ABC's in dark chocolate ...

Available now at all 3 Dufflet locations, individually boxed letters of the alphabet in delicious dark chocolate ($3.95 each).

June 1st is National Butter Tart Day, yesyesYES!

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Sunday, June 1st is National Butter Tart Day, and all three Dufflet locations will celebrate with Dufflet's famous version of the Canadian Classic made with plump currants and real butter baked in a flaky crust. 
Sizes: 3" large on special $2.00 each, 1.5" small $1.00 each
(while quantities last) Avoid sadface and pre-order a dozen in advance!
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Mamma Mango!

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New for Mother's Day (and all the other days of May), the Dufflet Mango Charlotte.

Layers of sweet mango mousse are surrounded by classic ladyfingers and finished with a brilliant mango glaze. Full disclosure: I ate that slice after I took the photo. Sorry, but we'll make more (I promise).

Sizes: 10" large, 6" small
Price: $44 lg, $25 sm
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things with maple inside (and outside!)

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Here for a short time, but a sweet time, are 3 seasonal desserts to satisfy your maple needs!

Maple Walnut Cakelet®
Layers of walnut sponge, chewy walnut meringue and maple buttercream; finished with maple buttercream and sugared walnuts. Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (contains nuts)

Maple Meringue Euro Tart
Creamy maple filling topped with toasted meringue; finished with a white chocolate maple leaf. Size: 3"

Hazelnut Maple Dacquoise
Layers of hazelnut meringue and whipped cream, and maple buttercream. (contains nuts) Size: 6"

Enjoy!
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breaking: dufflet cake of the month is a PIE!

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I hope you're sitting down? 

This month's Dufflet Cake of the Month is ... Four Fruit Pie! 

A medley of blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb and apple topped with streusel in a buttery lattice crust.

On special March 1 - 31, 2014

Small 7.5” regular $18.50, special $16.00
 
Large 11" regular $30.00, special $27.00
 
Daily Slice Special $3.00 (while quantities last)

- Cake of the Month is be available on pre-orders via phone, email and in-person at all 3 Dufflet locations.
- In-store cake quantities are limited, so pre-order to avoid disappointment!
- Slices available in-store only, and on a first-come, first-served basis.
- No rainchecks or substitutions on this offer.
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Bonjour Montreal!

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Those of you in the Montreal area are in for a treat ... a sweet, delicious chocolate treat!

Dufflet Group President, Daniele Bertrand, will be on hand at select Metro and Les 5 Saisons locations to demo what's new and chocolatey from Dufflet Small Indulgences and David's Fine Belgian Chocolates.

The demo schedule is:
Metro Pointe Claire (325 Boulevard Saint-Jean) - December 5
Les 5 Saisons Bernard  (1180 av Bernard) - December 6
Les 5 Saisons Greene (1280 Avenue Greene) - December 6
Metro Kirkland (3801 St Charles) - December 7
Metro Beaconsfield (50 St Charles) - December 7

Hope to see you there! For more info, please visit:

www.les5saisons.ca
www.metro.ca
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Hazelnut for the Holidays ...

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Mini Bûche de Noël in Hazelnut
Hazelnut sponge rolled with hazelnut mousse and glazed with hazelnut crunch milk chocolate ganache. (contains nuts)

Now at all 3 Dufflet locations
Size: 3"
Price: $5.50
Available until Dec 31st.

(also available in 10" large $44.00, 7.5" small for $25.00)

Mini bûche aux noisettes
Bûche de Noël miniature faite d'une couche de gâteau spongieux aux noisettes recouverte d'une mousse aux noisettes roulée et enrobée d'une ganache croustillante au chocolat au lait et aux noisettes. 
*contient des noix
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Dufflet loves Movember!

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Dufflet Pastries will be donating 10% of the proceeds from the November sales of each chocolate mustache pop and each mustache cake to Movember to help raise funds and awareness to combat prostate and testicular cancer.

Available November 1-30 at all 3 Dufflet locations:
- Belgian milk chocolate mustache on a stick, $2.00 each
- Single layer chocolate fudge cake with Mustache decoration, $13.00 each.

For more ideas on how to participate in Movember, please visit their official website at http://ca.movember.com/.

Of course, you can also type in the incorrect web address of movember.ca (like I did) and laugh at the page posted there. Good humour is good.
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Dufflet Gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Bûchlet

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Now available at all 3 Dufflet Pastries locations until the end of December, our certified gluten-free Caramel Chocolate Bûchelet de Noël!

What's inside this gorgeous Yule Log cake? 

Moist chocolate sponge rolled with caramel whipped cream, glazed with bittersweet chocolate; finished with gold dusted chocolate leaves and chocolate tiles. 

Gluten-free, in a dome package. 
Size: 3.5" x 5.5"
Price: $16.00
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cluster's last stand ...

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Want to know more about some of the new chocolates and confections we have in-store at all three Dufflet locations? Sure you do!

Feast your eyes on Dufflet Milk Chocolate Clusterific (clusters of cranberry pumpkin seed pita chip pieces, sponge toffee bits & rice crisps in Belgian milk chocolate) and Dufflet Dark Chocolate Clusterific (clusters of caramelized cocoa nibs, toasted coconut & rice crisps in Belgian dark chocolate).

Now come and get it!
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friday the chocolateenth!

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Sweet stuff for the weekend? You're in luck!

Lately, we've been offering Friday sales on overstock confections and chocolates at our head office in Etobicoke (166 Norseman). Check out the selection of David's and Dufflet Small Indulgences sweet stuff on Friday, September 13 from 11a-5p. If you'd like to get added to the email list for sale date announcements, just send a request to info @ dufflet com.

For cafe shoppers, right now our Dufflet - Downtown location (787 Queen St. W.) has 25% off selected boxed chocolates and treats - look for the specially marked  section near the cash register.

New for Fall! David's Cocofudge Bites. Individually wrapped, bite-size coconut filled pieces enrobed in Belgian dark chocolate with a fudge centre. 
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Orange you glad we make this tart?

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There's a new Euro tart in town that's kinda seasonal and kinda awesome. Our Chocolate Orange Euro Tart is a dark chocolate Euro-style tart crust filled with a fluffy orange custard and finished with white chocolate drizzle. I tried it this morning and can safely report that it's yum!

Available at all 3 Dufflet locations
Size: 3"
Price: $3.75 each
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party trays are très party!

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Petit Fours - Fresh Flavours Collection
 
Delectable all natural mini pastries with a touch of elegance:
- Vanilla Raspberry Cheesecake,
- Chocolate Espresso Cheesecake,
- Caramel Dacquoise,
- Cappuccino Dacquoise,
- Eclairs filled with Strawberry Cream (dark chocolate glaze),
- Profiteroles filled with Coffee Custard (white chocolate glaze),
- Lemon Buttercream Squares,
- Mocha Buttercream Squares.

Petit Fours Mixed Sweet Tray 
(please pre-order a minimum of 48 hours prior to pick up)
12" Round  24 pieces  $38
16" Round  48 pieces  $70
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sneak peak at your new favourite cupcake ...

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They won't be available until after Labour Day, but check out our new 3" seasonal cupcake in Pumpkin Spice.

Made with a seriously moist spiced pumpkin batter (topped with a spiced cream cheese frosting), I barely had time to snap the photo above before staff attacked it like ninjas with forks.

Scary, yes, but delicious too. You may want to eat yours hiding under your bed.
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Cake Happy Hour for more hours!

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Desperate for more cake? Every Wednesday at all 3 Dufflet locations, Cake Happy Hour is now an hour longer! Indulge in 2 for 1 cake slices from 2pm to 7pm, for eat-in or take-out.

You're welcome!
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Dufflet-Beach extended hours during Beaches Jazz Festival!

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Open late for your jazz snacking needs! Dufflet-Beach (1917 Queen Street East, east of Woodbine) will be open late this weekend to help you enjoy the Beaches International Jazz Festival!

Extended hours:
Thursday July 25th  9am - 10pm
Friday July 26th  9am - 10pm
Saturday July 27th  10am - 11pm

Keep your eyes open for our adorable Jazz cupcakes, perfectly suitable for eating in our dining room or toting along for a sidewalk munch.

FYI Road Closure: During Beaches Jazz StreetFest, on the nights of Thursday July 25th, Friday July 26th, and Saturday July 27th, Queen Street E. will be closed from Woodbine Ave. to Beech Ave. from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm nightly. The north / south streets of Waverley Ave., Wineva Ave., and Lee Ave. will remain open throughout the evening.

For more details and a list of performers, visit http://www.beachesjazz.com/ and on Twitter @beachesjazz
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Tour de Dufflet 2013 prize winners...

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A big round of applause (and a choir of bike bells) to the 112 riders who took the Eat More Cake, Ride More Bike challenge and rode the 2013 Tour de Dufflet during Toronto Bike Month in June!

Special thanks to Crumpler and Bikes on Wheels for prizes. Here are the winners (drawn at random from this year's registration cards):

1st prize - Paulina Czajkowski
$100 gift certificate from Bike on Wheels
$25 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

2nd prize - Alyssa Loughborough
Bike bag from Crumpler Canada 
$25 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

3rd prize - Coranna Lee
A gift certificate for a large cake from Dufflet Pastries

Twitter photo prize - Monika G
2 coffee + slice gift cards from Dufflet Pastries

@tourdedufflet was so much fun! Bike to all locations and get a treat at each one! Awesome way to… http://t.co/QcODljAfrU
— Monika G (@MonikaSoniaG) June 26, 2013

Dufflet Pastries will donate $560 to the Cycle Toronto who were this year's charitable recipients of your $5 registration fees. These cycling advocates are a great group to support so please visit their website to learn more about what they do and how to become a member.

We'll be uploading some of this year's photos to our Flickr site soon ... see you all next year!
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beach bia chalk the walk contest...

Dufflet-Beach (1917 Queen Street East) and neighbour Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore have teamed up to create a beautiful and awesome entry for the Beach BIA Sidewalk Chalk Contest.

Dufflet staffer Kylee created the art (with input from Ella Minnow's Yvette) because what could possibly be sweeter on the beach than delish snacks from Dufflet and cool reads from Ellaminnow?

If you're walking along Queen Street East, look down for more creations from area shops east of Woodbine.

Beach BIA reps will be judging the contestants tomorrow at noon, so wish us luck!
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eat more ice cream sandwiches

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Available at all 3 Dufflet locations, ice cream sandwiches made with Dufflet's awesome chewy chocolate whoopie cookies on the outside and delicious Häagen-Dazs® ice cream on the inside.

You're welcome.
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“My Story. My Ad” contest (insert your vote here)

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Greetings to all! 

You know that Dufflet has a company that makes delicious chocolates, confections and candies, right?

Our Chocolate Signatures line has entered in the “My Story. My Ad” contest hosted by the Specialty Food Association.

Voting is just a simple "click" (no registering, no signing in, only a little Capcha action) and we'd love to have your support please!

Vote for our story from July 15 – July 21 and help us win our own national ad campaign in the US! 

The winner will be announced on Friday, August 2, 2013.

The contest hashtag is #craftcarejoy for those of you who enjoy tagging things. I know I do.

You can see our story (ok, so technically it's a song... kinda, sorta) and vote here:

http://promoshq.wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/322384/voteable_entries/68690587

 
Thanks so much for your help!
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