Harbor Candy’s Velvet Box of Truffles Among ‘Top Vegan Chocolate Boxes’
Valentine’s Day Delight: PETA Honors Local Candy Store for Delicious, Dairy-Free Assortment
For Immediate Release:
January 30, 2019
Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
In time for Valentine’s Day, PETA has selected the Top Vegan Chocolate Boxes from stores across the U.S., and Ogunquit’s Harbor Candy Shop has secured a sweet spot on the list, thanks to its Velvet Box Truffles. Presented in a luxe green velvet box, the award-winning truffles are made with fresh ingredients and come in flavors including Plain Dark Chocolate, Pomegranate in Dark Chocolate, and Raspberry in Dark Chocolate.
“Harbor Candy Shop’s rich and delicate Velvet Box Truffles are the perfect animal-free treats for yourself or someone you love on Valentine’s Day,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA encourages people to have a heart this February and opt for swoon-inducing vegan chocolates that show a little love for everyone.”
Not only are vegan chocolates and other desserts free of saturated animal fat and cholesterol, they also spare animals immense suffering. In the dairy industry, calves are torn away from their distraught mothers shortly after birth. Male calves are often sent to the veal industry, while females endure the same fate as their mothers: repeated artificial insemination in order to produce a steady supply of milk until their bodies give out and they’re slaughtered for cheap meat.
Other chocolate boxes on the list are from Divine Treasures in Manchester, Connecticut; Ethereal Confections in Woodstock, Illinois; No Whey! Foods in Lakewood, New Jersey; Rose City Chocolatier in Martinsburg, West Virginia; UliMana in Asheville, North Carolina; Vegan Treats in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Sjaak’s Organic Chocolates in Petaluma, California. The companies with winning boxes will each receive a framed certificate.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—also offers free vegan Valentine’s Day dessert recipes on its website along with a selection of sweet gifts from the PETA Catalog.
All the winning boxes can be ordered online. For more information, please visit PETA.org or click here.
