Four Shops Chockfull of Chocolate
Local chocolatiers have got the goods on Valentine’s Day.
On Valentine's Day, “It’s all about the heart-shaped box.” So says Ginny Monk of Bromilow’s Homemade Chocolates—and she ought to know. As the granddaughter of the founder, Monk said she's been working in the family business her "entire life.” Opened more than 50 years ago in West Paterson, Bromilow’s still crafts their chocolates on site using their exclusive family recipe. “Our base chocolate has not changed since we started,” said Monk. “We try to make everything ourselves,” Monk stressed. “We make the centers, the marshmallows and the jellies all ourselves. A lot of places don’t do that anymore.” It’s a chocolate area residents have appreciated for the past 34 years, ever since the family expanded their business to West Caldwell with a…
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