The Golden Box

Colin brought home a beautiful gold box. Gleefully, we opened it and found 35 individual chocolate morsels. We decided that each of us would pick one to savor but giving others a "nibble" for tasting purposes. Thankfully, we didn't have to do the old-fashion way of determining the flavors. You know the ONE - pressing the underside of the chocolate to see if it's soft and gooey or solid or with nuts (then putting it back for the next person). The box included a catalog - a colored photo with description of each flavor. Should I have the Coffee Feather (a "rich coffee-infused chocolate ganache in a smooth chocolate shell) or the Cappucino Truffle ("espresso and creamy milk notes in dark chocolate ganache in a dark chocolate shell")? Of course, we couldn't imagine devouring the whole box in one sitting (no matter how tempting). One must savor and enjoy the creaminess, the sweet bitterness and smoothness. Civilized. We sniffed, we licked, we nibbled. Nirvana in a box.