In this
week's East End, News 12's Doug Geed takes us to a spot where you can find some
high-end chocolate delights.
"I'm an artist, and I just happen to choose
chocolate as my medium," says Ursula XVII.
"We make everything in house. So if you see a
Rice Krispie treat, we're not using Kellogg's, we're using real rice puffs.
We're making the marshmallows ourselves. We're really just trying to refine it,
and of course we then dip them in really good dark chocolate," she says.
Bite-sized bon bons include unusual pairings of
flavors with her chocolate -- including fennel, pomegranate and orange-ginger.
She also uses ingredients grown or produced on the
North Fork, from strawberries to potato chips.
Right now, she's creating
large chocolate sculptures for Easter that she will hide at various North Fork
businesses. People who spot them can post a picture of them, which gives them a
chance at winning one of the five-pound, pure chocolate creations.
She also holds paint-with-chocolate workshops at
area vineyards or her studio.