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Trappistine Chocolate and Trappist Beer
Holy Beer And Chocolate! Trappistine Chocolate and Trappist Beer, that Is! That’s why the nuns of St. Mary’s here in Wrentham and their brothers at St. Joseph in Spencer joined efforts to produce a beer and chocolate gift set for this holiday season. The limited offer will appear next week, on the shelves of select…
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Trappistine Fundraising
This local Youth Faith Formation group chose Trappistine candy for their fundraising efforts to pay for their upcoming mission trip to Puerto Rico. The teens sold Trappistine Chocolates, Fudge, Butter Nut Munch, and Easter Bunny Pops after all masses on Palm Sunday, and after the Saturday mass, at St. Mary’s in Wrentham, and St. Martha’s in Plainville, despite falling snowflakes…
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Taco Inc.: Making Happy, Healthy Hearts
Our signature Butter Nut Munch helped Taco Inc., of Cranston, RI raise more funds for the American Heart Association. As part of their Wear Red for Women’s Heart Health Awareness fund raising efforts, Taco Inc. offered employees who donated $10.00 or more a free box of our signature Butter Nut Munch! What better way to…
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Harmony House of Western MA – Building A Dream with Love and Prayers
Ruth Willemain, age 79, of Harmony House of Western Massachusetts would have loaded all 70 cases of our candy into her van, if we had let her! She’s a woman with a dream and a plan. And she won’t let anything stand in her way. Ruth, a Holyoke resident, and her friend, Jeanne St. Pierre, 82, of…
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Trappistine – Supporting Local Businesses
Trappistine – Supporting Local Businesses since 1956 What does it mean to be socially responsible, and to support local businesses? The Nuns of Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey, makers of the renowned Butter Nut Munch, Chocolates, Bark, and Fudge/Penuche, are a good community to ask. Their business, Trappistine Quality Candy, while not a large operation, has survived and thrived…
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Trappistine
Trappistine. Enduring the test of time. Pure. Wholesome. Unadulterated. Infused with Love and Prayer. These words symbolize not only the lives lived by those in our order, but also, our candy. This fruit of our labor, work of our hands, financially sustains our life of prayer, spirituality, and simplicity, and it, too is infused with our love and…
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Ora Labora
Ora and Labora: Prayer and Work. That is the meaning behind this beautiful life-sized cross that now hangs in the Candy Production area, where the delicious chocolates you know and love – are produced. Created by a Trappist Monk from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA, this work of art…
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Trappistine Tea and Chocolate Pairing Guide
Looking for a “pick-me up” on an early spring afternoon? Tea and Chocolate pairing provides a warm caffeine boost, while also boosting your daily intake of flavenoids and antioxidants. It’s good for you, and, even better, it tastes so good! You’ll find a lot of obvious matches. For instance, Chai (generally a sweet tea…
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Spencer Trappist Ale and Trappistine Chocolates Pair Well!
Just an hour away from the sisters of Mount St. Mary’s Abbey, their Trappist brothers of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA are celebrating a new first. Spencer Trappist Ale. The first certified Trappist Beer in the U.S. And we expect they will pair well with Trappistine chocolates. We recommend pairing a glass of…
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Gave Up Chocolate? Break that Resolution!
If removing chocolate from your diet was part of your New Year’s resolution, then maybe it’s time to break it – for your own good! Dark Chocolate has often been touted in health magazines as a powerful antioxidant, and also gives you the benefits of improved brain activity and blood flow, and may help reduce…