Going Out

Photo Credit: Dan Watkins

By Elizabeth Bomze

In preparation for Valentine’s Day, Valerie Conyngham is experimenting with rose-petal and whiskey-infused
caramel. The budding chocolatier fancies her new venture—and herself—in the image of the movie Chocolat and its protagonist, Vianne. Hence Vianne Chocolat, her business that she runs out of Jamaica Plain’s communal Crop-Circle Kitchen. Every Friday, Conyngham spins high quality, local ingredients into decadent two-bite treats: clove-and-orange-scented ganache squares, violet-liqueur-spiked swirls and, crowd favorite, burnt caramel cups.

Vianne Chocolat: Available at local specialty stores and online. viannechocolat.com