FROM BRUNCH TO BEER. SEE WHAT’S ON THE MENU, AND THAT’S TOMORROW WHEN WE DINE IN THE D AT 11 A.M,
JASON MASSU, AMARETTO, PEANUT
BUTTER, HAZELNUT, ORANGE, AND SO
MANY MORE, OF COURSE, TALKING
ABOUT THE FLAVORS OF CHOCOLATES
FEATURED EDDIE NEW CHOCOLATE
SHOP IN FERNDALE. YOU CAN SAY
THE MAN BEHIND THESE CANDY
MASTERPIECES HAS CHOCOLATE IN
HIS BLOOD. HE’S LIKE WILLY WONKA
. JOINING US NOW IS DAVID QUICKS
. HE IS THE OWNER OF QUICK
CHOCOLATE. HELLO. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, JASON. THANKS FOR
BEING HERE. YOU’RE IN FERNDALE.
CORRECT. THAT’S CORRECT. YOU
HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY WHEN IT
COMES TO MAKING CHOCOLATE. HOW
DID YOU GET YOUR SHOP OFF THE
GROUND? WELL MANY YEARS AGO, MY
RELATIVES BACK IN BELGIUM. THEY
HAD A CHOCOLATE STORE, AND SO
THEY YOU KNOW, HAD EVEN A STEAM
BOILER HOOKED UP IN THE BASEMENT
OF THEIR HOUSE AND LIKE WE’RE
GRINDING COCOA BEANS INTO
CHOCOLATE, SO IT RUNS A LITTLE
BIT IN MY BLOOD. BUT THEN IN
2004, I MET MY HUSBAND IN
BELGIUM AND THEN A FEW YEARS
AGO, WE MOVED TO MICHIGAN AND SO
I DECIDED TO BRING SOME OF MY
HERITAGE. HERE TO MICHIGAN. REAL
QUICK, WHO MOVES FROM BELGIUM TO
MICHIGAN. THERE HAD TO BE A
REASON WHY MICHIGAN JASON
MICHIGANDERS ARE VERY CONVINCING
. AND BUT I DO LIKE LIVING IN
MICHIGAN. UM YEAH, THAT’S
AMAZING. ALRIGHT I ALREADY
MENTIONED A FEW OF THE FLAVORS.
BUT WHAT DO YOU OFFER AND WHAT
GOES INTO, UH, INTO MAKING THEM
WE HAVE A WHOLE TABLE FOLD. GET
IN HERE IN THIS SEGMENT, SO
LET’S START WITH SOME OF THESE
LOOSE CHOCOLATES DOWN HERE. SO
HERE ON THIS END OF THE TABLE,
I’M STARTING PREPARING FOR
AUTUMN. SO THIS WILL BE KIND OF
OUR AUTUMN SEASON. VARIETY WILL
HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARZIPAN
WITH A CAP OFF FOR THE MUSHROOMS
WILL HAVE A CORNS. CHOCOLATE
PORCUPINES. CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE
PORCUPINES HAVE A WHOLE CHICKEN
MADE OUT OF CHOCOLATE AND THE
PUMPKINS, OF COURSE, FILLED WITH
PUMPKIN SPICE. UM, AND THEN WE
HAVE ANOTHER. YOU KNOW, PART OF
OUR ASSORTMENT. WE HAVE TO. WE
HAVE TO SHOW THE CHICKEN. THE
CHICKEN IS HOLLOW LIKE THE
EASTER BUNNY WOULD BUT YOU HAND
PAINTED PAINTED THIS YES, IT
GETS HAND PATENT, SO IT’S LIKE A
DOUBLE MOLD. AND SO YOU HAND
PAINT THEM ALL. AND THEN YOU
GLAZE IT A LITTLE BIT WITH WHITE
CHOCOLATE, SO THE COLORS REALLY
POP. AND THEN IT GETS FILLED
WITH IN THIS CASE, DARK
CHOCOLATE. OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU
HAVE PRE PACKAGED CHOCOLATE. YES
MHM. WE DO A CANDY BAR IS THESE
ARE CHOCOLATE BARS, SO SOME OF
THEM HAVE LIKE, ARE JUST SOLID.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NUTS. AND SOME
I FILL WITH LIKE PEANUT BUTTER
OR EVEN OUR HOMEMADE CARAMEL.
ALL RIGHT, AND NOW WE HAVE
BAGGED TREATS. YES IT’S MORE
LIKE A GIFT BASKET KIND OF
THING, RIGHT? YEAH. I CALL IT
LIKE OUR DEPLORABLES. REALLY YOU
KNOW, IT’S LIKE RBIS. COUGH
COOKIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE
DIP IN CHOCOLATE. MAKE IT EVEN
BETTER WITH COFFEE. UM DO YOU DO
CHOCOLATE TRAYS FOR LIKE WEDDING
RECEPTIONS OR HOUSE PARTIES OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE?
ABSOLUTELY YET. WE CAN
DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND THIS IS
KIND OF OUR ASSORTMENT. WE HAVE
ABOUT 39 DIFFERENT FLAVORS, AND
WE STICK TO THEM AND ROTATE THEM
JUST ONCE IN A WHILE. WHAT IF I
WALKED IN AND SAID HEY, I WANT
SOMETHING BLAH, BLAH, BLAH MADE
OUT OF CHOCOLATE. COULD YOU
CUSTOMIZE SOMETHING FOR ME? I
COULD GIVE IT A TRY. UM BUT MOST
OF THE CHOCOLATES WE CAN
CUSTOMIZE THINGS BY, FOR EXAMPLE
, PRINTING ON THEM LIKE I DID A
FEW CUSTOMIZED CHOCOLATES FOR
COMPANIES AND EVEN THIS ONE HERE
IN THE MIDDLE HAS LIKE FOR
EXAMPLE, MY LOGO PRINTED ON THAT
. IN FACT, JASON, I HAVE A
LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU, BOY. I
HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR TATI AS
WELL. COME ON IN. OKAY
ABSOLUTELY MUCH. THANK YOU.
WELL, WE’RE OPENING TELLING
EVERYBODY AGAIN WHERE THEY CAN
FIND YOU. IT IS LOCATED IN 221
WEST TROY STREET IN FERNDALE
SUITE. 200 WE DON QUIX CHOCOLATE
DOT COM AND JUST IN CASE IF YOU
DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF EACH OTHER
IN THE BOXES. OH MY GOODNESS. A
LITTLE BIT MORE. GOODNESS I’M
GOING TO TOUCH THIS ONE UP
PRINTS. UM, I CAN GET A SHOT OF
LOVE. YES I CAN’T EAT THIS NOW.
ABSOLUTELY YOU SHOULD THE BEST
PART. I LOVE IT. THIS IS SO COOL
. THIS IS SO COOL. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH CUSTOMIZATION WE CAN
DO WITH REALLY ANYTHING. ANY
GOODNESS, BOY, IS THAT GOOD?
CRUNCH MY HEAD OFF. JUST KIDDING
. DID WOW. IS THAT GOOD? THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE
APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR
THE CHOCOLATE. THIS IS AWESOME.
BELGIAN CHOCOLATE HERE. YES GOOD