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For the Festival of Lights Wednesday marks the first night of Hanukkah - when children get chocolate coins known as gelt and play games of chance with dreidels.

JULIETTE LYNCH / Staff Photographer
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For the Festival of Lights

Wednesday marks the first night of Hanukkah - when children get chocolate coins known as gelt and play games of chance with dreidels.

Finally, good-tasting is available. Vermont-based Lake Champlain Chocolates offers tasty milk chocolate coins, each wrapped in silver foil. Kosher and gluten-free.

- Dianna Marder
Lake Champlain Milk Chocolate Coins $8/3.5 ounce (13 coins) 1-800-465-5909 or lakechamplainchocolates.com.

After the games, dessert

Toy dreidels are most often made of plastic, metal or wood, but master chocolatier Christopher Curtin has crafted artisanal quality milk and dark chocolate dreidels. At 3.8 ounces, these are for sharing.

- Dianna Marder

Chocolate dreidels, $14.50. Available Nov. 26 through Dec. 17 at Eclat Chocolate, 24 S. High St., West Chester, Pa. 19382. 610-692-5206 or eclatchocolate.com.