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Just in time for the holiday season, Sucré has come out with a collection of special bonbons that uphold the shop’s tradition of meticulously crafted, enticingly whimsical chocolates. They sent me this pretty little box from their Sugar & Spice collection, and I’ll be very pleasantly surprised if I have some left by the time Christmas music actually starts playing on the radio.

Read on to learn about Sucré’s partnership with the LA/SPCA this holiday season, and snag a sweet discount so you can get in on this, too. Everybody wins!

Sugar & Spice showcases three distinct holiday flavors: candy cane, gingerbread, and eggnog. A pure white chocolate orb is speckled with red and filled with a peppermint-white chocolate ganache. A gold-glittery milk chocolate shell contains thick chocolate ganache that’s infused with gingerbread spices. And finally, there’s the eggnog truffle: a dark chocolate couverture holds an oozy white chocolate ganache spiked with the familiar wintry combination of nutmeg and bourbon.

The eggnog truffle is a complex blend of white and dark chocolates, nutmeg and bourbon, that instantly transports you into festive holiday cheer.

Also special to the holiday collection are these vanilla bean marshmallows. Sucré has developed a bit of a reputation for its cloudlike mallows, and the warmth lent by real vanilla bean distinguishes these from any shockingly-sweet alternatives.

One of my favorite cold-day activities is glugging Sucré’s Chocolait, an intensely thick hot chocolate with such rich cocoa flavor that it almost feels like a crime to indulge in it in New Orleans’ mild winters. This year’s peppermint stick hot chocolate mix will make for a cozy cup on its own, or you can top a mug off with a few vanilla bean marshmallows. Either way, know that this is best enjoyed when the drinker is wearing warm wool socks – I don’t know about you, but for me, peppermint hot chocolate just begs for snuggling. The only other thing you’ll need are chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

Finally, there are these pretty chocolate bars, which come in a bundle of six flavors: coconut & toasted almond; pistachio & rose petal; salted pretzel; pure 65% Maracaibo dark chocolate; candied violet; and swirled caramel & salted peanut. This is the perfect gift for any gourmet sweet tooth in your life – I can think of nothing I’d rather find in my stocking on Christmas morning than these charmingly deluxe versions of my favorite childhood snack.

To top all this off, Sucré is giving a portion of every dollar earned from the Sugar & Spice collection to the LA/SPCA, an animal shelter whose mission is to prevent animal cruelty and to find loving homes for the strays it takes in.

Finally, because you read about it here, you can get a discount on any online order you make this holiday season. Get all your  shopping done at Sucré and at checkout, just type in offer code SPCA to get $5 off shipping for all orders. Happy holidays everyone!