Chocolate, Jersey style

Decadent 2¼-ounce Jersey Girl chocolate bars by Chester-based Jersey Brands (908-879-3072, www.jerseygirlchocolate.com), retailing for about $2 each, promise to leave your taste buds in a blissful state indeed.

If there’s a more tempting way to indulge your Garden State pride, we don’t know it. Decadent 2¼-ounce Jersey Girl chocolate bars by Chester-based Jersey Brands (908-879-3072, www.jerseygirlchocolate.com), retailing for about $2 each, promise to leave your taste
buds in a blissful state indeed.

“I felt the name conjured up a very positive image of women in New Jersey,” says founder Steve Swanbeck of Chester, who started the business four years ago. “And many female customers like the name—especially those who grew up in the state.”

The bars come in four varieties: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, milk chocolate and peanut butter, and caramel and milk chocolate. You can purchase them at several stores around the county, such as Chocolate Carousel in Wall, Mike’s Beach House in Asbury Park and Battleview Orchards in Freehold, or on the company’s website.

Besides chocolate bars, the company also peddles 2-ounce wrapped pieces of fudge made with Belgian chocolate and Dutch cocoa ($1.75/piece), affectionately called Jersey Shore Fudge.