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Sweet secrets of NYC's oldest chocolate company

2026-04-20

Indulge your sweet tooth and bite into some New York history while you're at it at Li-Lac Chocolates, which has been around for more than a century.

The chocolate shop has an Easter specialty you have to see to believe, but it's got delicious delights cooking at all times of year.

We headed to their Brooklyn factory to check it out.

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