There is something mystical about a good chocolate and Dancing Lion is where you’ll find it. But there’s more. Chocolate here is crafted and handled like a delicate piece of art. The bars are actually hand-painted by a local artist. The drinking chocolate is not like a hot chocolate, but rather a silky elixir of luxury. This small shop is also a surprise. Chocolate cooking classes are held here as are thematic dinner parties. The Valentine’s Day seven-course dinner (all must have chocolate as an ingredient) is a sell-out.

Journalist Lisa Brown wrote a nice article for New Hampshire Magazine about locally-owned shopping in our fair city of Manchester. We thank her for the line “silky elixir of luxury!” Read it at NHMagazine.com.