Miette Advent Calendar Day 11: In which the author realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew

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These are super-cute! You should come buy them! That's all I got.

December 11th: Chocolate Mice Ornaments
Availability: Ferry Building, Octavia, Chestnut
Price: $12/box of 6

Miette Advent Calendar Day 10: What Vogue Says, Goes

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In a fascinating article about the art of stocking-stuffers, the Susie Boyt recommends giving some thought to the scent of the contents. So thorough! One of her suggestions is a clove-pierced orange, but our favorite notion was traditional crackers, for their subtle "gunpowdery smell"! It's just not Christmas without citrus, piney-ness, and explosives!

{Hi again, Santa. You know that white dress on page 213 of December's Vogue? The Yves Saint Laurent one? Thanks!}

December 10th: Crackers!

Availability: Ferry Building, Octavia, Chestnut
Price: $3
Notes: Made in the UK

Field Trip to a Christmas Cake Farm!

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Very soon, we will have our fancy-pants super-official holiday menus, complete with professionally photographed cakes in all their holiday splendor! In the meantime, here are a few shots I was able to get of the cakes in their natural habitat!

Above, you see the elusive Snowball! It is a wintery cousin to our Princess cake, and is delicate & lovely. The Snowball is 6-inches, and serves approximately 6 people. $35

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And there's a darling woodland Buche de Noel, adorned with handmade meringue mushrooms, holly leaves, & chocolate pinecones! We suspect this yule log might be home to a gnome!

The smaller logs are 4-inches, and serve 4 people, for $20. The large logs are 10-inches, serve 10-12 people, and are $65.

Call any of our shops to place an order! Please allow 3 days notice.

Miette Advent Calendar Day 9th: And that's when things got festive.

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Miette is drunk with pride & honor. The geniuses at St. George Spirits have created a custom spirit just for us. A whole jug of it. We are the proud possessors of an entire gallon of beautiful, potent Cherry Eau de Vie. It's amazing! This Eau de Vie was designed for our Holiday Chocolate Almond Bonbons, but if one was to drink it, an eyedropper would be appropriate. It is delicious, sparklingly clean & clear, and perfectly balanced but its alcohol content is sky-high.

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It's not like I wanted to taste it, of course. Just part of the job.

{Dear Santa,
I've been quite good this year, I think. I'm sure whatever you'd like to bring me will be lovely, but if you're looking for suggestions, St. George Single Malt Whiskey &/or Pear Aqua Perfect would be greatly appreciated. And if there's an extra bottle of their Absinthe in your bag, it would be most welcome on a foggy winter's night. Thank you.}

December 9th: Chocolate Almond Bonbons coming soon!

Miette Advent Calendar Day 8: 11pm! Just in the St. Nick of Time!

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11pm is way past my bed-time, so all I have to say is, did you know Michel Cluizel just opened their first U.S. shop? It's in New York, and it's open 'till midnight! Midnight at a chocolate shop! If you go, I want to hear all about it.

December 8th: Michel Cluizel's Pere de Noel
Availability: Ferry Building, Octavia, Chestnut
Price: $15
Notes: Made in France, Milk Chocolate with White & Dark Chocolate Details

Miette Advent Calendar Day 7: Yul Brenner Really Had Something There

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Pinecones are totally edible. When they're milk chocolate.

December 7th: Chocolate Pinecone Ornaments
Availability: Ferry Building, Octavia, Chestnut
Price: $1
Notes: Made in Germany

MIette Advent Calendar Day 6: St. Nicholas in all his Sartorial Splendor

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Neither the Miette shops nor the Miette blog have any religious affiliation, but when we come across the best-dressed Santa variation we've ever seen, how can we resist? Along with the shamans of far-far-north Europe, St. Nicholas was the inspiration for our Santa Claus. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, and anonymous gifts to the poor, and was sometimes known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. The Wonderworker! You couldn't really hope for a better nickname. Even though we love secret gift-giving, helping the less-fortunate, and anyone who protects children & students (especially now during finals!), the real reason we fell for St. Nicholas is his amazing outfit. Who else would dare to dress in pink? Just look at the little scallops, and the fuzzy mittens! We suspect St. Nick may also be the patron saint of Miettegirls.

December 6th: Milk Chocolate St. Nicholas
Availability: Ferry Building, Octavia, Chestnut
Price: $5
Notes: Made in Germany