Dating someone with high tastes? These extravagant chocolate-based gifts are sure to impress.
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The Supersized Hershey Bar
Paying $39.99 for a box of chocolates isn’t anything over the top, but paying $39.99 for a single Hershey’s bar may raise some eyebrows. Don’t look for it in vending machines – the Hershey Co. sells this 5-pound version of its classic milk chocolate bar online and at its Chocolate World retail locations.
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Sweet Shoes
The fashion lover in your life will appreciate this ‘Chocouture Heel,’ a customizable item by Chocolatines that starts at $95. Chocolatines, which is based in Schaumberg, Ill., says the shoe is made of both dark and milk chocolate, and is approximately the size of a ladies’ size 6. Celebrity fans include Heidi Klum, Demi Moore and Kathy Griffin.
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Chocolate Studded With Sugar Diamonds
Another treat from Chocolatines, this box of 16 chocolates checks in at $105, meaning a single piece is about $6.50. Each piece features an edible diamond made of sugar surrounded by 72% dark chocolate that has been blended with scotch.
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A ‘Gilt’y Pleasure
Swiss chocolate maker DeLafee offers this 8-piece box of chocolate pralines for $133, which means each piece is almost $17. If you write that off as crazy talk, consider that each piece is dusted with edible gold.
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A Truffle With Double Meaning
The most expensive single piece of chocolate on this list is this fancy made-to-order truffle by Knipschildt, which sells for $250. Enrobed in Valhrona dark chocolate and rich ganache, “La Madeline au Truffe” features a rare French truffle at its center (yes – “truffle” as in the mushroom kind) and is presented on a bed of sugar pearls.
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A Chocolate Lover’s Dream Trunk
For the chocolate lover who can’t get enough, Vosges Haut-Chocolat offers this massive “Travel the World Steamer Trunk” for $1,045. Vosges says the trunk is filled with every truffle, caramel, bonbon and comfort food in the company’s collection – from Krug champagne truffles to bacon toffee. The trunk also contains “notes and musings” from Vosges Founder Katrina Markoff describing her creative process.
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