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Chocolate Gifts Galore!
If chocolate is the passion of someone on your shopping list, then
you'll have no trouble finding chocolate gifts for their special
occasion. Almost anything you can name, is now made in, or covered
by chocolate. Chocoholics no longer hide their appetite for the
cocoa bean's end product, and chocolate
gifts abound at retailers, candy makers and on the Internet.
A cute little "something" in chocolate gifts, suitable
for slipping into a gift basket, Christmas stocking, or as a "just
because" present, are chocolate shapes. The French chocolatier
Michel Cluziel offers a box of eight mushrooms, each one a milk
chocolate cap filled with almond crunch, on a stem of caramel robed
in white chocolate.
Another unique idea in chocolate gifts from Cluziel, is the humorous
set of six chocolate sardines wrapped in lifelike foil coverings,
and presented in a net package
Of course, you can always opt for the traditional, such as hot
chocolate. But make it the kind that is a step above the "just
add water" variety. Chocolate gifts don't come any better than
a can of 80% drinking chocolate flakes from French chocolatier Bonnat,
where they still work with pure cocoa beans, utilizing their own
strict processes for roasting and blending.
You'll bag some sweet chocolate gifts with Belgravia biscuits from
the Chocolate Society of England. The society is dedicated to proving
that chocolate, properly produced from pure ingredients, is every
bit as refined, as great wines. A bag of these delicious butter
biscuits, double coated in rich, dark chocolate, goes great with
some gourmet coffee.
Chocolate gifts fit for a queen can be had from Charbonnel et Walker
of London, England, who are favorites of the Royal Family. Choose
a delightfully feminine box of English violet creams covered in
dark chocolate and topped with crystallized violet petals, or go
for the richness of a golden tub of cappuccino truffles.
For more information about ordering chocolate gifts online please
visit: "gourmet chocolate".
Betty Sleep is a freelance writer/editor from New
Brunswick, Canada, whose work has appeared in print and other
media, for almost 30 years. Her specialties are humor and historical
material. She is the author of "Ten Minute Trivia" and
the Purrlock Holmes children's novels and is a contributing author
to http://www.a1-food-gifts.com an online resource for sending
unique food gifts.
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