{"id":81769,"date":"2025-12-09T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/81769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:56:09","slug":"the-chocolate-shoppe-in-plano-handcrafts-the-sweet-taste-of-an-old-fashioned-christmas-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/81769\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chocolate Shoppe in Plano handcrafts the sweet taste of an old-fashioned Christmas \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

For master chocolatier Andie Groff, Valentine\u2019s Day may be the busiest time of year at her store, The Chocolate Shoppe.<\/p>\n

But if it is, the Day of Love only claims the top spot by a jolly red nose over its biggest and most wonderful business-generating competition \u2014 the Christmas season.<\/p>\n

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The Chocolate Shoppe is located on U.S. Route 34 in Plano. (Photo provided by The Chocolate Shoppe )<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone loves chocolate,\u201d Groff said.<\/p>\n

And chocolate, she said, pairs great with Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have something for all ages,\u201d Groff said. \u201cStocking stuffers, gifts for parents and grandmas and grandpas, you name it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the song says, we have something that will make people smile, \u2018for kids, from one to 92.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

This Christmas season, Groff and The Chocolate Shoppe expect to once again be hopping like North Pole elves, busily preparing, packaging and shipping out waves of goodies for everyone on those lists.<\/p>\n

In addition to their regular array of sweet treats, the store on U.S. Route 34 in Plano rolled out its holiday-themed confections during the first week of November.<\/p>\n

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Christmas bottles at The Chocolate Shoppe in Plano. (Photo provided by The Chocolate Shoppe)<\/p>\n

These include the store\u2019s popular peppermint bark, mint chocolate bars and chocolates shaped to resemble beloved Yuletide figures, including Santa Claus, gingerbread people and Christmas trees. Customers also will find chocolate lollipops and hot cocoa bombs.<\/p>\n

And of course, the store will offer its wide selection of traditional favorites, available for custom assortments or in grab-and-go pre-sorted boxes.<\/p>\n

The stars of this year\u2019s festive lineup may be the special Christmas editions of The Chocolate Shoppe\u2019s line of truffles.<\/p>\n

Groff said those new truffles will include four types of coffee-infused chocolates \u2013 and the debut of the Shoppe\u2019s first-ever truffle featuring the confectionery phenomenon known as Dubai chocolate.<\/p>\n

The candy style, featuring chopped filo pastry known as kadayif and a pistachio-tahini cream, has swept the globe since it was invented four years ago by chocolatiers in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure anyone else is offering these yet,\u201d Groff said. \u201cWe expect it\u2019s going to be very popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shoppe\u2019s assortments of truffles will be available in a variety of options, including party platters that Groff said would be perfect for putting holiday spreads at Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings over the top.<\/p>\n

Groff said the Shoppe also will offer assorted chocolate platters featuring items such as salted caramels and buttercreams, as well as chocolate-dipped strawberry platters, which she said will \u201calways be a winner on the dessert table.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shoppe also will offer extended holiday hours to accommodate what Groff expects to be a very busy season. The store will be open until 6 p.m. on weekdays and until 8 p.m. on weekend nights. It will also be open on the two Sundays before Christmas from noon to 5 p.m., giving customers looking for the sweetest gifts \u201ca little extra opportunity to shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Groff recommended that customers not wait until the last minute to swoop into the store looking for that perfect treat for someone special. She noted that the Shoppe\u2019s goodies stay fresh for weeks as long as they\u2019re kept out of direct sunlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely would say people shouldn\u2019t wait until the last minute,\u201d Groff said. \u201cWe will sell out of some items, especially at that last week before Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groff also encouraged customers to apply that same proactive philosophy when looking ahead to the next big chocolatey holiday \u2013 Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

She advised customers to plan to submit their orders for the store\u2019s \u201cfamous long-stem chocolate-dipped strawberries\u201d in January to guarantee they can get what they\u2019re really after.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll all be here before you know it,\u201d Groff said.<\/p>\n

But first, Groff said she hopes to welcome everyone in for some holiday cheer \u2013 preferably coated in chocolate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For master chocolatier Andie Groff, Valentine\u2019s Day may be the busiest time of year at her store, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2777,1972,1442,160,162,161,33087,39638,33088],"class_list":{"0":"post-81769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-holidays","10":"tag-kendall-county-front-headlines","11":"tag-plano","12":"tag-plano-headlines","13":"tag-plano-news","14":"tag-the-scene","15":"tag-the-scene-front-headlines","16":"tag-the-scene-kendall-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}