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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…
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The Real Story Behind the Trappistines and Green Energy
Trappistine Sisters at Mount St. Mary’s Abbey under the shelter of the solar panels on their Wrentham fields The story was in papers from Boston to Providence – the sisters of Mount St. Mary’s Abbey were celebrating and blessing the opening of the first of two solar field installations on their property! The event was…
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Chocolate Gift Giving at the Holidays
Why Do We Give Chocolate? Thanksgiving and the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays are the busiest time of year here at Trappistine Quality Candy. Giving the gift of chocolate for the holidays has gone from trend to custom. When you’re up to your ears in cooking and baking for the holidays it’s nice to have someone…
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Chocolates and Renewable Energy Pair Well
Chocolate made with Love and Prayers – and by the Environmentally Conscious! Read the Boston Globe Article here Trappistine Quality Candy is run by a Cistercian (Trappistine) order of sisters, who dedicate their lives to prayer and labor, supporting themselves by the work of their hands, and living a life of simplicity, frugality, and…