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Chocolate Fountain Houston offers an assortment of chocolate fountain packages to fit any event with dipping options that include various cookies, other bite-size confections and fresh-cut fruit. The company also offers candy buffet displays for which you choose the types of candy and bags or boxes personalized with a color, theme or company or event logo. At the event, your guests fill their custom bags with the candies of their choice. Call (281) 353-9900 or visit
www.chocolatefountainhouston.com to set up a dessert package perfect for your event needs.
Deligance Chocolate Fountains and Dessert Catering serves the Greater Houston area with on-site service of elegant chocolate and champagne fountains customized with fruits or juices of any kind. Deligance also specializes in decadence for the diet-conscious with stunningly artistic trees composed entirely of fruit that can serve up to 150 people. A comprehensive dessert caterer, Deligance also provides a full range of cakes and mini desserts to meet your event needs. For more information, call (281) 660-6019 or visit www.deligance.com.
Proudly serving Texas-made Blue Bell Ice Cream from its signature ice cream cart, IceCreamParty.com provides on-site, customizable ice cream parties for company gatherings from a few people to thousands. IceCreamParty.com offers ice cream social hours any day or time, indoors or out in a variety of formats, including sundae bars and soda floats. Professional servers take care of everything from setup to cleaning so all you have to do is pick your format, flavors and toppings. Volume discounts and customized options are available to meet your needs. Call (713) 680-2022, e-mail info@icecreamparty.com or visit www.icecreamparty.com.
Located in the near suburb of Katy, Maraine Delice is the Houston area’s finest French cuisine catering company, providing an assortment of exquisite French pastries for business and social events. Open since 2010, Maraine Delice offers a presentation of all kinds of delicious French desserts, including tarts, petits-fours, chocolate truffles, canelÈs and cakes that are created with the imagination, experience and savoir-faire of Paris-trained pastry chef and maÓtre chocolatier Fabrice Maraine. Call (832) 359-7899 or visit www.marainedelice.com for more information.
Tasti D-Lite offers delicious, guilt-free dessert catering in Houston for company events from office parties and luncheons to business meetings and conferences. The Tasti D-Lite soft-serve, dairy-based frozen treat is similar to ice cream and frozen yogurt but made with all-natural ingredients and less fat, calories and carbs. Tasti D-Lite caters anywhere in downtown Houston at interior locations or outdoors from its attention-grabbing Tasti Truck. With more than 100 flavors, no minimum order and a topping bar included at no extra charge, eating “Tasti” is a great catering option. Call (832) 409-4196 or visit www.tastihouston.com for more information.
Everyone has some sort of sweet tooth, so dessert catering—whether casual or formal—might just be a fun and tasty fit for your next event.
Coffee Catering
Sometimes all an event really needs is a caffeine pick-me-up, so why not consider hiring a gourmet coffee caterer to energize your attendees? Houston is home to several coffee-specific caterers that bring their indulgent and delicious beverages right to your event.
Absolatte! Catering is a Houston espresso coffee business committed to bringing the coffeehouse experience to you. Absolatte! caters company events to impress and make your next sales call or business meeting something your clients will remember and value. Absolatte!’s portable espresso cart is fully equipped for creating delicious espressos, lattes, cappuccinos, smoothies, teas, hot chocolates, chais and pastries any time of day. In addition, the company does a good deed with each catered event, donating a percentage of the proceeds to the Methodist Hospital Helping Hearts transplant group. For more information, call (713) 268-6200 or visit www.absolatte.com
Grizzaffi Coffee specializes in catering events with gourmet coffee, gelato bars and smoothie bars. With 10 years of beverage experience, Grizzaffi delivers the highest quality beverages and associated products to any event, whether it is a business or wholesaler meeting, grand opening or office occasion. Every cup is 100-percent Grizzaffi, and “if it’s not Grizzaffi, it’s not coffee.” For more information, call (832) 466-3325.
Named Best Coffee Roaster by the Houston Press, Java Pura Coffee Catering has provided specialty coffee bars for Houston’s hotels, caterers, charity events, seminars and corporate meetings for nearly two decades. Java Pura offers an expansive, portable coffee bar complete with a commercial-grade espresso machine and grinder that allows the professional barista to create lattes, mochas, cappuccinos and other specialty coffee drinks with an assortment of add-in sauces and syrups. Java Pura also offers other specialty beverage services, including frozen cappuccinos, milkshakes, Italian sodas and smoothies, which can be booked alone or added to the signature coffee service that adds elegance to any event. For a quote, call (713) 523-5282 or visit www.javapura.com.
www.chocolatefountainhouston.com to set up a dessert package perfect for your event needs.
Deligance Chocolate Fountains and Dessert Catering serves the Greater Houston area with on-site service of elegant chocolate and champagne fountains customized with fruits or juices of any kind. Deligance also specializes in decadence for the diet-conscious with stunningly artistic trees composed entirely of fruit that can serve up to 150 people. A comprehensive dessert caterer, Deligance also provides a full range of cakes and mini desserts to meet your event needs. For more information, call (281) 660-6019 or visit www.deligance.com.
Proudly serving Texas-made Blue Bell Ice Cream from its signature ice cream cart, IceCreamParty.com provides on-site, customizable ice cream parties for company gatherings from a few people to thousands. IceCreamParty.com offers ice cream social hours any day or time, indoors or out in a variety of formats, including sundae bars and soda floats. Professional servers take care of everything from setup to cleaning so all you have to do is pick your format, flavors and toppings. Volume discounts and customized options are available to meet your needs. Call (713) 680-2022, e-mail info@icecreamparty.com or visit www.icecreamparty.com.
Located in the near suburb of Katy, Maraine Delice is the Houston area’s finest French cuisine catering company, providing an assortment of exquisite French pastries for business and social events. Open since 2010, Maraine Delice offers a presentation of all kinds of delicious French desserts, including tarts, petits-fours, chocolate truffles, canelÈs and cakes that are created with the imagination, experience and savoir-faire of Paris-trained pastry chef and maÓtre chocolatier Fabrice Maraine. Call (832) 359-7899 or visit www.marainedelice.com for more information.
Tasti D-Lite offers delicious, guilt-free dessert catering in Houston for company events from office parties and luncheons to business meetings and conferences. The Tasti D-Lite soft-serve, dairy-based frozen treat is similar to ice cream and frozen yogurt but made with all-natural ingredients and less fat, calories and carbs. Tasti D-Lite caters anywhere in downtown Houston at interior locations or outdoors from its attention-grabbing Tasti Truck. With more than 100 flavors, no minimum order and a topping bar included at no extra charge, eating “Tasti” is a great catering option. Call (832) 409-4196 or visit www.tastihouston.com for more information.
Everyone has some sort of sweet tooth, so dessert catering—whether casual or formal—might just be a fun and tasty fit for your next event.
Coffee Catering
Sometimes all an event really needs is a caffeine pick-me-up, so why not consider hiring a gourmet coffee caterer to energize your attendees? Houston is home to several coffee-specific caterers that bring their indulgent and delicious beverages right to your event.
Absolatte! Catering is a Houston espresso coffee business committed to bringing the coffeehouse experience to you. Absolatte! caters company events to impress and make your next sales call or business meeting something your clients will remember and value. Absolatte!’s portable espresso cart is fully equipped for creating delicious espressos, lattes, cappuccinos, smoothies, teas, hot chocolates, chais and pastries any time of day. In addition, the company does a good deed with each catered event, donating a percentage of the proceeds to the Methodist Hospital Helping Hearts transplant group. For more information, call (713) 268-6200 or visit www.absolatte.com
Grizzaffi Coffee specializes in catering events with gourmet coffee, gelato bars and smoothie bars. With 10 years of beverage experience, Grizzaffi delivers the highest quality beverages and associated products to any event, whether it is a business or wholesaler meeting, grand opening or office occasion. Every cup is 100-percent Grizzaffi, and “if it’s not Grizzaffi, it’s not coffee.” For more information, call (832) 466-3325.
Named Best Coffee Roaster by the Houston Press, Java Pura Coffee Catering has provided specialty coffee bars for Houston’s hotels, caterers, charity events, seminars and corporate meetings for nearly two decades. Java Pura offers an expansive, portable coffee bar complete with a commercial-grade espresso machine and grinder that allows the professional barista to create lattes, mochas, cappuccinos and other specialty coffee drinks with an assortment of add-in sauces and syrups. Java Pura also offers other specialty beverage services, including frozen cappuccinos, milkshakes, Italian sodas and smoothies, which can be booked alone or added to the signature coffee service that adds elegance to any event. For a quote, call (713) 523-5282 or visit www.javapura.com.
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