to be introduced to some new sauces this summer and now we have received our first shipment.

"Just Wing It" Sauces are delicious and very versatile.

The Chipotle Maple sauce was delicious on my grilled chicken - gave it a nice bit of heat and savoury spice to the meat without overpowering the flavour. My family loved it!!

There is also a lovely smokey marinade that I predict will become the other popular new sauce in the pantry at my house. It is smokey flavour with a soya base and I think it will be lovely on some pork or chicken.

The staff sampled the sauces and we have been sampling them to the customers and so far the response has been "Yummy"

I love it when new products become an instant hit!

What a summer it has been! A couple of nice sunny days followed by overcast and the odd bit of rain. Our only positive is knowing that all of Ontario has been going through the same thing.

This has not stopped the creativity in the kitchen, I am happy to say!

The other night Heather and Louise decided to create some new barks to do a little experimenting and when I saw them the next morning I was thrilled!

S'more Bark and Tropical Paradise Bark are new and delicious! S'more bark is Belgian Milk Chocolate, with Mini Marshmallows and chunks of Graham Cracker.. Yum Yum! Tropical Paradise Bars are Belgian Milk chocolate, Coconut Flakes, Candied Pineapple and Large Pecans. Another Yummy treat to add to our collections.

The customers seem to be taking a liking to them as well, so I am thinking we may have to see what else we can come up with in the line of Barks!

Happy Summer Everyone!

Earlier this summer I had the pleasure of meeting a local island blogger at a little theatre presentation of "The Pirates of Penzance"

"C" wasn't in the play, just watching it with her husband and adorable little baby.

I have been checking out her blog lately and find it pretty interesting. It is neat to see someone else from the City has moved to the Island and has embraced our little piece of Heaven.

She stopped into the store this summer and picked up some chocolates for company that she was expecting and I see she is raving about our chocolates on her blog! I think it is a first for us and I was happy to see she liked our chocolates! Of course we love our chocolates and love it when the customers enjoy them just as much!

Check out her blog through our links page - click here Life On Manitoulin Blog

The day started overcast and drizzling but miraculously cleared as events started! The Pancake Breakfast was a popular start to the day and the silent auction had some great buys!

It was a pretty busy day around town and the weather was great once the clouds disappeared! The Cardboard boat races went off without a hitch, the parade was very entertaining! There was a ceremony & cutting into 3 cakes celebrating our towns 125th birthday!

The evening community potluck offered a great selection of food for locals and tourists...with the evening ending with music & entertainment on the dock, finishing with fireworks at dark.

I was so pleased to see the town bustling with so many people having fun and can't wait for next Summerfest!

There are so many things going on around town this weekend with summerfest on in Kagawong!

Stop into town to participate in the events and hope that we don't have the fireworks delayed due to rain!

Most of the events are rain or shine so come check out our little village for our best Summerfest ever! Start your day off with a pancake breakfast, check out the silent auction and various events during the day.

Saturday night we are having a community pot luck dinner at the pavillion so be sure to bring a dish and stop by, then stick around for some music and entertainment at the marina followed by fireworks at dark.

And see you at the Chocolate Works!

We are happy to carry RiverMist Manitoulin Ornaments again! The new one for 2009 is an inukshuk made of oak with the unique shape of Manitoulin Island. You have to see it to believe it!

Wes and Ethel Newburn have come up with some of the most unique designs for his oak Manitoulin Islands. They look spectacular on the family Christmas Tree or put them on a wall to enjoy them all year long.

We have some of his other designs as well, such as the tree and star which were his first designs and are always popular.

Tomorrow - July 1st is the first day of our local market.

I believe the hours are Wednesdays 12 - 4 and there is usually fresh baked goods, crafts, local vegetables, jams and jellies and spices. I always find something good there but unfortunately it only lasts for July and August!

Summer has arrived and we are now open 7 days a week!

Monday to Friday 10AM until 5:30PM and Sundays 11AM until 5PM

Saturday was a busy day in Kagawong with the opening of a new store!

The KuKu Hut opened up right across the street from the Chocolate Works. Amanda Flanagan has been spending the last few years traveling around Kenya and Africa working with schools and church's teaching the children there. Along the way she has picked up some really nice African crafts and has brought them back to Canada to open a store for the summer.

I purchased a beaded wooden bowl to use for sampling in the store. It will be perfect for sampling jelly beans and small chocolates.

A few customers showed me some of their purchases at the KuKu Hut and I saw some really nice things!

The new store is a welcome addition to the town!