I have a confession to make.......................
I'm.......
a..........
SNACKER!!!!
A certified, chronic, obsessive, interminable, eternal snacker. The idea of skipping proper meal for bars (yes, BARS) of chocolate or a bag of chips to me is nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, I could live solely on snacks and won't have a problem with it. Heck, that is my idea of diet!
It doesn't help that I was born out of snacker parents, one was into sweets and the other into the salty stuff. So much so that the one into sweets now has diabetes and the other into salty snacks lost a kidney (around the time I was born) due to so much salt consumption! I know, those two facts should serve as my double, persistently-waved red flags. I would, in more than one occasion joke that I should be fine since I'm a good mix of both. For now, it's too early to tell how this would all boil down to.
Substituting chocolates with fruits and chips with peanuts just don't cut it! And the loves of my life indulge me, so you see, I really am in no position to complain (not that I would care to anyway!).
My Mah sends me and my husband boxful of treats several times a year, while my mother-in-law whips up yummy bars and cookies on special occasions. Whenever she travels to France (the other love of her life) and other parts of Europe, she always brings us (or mostly me, my husband doesn't want to have anything to do with the chocolates save for a couple of bites) these chocolates that make you feel like a billionaire with every bite!
I've always loved European chocolates, they put all other chocolates to shame! Here's what my mother-in-law, Donna recently brought back.
I also have a soft spot for nice boxes and packaging, so this one is definitely a keeper long after the chocolates are gone, and they are long gone!
Here are other chocolates and other snacks with cool packaging (waiting to be sampled and blogged about some time in the future):
Ardeche - Chocolate covered chestnut
Askinosie
Is a wonderful source of French products from cooking and baking ingredients, cakes, candies, beauty supplies, etc. Here are some of the snacks they carry that I've got my eyes on:
Microwaveable Fondue Dark Chocolate with 70% REAL Cocoa.
La Mere Poulard Galettes au Caramel au Beurre Salé - Salted Butter Caramel Galettes in Collector's Tin
This is supposedly more crumbly rather than crisp and more buttery, too, than the Galettes above.
Both have irresistibly awesome tin packaging though!
Le Petit Saunier French Salted Butter Caramels - Caramel au BeurreSalé
The packaging reminds me of a beauty soap bar you can find at luxury hotels!
Paris Caramels - 9% Charentes-Poitou Pure French Butter - Vanilla French Caramels
Also available in Fig & Walnut, Hazelnut, Chocolate and the packaging just as elegant.
Amazon also carries a good selection of imported goods.
French Dark Chocolate Truffles.
There are lots of it but this is probably the only one that comes in a wooden box. Now, how chic is that?
French Dark Chocolate Truffles.
There are lots of it but this is probably the only one that comes in a wooden box. Now, how chic is that?
Chocolat Bonnat Trinite 75% Dark Chocolate Bar.
There are nine classifications available on Amazon, this one is trinite just one of the nine places they sourced the cocoa from. Makes you want to sample all to find out which has the best!
30 pcs. 100% Natural Basswood Chocolate.
It comes in a thick wooden crate and is handmade by Pascal Caffet, World Chamion French Chocolatier. It doesn't get any richer than this!
Primo Pan Noccioli Hazelnut Cookies with Chocolate from Italy.
Beats any premium biscotti out there just by the packaging alone!
Bellagio Cocoa (French Vanilla, Chocolate Truffle, Caramel Praline) Gift Set This is perhaps the most classy hot chocolate packaging I've ever seen. I wonder how each tastes like!
French Broad is another online source for premium chocolates and they offer a service they call "chocolate subscription," how awesome is that? I've yet to try their services but I can surely vouch for Foodzie, a San Francisco based company that hand-packs handpicked artisan products in single-serving sizes cleverly called, The Tasting Box. My first subscription came in the mail yesterday and I am hooked! Can't wait for next month's harvest!
Foodzie July Tasting Box
I am in love with their Black Truffle + Aged White Cheddar gourmet popcorn by 479° Popcorn and Botanical Bakery's Fennel Pollen shortbread cookies.
I am in love with their Black Truffle + Aged White Cheddar gourmet popcorn by 479° Popcorn and Botanical Bakery's Fennel Pollen shortbread cookies.
And in the subject of snacks, See's Candies is having a National Lollipop Day Sweepstakes until July 23, 2011. You could win a trip for two to San Francisco for the VIP See's Factory tour or $50 worth gift cards!
My go-to chocolates for my pen-pals are the minis from Ghirardelli. They are small enough like tea-bags to fit in letters and have very exciting seasonal flavors, too like Eggnog for Christmas.
So, what kind of a snacker are you?
My go-to chocolates for my pen-pals are the minis from Ghirardelli. They are small enough like tea-bags to fit in letters and have very exciting seasonal flavors, too like Eggnog for Christmas.
So, what kind of a snacker are you?
Oh my goodness. The packaging has me drooling, let alone the chocolate. LOL. Like you I would prefer to 'snack' than have regular meals but psychologically grazing makes me feel as if I have NOT eaten: most dissatisfying!
ReplyDeleteJocelyn, the trick is probably to have an impressive self control! But sweet tooth are not known to have such a thing though!
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