There is something truly magical about stepping into a chocolate shop in December. The air is warm and sweet, truffles gleam behind glass, and suddenly you’re a kid again — hopeful, curious, deciding which treat feels like the right kind of joy. Last week, I sat down with Helen Staines, owner of Decadence Chocolates, and from the moment I walked inside, I understood why her Sherbrook storefront has become such a beloved Winnipeg destination.

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Helen was raised in a small village in the countryside of Yorkshire, England, and spent years working in hospitality — hotels, restaurants, cruise ships — until eighteen Christmases ago she made homemade truffles for gifts. “They were the size of golf balls,” she laughed, remembering that first batch. “Everything tasted fabulous bu

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