I had been planning to do full bottles of wine (the first Shiraz we ever drank together when we were first dating) as wedding favors, but after meeting Jeanne at Afresh Approach today, I'm pretty sure I'll be going with 175ml bottles of wine with truffles instead. My mom and I must have tried 10 different truffle flavors (there were 40 choices in total) and at least 9 out of 10 were seriously delectable. The Cookie Dough and Bay Caramel truffles were my top 2 and the Port truffle was really good as well--subtle but really rich--I think it would pair perfectly with a slightly spicy shiraz or maybe even a malbec.
What made an even bigger impression on me was the enthusiasm Jeanne has for what she does. This lady is passionate about her chocolate and seems to get true joy out of sharing it! She spent over an hour talking with us about my wedding and all the various options and really made us feel pampered. In addition to the truffles, she let us sample chocolate covered madeleines and chocolate covered pretzels and even sent me home with my top 5 truffle picks so that FH can try them before we sign a contract. It was a really fun experience and my favorite 'check' so far!
Yay! A friend of mine is getting married in September and also using Afresh Approach for truffles as favors. I'm excited to try these bad boys!
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I'm thinking about doing truffles too! Thanks for sharing your good experience with them!
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Awesome!! Do you mind FM me quotes?
You have FM!
MsA2MrsA
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I'm curious about the quote too. I tried them at a bridal expo & they were delicious. Thanks!!!
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I'm curious about the quote too. I tried them at a bridal expo & they were delicious. Thanks!!!
You have FM!
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Do you mind sharing the quote as well? Thanks!!!
StephanieXO
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This sounds amazing!
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@Melissa--I just sent you the quote as well.
Jeanne was definitely my favorite appointment so far. FH tried the sample truffles this morning and that sealed the deal. We're definitely booking with her for favors. Yay!
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This really sounds great - we decided against doing wine for the pain in the *** factor of getting huge bottles there. Smaller bottles paired with truffles is awesome though! Can you send a quote please? We might wind up doing this if the price is right!! Thank you so much!
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One of the things I liked us that they'll bring everything to the venue so there's nothing for me to do. I was driving myself crazy with the full bottles between trying to make personalized labels to a hang tag with the guests names. This way seemed easier and less expensive. I thought if giving one mini bottle per person but decided that, with 3 or 4 truffles attached, it was nice enough to give per couple instead. And it still worked out to be cheaper than goibg with just the full wine bottles. I will FM you pricing too.
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My mouth is watering while I read this thread. YUMOOOO! Congrats on the check.
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Your guests are going to love them! I live in Bay Shore so we have used them for several of our parties. For our engagement party we did a large platter of truffles as a part of our dessert table and they were gone within minutes. People were piling them on their plate! Cookie dough is my fav too!
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Posted by CortneyAndKevin
Awesome!! Do you mind FM me quotes?
You have FM!
would you mind sharing the quote with me as well. TIA.
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That sounds amazing! Would you mind FMing the quote to me as well? I love wine and chocolate tastings so that might be a favor that's right up my alley.
simba301
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You both have FM!
Angie2014
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Congrats on the fun check! Truffles and wine- yummm! I so wanna be a seat filler at your wedding lol
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Congrats on the fun check! Truffles and wine- yummm! I so wanna be a seat filler at your wedding lol
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2015er crashing!! Can you send me the quote too.. I make my own wine but if it's cheaper to just buy the wine in the smaller bottles, I might just do that to avoid the headache now lol
