Chocolate – A Sweet Gift For Every Occasion

Guide – If you have a wrapped chocolate bar, remember, it must be unwrapped and allowed to breathe like a fine wine. Many people yield to the temptation of ripping open a candy bar and immediately taking a bite.

Receiving a box of chocolate is always a lovely surprise that brightens our day. It brings a unique dimension to any “Thank you” or “I love you” message that we wish to convey. It is a gift that communicates our consideration and our affection.

Chocolate is also a cultural and social feature of our western society. It plays a part in many of our celebrations.

Birthdays.

It is one day when we indulge ourselves without feeling guilty. So, the bigger the better. We treat our love ones to some of the fabulous chocolates they would not dare touch normally. Dark, brown or white, they will be eaten throughout the day, with a palatable contentment that has no room for rational behaviour.

Guide – Children are more likely to prefer chocolate when they reach 10-11 years old than when they are younger.

Mother’s day.

Mothers and chocolate go well together, this is why cocoa is a universal treat on this special day. Thousands of beautifully and delicately wrapped boxes find their way into the living rooms or bedrooms of our impatient Mums. Mother’s day is an affair of the heart, and offering a carefully chosen box of favorite chocolates reveal, our appreciation and our love.

Guide – ‘Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always tells a little white lie.

Christmas.

Enter into the spirit of Christmas and, relive the joy of childhood. No Christmas celebration is complete without the colouful boxes full of chocolates decorated with marzipan or filled with liqueur, the chocolate Father Christmas and Snow men hanging
from the Christmas tree. It gives the festive season a wonderful sense of warmth, comfort and tradition.

Valentine’day.

It is a day of lust and passion, when lovers taste the forbidden fruits that melt slowly in the mouth and leave them begging for more. They discover ecstasy and lose themselves into a chocolate decadence and craving.

Guide – In genearl, the shelf life for chocolate is a year. Chocolate that is refrigerated may not melt as readily.

Easter

For chocoholics all over the Christian world, no festivities match the chocolate frenzy of Easter. Fertility and the new life are honored in all their forms. Chocolate eggs, chocolate hens, chocolate rabbits and so forth. We celebrate the resurrection of The Lord Jesus and, we rejoice at the renewal of spring in a feast of chocolate.

Guide – The average American eats 10-12 pounds (4.5 kg) of chocolate a year.