Lore's Chocolates

Lore’s on NBC Philadelphia: Year of Firsts

Lore's — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:47:15 +0000

One Year of Firsts: Work Chocolate Assembly Line
Day 168
By LU ANN CAHN
Updated 1:30 AM EDT, Thu, Jun 17, 2010

A few weeks ago I passed by Lore’s Chocolates on 7th Street and walked into chocolate heaven. This is the real stuff, handmade by 1st and second generation chocolatiers in Philadelphia for the last 50 years.

They say their secret is really no secret: just simple, high quality ingredients. I swear, you can”t buy this in a grocery store.
This morning (before I went to my real job), Tony Walter agreed to have me come in for a first hand experience on their manufacturing assembly line. Okay, it was just a little practice run for me. SWEET! [ more ]

St. Patrick’s Day

Lore's — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:19 +0000

Irish Potatoes made by hand and available daily through St. Patrick’s Day. Don’t miss out!

Chocolate Magic – The Philadelphia Inquirer

Lore's — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:26:39 +0000

You make love; they make chocolate. And it all comes together on Valentine’s Day for area candy wizards and passionate purchasers.

By Carolyn Davis
Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted on Thu, Feb. 11, 2010

Chocolate and Valentine’s Day are as close as two lovers, a pairing fraught with as much tension and tenderness as the most passionate relationship. So it follows that during this time of year confectioners experience a tumultuous affair of the chocolate heart.

… And that is good for the people in the Philadelphia region who still make them, who live and love the life of chocolatiering.

Tony Walter Jr. owns Lore’s Chocolates, which has a store in Old City and a factory in the former Goldenberg’s Peanut Chew plant in the Feltonville section. The Walters bought the company from the Lores 22 years ago.

For many people in this culinary art, chocolate-making is a family heirloom. …

… Tony Walter’s dad worked for decades at Goldenberg’s and other candy makers, and continues to help make the Lore’s chocolates. His mother works in the store, though his two younger sisters chose other careers.

Walter walks around the shop, pointing out the Valentine’s hearts, the gift boxes wrapped in shiny tinfoil red.

But hearts aren’t required for the holiday. Just as Walter explains that Lore’s already has begun production for Easter and St. Patrick’s Day treats, customer Beverley Al-Greene strides up to the Irish potato candies. …

Read the whole article.

Palm Sunday Open House

Lore's — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:31:58 +0000

Join us for our 40th annual factory tour, visit with Easter Bunny, and enjoy the best Easter candy selection in the city; 12-4pm

Seventh Street’s Sweet Spot.

Lore's — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:53:01 +0000

Chocolate-covered pretzels and Irish potatoes (coconut centers rolled in cinnamon, not chocolate) are the specialties at Lore’s, which doubles as a chocolate factory. Some of the workers who help you pick and choose your candies are fresh from that factory–you can tell because of the board of health-required lace-edged caps they wear. Unsure about whether to drown your chocolate cravings in milk or dark? There are handy samples of each, in the form of premelted molders’ chocolate, out on the glass-topped tables while you select from the varieties of peanut butter cups, buttercreams and cherry cordials underneath.

from citysearch.com

Dark Chocolate Pretzels are AMAZING!

Lore's — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:40:56 +0000

Their Dark Chocolate Pretzels are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Teacher on myfoxphilly.com

Very good chocolates!

Lore's — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:36:35 +0000

Very good chocolates, I have sampled them at many events.

- Posted by: Anthony B. on myfoxphilly.com

One of the Best Chocolates in the World

Lore's — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:43:08 +0000

I have eaten chocolate all over the world and Lore’s remains to be one of the best!!

Posted by Sabrina T. on myfoxphilly.com