Looking for last-minute edible decorations or festive place card ideas for your Thanksgiving table? You might head to Bissinger's and pick up a bag of foil-wrapped dark chocolate leaves, $22 a pound, or autumn-colored chocolate turkeys, $3.75 each.
Bissinger's, 32 Maryland Plaza, Mon. to Weds. 10-6, Thurs. 10-10 (closed Thanksgiving), Sat. 10-Midnight, Sun. 10-8, (314) 367-7750.
And if you've been assigned dessert duty on Thanksgiving, what could be easier than an assortment of cupcakes from The Cup? Flavors include dark chocolate Tuxedo (with pumpkin decoration), Double Chocolate (with turkey), Red Velvet (with leaf), vanilla buttercream Confetti, and Pumpkin Harvest (with sliver of Bissinger's pumpkin bark, yum!), $2.75 each.
The Cup, 28 Maryland Plaza Rear, Mon. to Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (this Weds. 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.), Fri. to Sat. 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Closed Sunday, (314) 367-6111.