Where to Get Handcrafted Chocolate Bunnies for Easter

Are you looking to fill someones Easter Basket with a tasty hand crafted chocolate bunny? Will you choose milk chocolate or dark chocolate? How about hollow or solid?

The Hudson Valley is rich with chocolate shops where artisan chocolatiers are practicing their craft making confections for their customers.

Where can you find some of these glorious tasty treats and chocolate bunnies for basket filling and general consumption? Here are just a few for you to check out:

• Krause’s Chocolates of Saugerties and New Paltz. 41 South Partition St., Saugerties. It’s worth going in here just to smell the store!
• Oliver Kita, West Market St, Rhinebeck.
• Lagusta’s Luscious, 25 North Front St, New Paltz.
• Christopher Norman Chocolates 73 North 2nd Street, Hudson.
• the Hudson Chocolate Bar, 135 Warren St, Hudson.
• Lucky Chocolates, 115 Partition St. Saugerties.
• Fruition Chocolate, 3091 Route 28, Shokan. (limited hours, so call before you go to make sure you don’t miss them).
• Adams Fairacre Farms, Poughkeepsie Store, Route 44, Also at the Wappingers Route 9 store. They have an amazing chocolate/confection section, including sugar-free and kosher items.
• Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, Apple Pie Bakery. They have a selection of items that have been made by their students and before Valentine’s and Easter have special items that you can order in advance.
• Alps Sweet Shop, Main Street in Beacon & Main Street Fishkill
• The Village Sampler, 122 Clinton St, Montgomery, 12549
• Commodore Chocolates, Broadway in Newburgh