we make. I don’t think that is special; that’s just the way it is. We use real food and we make it all here; we make our own gels, marshmallows and caramels. We grind the mint or lemons (or other foods) we need to make our own flavourings.” While you can find some exotic flavour pairings, Con- stance doesn’t consider her chocolates elitist. “I consider us accessible, comfort chocolate. We basically go with what people want. We want to make super cool chocolate that just happens to be made in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, and I want people in other centres of the world to know we exist and to seek us out.” Teaming up with various organizations across the city,
her chocolates can be found in some interesting locales. She is currently working with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, designing a three dimensional rendition of the building that will be available in their gift shop and her location. Te Manitoba Legislative building will offer three dimensional Golden Boys and another exclu- sive item designed specifically for their gift shop by Con- stance. Never wanting to become stale, she is constantly taking part in new projects and adding new flavours to add to their 20 to 30 core chocolates. “We are making chocolates with Manitoba ingredients that are represen- tative of Canada.” A new signature chocolate mould has been created to further build the brand and create tons of new flavours. Spoiler alert - look out for an orange and coffee-flavoured breakfast bar. Of all the places to open up a chocolate shop, why Win- nipeg? “Winnipeg is big enough to attract interesting things to it but small enough to still give you access to them,” says Constance. How true.
EATING CHOCOLATE
Prairie Cow Pies - made with Valrhona choc- olate, Constance’s own caramel, Manitoba honey and pecans
Manitoba Bar - made with local sunflower seeds, honey, flaxseed and Manitoba Harvest hemp hearts
Birch Bark Bar - made with pure birch syrup from The Pas, Manitoba
Spicy Mexican Bar - made with Manitoba grown, edamame beans
SHARING CHOCOLATE
Constance Popp chocolates have been shared:
- at the Oscar and Golden Globe gift lounges in Los Angeles - at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics - at the 2014 Junos - on Royal visits - at the Premiers’ Conference
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