Katherine Anne Confections

Upcoming

Oct 23
Tasting Party
Private Events

Tasting Party

Thursday, October 23 at 5:30pm,$40.00

3653 W. Irving Park

Our OG customers will remember that from 2012-2015, we held monthly "preview parties" to launch our new truffles, caramels, and marshmallows. They were highly anticipated open-house style events, where you could spend an hour (or three) sampling from 15 different confections before they were available.

After a sold-out event in 2024, we're bringing back the tasting party for our 19 year anniversary, featuring a variety of classic and yet-to-be-launched truffles, caramels, and marshmallows focusing on fall and holiday flavors. We'll have wine. We'll have 15 different sweets. We'll have lil bites like deviled eggs and mini scones. And you'll get to chat with our chocolate-making team!

$40 includes libations, delicious savory snacks, and all the chocolate you can handle. The evening runs from 5:30-8:30, open-house format: an hour is usually plenty of time. We'll be hosting the event at our new workshop & cafe, located at 3653 W. Irving Park Road. Space is limited and confections are made to order, so reserve your spot today and come hang out with us!

The menu from 2024 is listed below: we'll update soon with new flavors :)

Truffles

Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodle: white chocolate, fall spices, snickerdoodle cookies
Pear Gingerbread: milk and semisweet chocolates, roasted pears, molasses, clove.
Peppermint Mocha: white chocolate, Factotum espresso, peppermint essential oil.
vegan Cafe Miel: semisweet chocolate, Chicago's Maplewood Distillery coffee liquor, cinnamon, agave.
vegan Raspberry Champagne: semisweet chocolate, Michigan raspberries, rose water.
vegan Pumpkin Apricot: semisweet and bittersweet chocolate, roasted pumpkin, dried apricots soaked in rum and maple syrup.

Caramels

Maple Pecan: Wisconsin maple syrup caramel with deeply roasted pecans.
Chai Coconut: chai infused caramel with toasted coconut.
Chocolate Candy Cane: fudgy chocolate caramel with peppermint essential oil and crushed candy canes.
Apple Cider + Caraway: Michigan apple cider caramel with caraway seeds.

Bonbons

Crispy Peanut Butter Halloween Skull: milk chocolate, peanut butter ganache, crispy puffed quinoa.
Spicy Caramel Halloween Skull: bittersweet chocolate, spicy vanilla bean caramel.
Blood Peach + Cookie Butter Halloween Skull: white chocolate, Michigan blood peaches, biscoff ganache.

Marshmallows

Brown Butter & Sage: brown butter marshmallow with crispy toasted sage leaves.
Cranberry: tart cranberry marshmallow.

Can't make it?

We understand! Your busy schedule doesn't let you come try all these delicious new flavors, but you still want to taste all the new stuff we've had a blast creating. You can order a set to have your own preview party (shipping out the first day of next month!)

For just you! at $30.00

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Gift Box for two at $55.00

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Gift Box for a group at $100.00

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Private Events

Truffle-making parties

Truffle-making parties are a popular choice for company team-building and private parties alike. We have been teaching people to make truffles for 10 years, and we have been excited to bring the experience right into people's homes and offices! We are currently offering virtual or in-person sessions, with our shop available to host for groups with under 20 attendees. On or off-site, our confectionista will share a bit about her experience and the history of our company, and then we'll dive right into tasting chocolate and making truffles!

The virtual class typically runs about 90 minutes (2 - 2.5 hours for in-person) and is laid out as follows:

Introductions
Basics of truffle-making; ingredient sourcing (10 min)
Making ganache (30 mins OR 60-90 minutes for in-person events)
Chilling the ganache (30 mins) - chatting, q&a, troubleshooting tips, etc...
Scooping & rolling truffles (30 min)

We offer our classes, instruction only (you provide the ingredients), for $40 per person with a 10-person minimum. (Contact us about pricing for groups larger than 25). For these virtual sessions, we are happy to share a simple truffle recipe with participants so that they'll be able to source their own ingredients.

Our classes also come in a full-service format, with our truffle-making kits shipped directly to each participant in one of 3 signature recipes (check out our Truffle Making Kits here!). These classes are $99 / person inclusive of facilitation and shipping.

In-person events are typically $70 / person with a 10 person minimum.

Chocolate tasting

For those looking to learn about chocolate in a shorter session, we have developed a chocolate and truffle tasting class! Our virtual class is a 60-minute session available for $70, inclusive of facilitation by Katherine Anne, and chocolate tasting boxes shipped to each participant. In-person classes are $40 / person, and available either at our cafe & workshop or at your location.

We include samples of dark, milk, and white chocolate, and also a bit of unprocessed cacao. As we taste each item, everyone gets to learn a bit about the chocolate-making process and what goes into each different type of chocolate. Then, we have an assortment of 4 chocolate truffles to taste, each involving different flavor pairings with the chocolate.

Please contact us for a quote for an in-person class, or to simply purchase tasting boxes without instruction.

Wine/beer/whiskey pairing

We love to help clients pair chocolate with their alcohol tasting or other experience! Pairing consultation is available, and we can also design customized truffles just for you. Please email hello@katherine-anne for more info!

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3653 W. IRVING PARK, CHICAGO, IL 60618 HOURS: 8-7 MON-SAT, 9-5 SUN (773) 245 - 3948

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