This one-pound, traditional assortment (hazelnut-chocolate squares, pecan patties, covered caramels, peanut butter smoothies, nut clusters) is small-batch crafted at Souderton-based Asher's Chocolates' smaller Lewistown, Pa., facility, and packaged in a wooden box decorated with a spray of fragrant dried lavender from Carousel Farms, near Carversville, Bucks County.
- Rick Nichols
Asher's 31-piece assortment, $22.99, Pennsylvania General Store, Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch, 215-592-9772 or www.pageneralstore.com.
Sweet by the pound
These fresh-baked, wooden-boxed pound cakes from Sweet! come in banana chocolate-chip, anise and dried cherry, and other flavors, including the delicate lemon-blackberry pictured here. Baker Stephanie Thaw, formerly pastry chef at Friday Saturday Sunday, keeps them moist with organic yogurt, and uses local, organic butter and eggs. She suggests toasting a slice with butter for breakfast.