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Lazar's Chocolate is dedicated to sharing our passion for anything Chocolate Related. Our articles are designed to inform and delight. Take a peek and come back again as we continue adding Chocolate-themed articles to our list.
  • Chocolate: good for the soul, ok for the waistline
    Last Sunday, I went to an Indonesian food bazaar in Long Island City to get a taste for the community’s food culture and to expand my culinary palate. For years I’ve considered myself a food critic..
    Date: Jul 01, 2010
  • Please Sir, I want Smores!
    A few Saturday afternoons ago, I was making optimal use of my time watching the Barefoot Contessa, reveling at her beachfront barbeque of burgers and sautéed onions served....
    Date: Jul 01, 2010
  • Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
    Peanut butter jelly time! Oh my goodness, do I have nourishing news for you from the home front.....
    Date: Jul 01, 2010
  • Todays Tasty Treat
    Any Lazar’s employee who has stood over the candy enrober, robotically removing the hardened combinations of caramel, nuts, Oreos, and candied apricots from the rotating machine, knows that...
    Date: May 14, 2010
  • Chocolate Lace Cookies
    If you cant stand this early May heat, then get in the kitchen....
    Date: May 05, 2010
  • Three Cheers to the Chocolateers!
    Last night, with a backdrop of the Throgs Neck Bridge at sunset, a gathering of important members from the Great Neck community, and, yes, an open bar until...
    Date: Apr 29, 2010
  • Cover Me This
    Much like a boiling pot of molten cheese to some, or, for me, a shower of deliciously waxy rainbow sprinkles, there are few food products...
    Date: Apr 24, 2010
  • Summer Sweets
    Come March, young and old ice cream enthusiasts eagerly await the reopening of their favorite local soft serve, gelato, ices, and custard shops, many of which close their doors just around the time...
    Date: Apr 16, 2010
  • Why is Marzipan Green?
    If you’ve ever taken a bite into our homemade, hand dipped, dark chocolate coated marzipan, then you know that the delicate creamy center is dyed a universally gruesome color. A wise amphibian....
    Date: Apr 01, 2010
  • Wishing Upon a Bar
    If you throw a penny in to a fountain, you will likely be 1 cent poorer and no luckier than before. If you shake salt over your right shoulder, your food will probably be bland. . .
    Date: Mar 24, 2010
  • Being Married to a Candy Man
    It’s windy and cold, and the ground is dusted with snow, treacherous black ice frosting parts of the street and the sidewalks. It’s 10:00pm, Saturday, and I haven’t seen my husband all day. Forget....
    Date: Mar 19, 2010
  • Chocolate As Girls Grow
    When I was a little girl, white chocolate was to me as the fine delicacy of single barrel fifty-year-old scotch is to polished adults. When the....
    Date: Mar 19, 2010
  • mmmm......Caramel
    The smell that wafts from the back of the chocolate store on a day like today, when Rich is cooking caramel, is heavenly—a surefire way to melt away your troubles quicker than a hazelnut truffle. . .
    Date: Mar 04, 2010
  • Chocolate Bar
    In the olden days, chocolate was molded into clever shapes like ballerina slippers, racecars, and wine bottles. It was this ability to present everyday items in sugary form that awed the consumer....
    Date: Feb 25, 2010
  • Chocolate Comfort
    A rainy day like today yields little more than the desire for a warm mug filled with coffee, a toasty blanket, and an old Adam Sandler movie. . .
    Date: Feb 23, 2010
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The News
EVELYN'S Is Here!

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The legendary Evelyn’s Chocolate Shop of John Street in New York City has closed, and Evelyn has retired after a long and successful career; over 50 years in New York City's Financial District. She wishes to thank you for your loyalty and patronage over the years.
  Evelyn’s customers can still purchase chocolates made from the same recipe here, at Lazar's Chocolate!
  For more information, call Marc, Jeff or Rich Lazar at (516)-829-5785