NYC's 'oldest chocolate factory' at full speed for Valentine's
Three days before Valentine's Day, on Friday (February 11), employees are busy decorating chocolate hearts with colored sprinkles, dipping cherries in chocolate, and preparing toffee filling.
They're also racing to place chocolates into red and gold boxes for sale online and at the company's six retail locations.
Anwar Khoder is the factory's master chocolatier and production manager.
"I've been, doing like about 18 hours a day, you know, to keep up with the demand," he said. "We have we have a like a really big line of fresh chocolate. You have like over 120 items, and we have to keep up with all this."
Valentine's Day is one of the busiest times of year for Li-Lac Chocolates.
"From a business perspective, it's our second biggest holiday after Christmas," said president and co-owner Anthony Cirone. "We do more chocolate sales in Valentine's Day and actually and Easter than we do any other time of the year outside of Christmas."
Li-Lac Chocolates has been operating since 1923 and will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year.
