LUSCIOUS AND LUXURIOUS, IT LEAVES YOU ALWAYS WANTING MORE

Luscious and luxurious, good quality chocolate always leaves you wanting more.   One small piece is a wanton treat that trumps a dozen factory-made bars oozing nasty palm oil solids.  Perhaps you will agree that this tiny luxury, usually priced at upward of $2 a piece, is a worthwhile splurge.  

We are very lucky to have Adam and Eve Chocolates in the Village tucked around the corner of Church on Maitland St.  Could there be a more aptly named establishment to teach us about the sins of truffles, hand-crafted in the finest Belgian milk, white, and dark chocolate filled with devilishly creamy ganache?  

These temptations of over 36 flavours, ranging from green tea to champagne, call to us from their gleaming glass cases; we will gladly repent from our mindless inhalation of industrial cocoa products to dance in this garden of chocolate love.  Adam and Eve’s garden is positively resplendent with  a variety of packaged chocolate options that include molded solid and hollow pieces, Swiss-style chocolate almonds, milk chocolate cashew butter crunch, and diabetic-friendly, no-sugar-added Belgian chocolate.

Ensnare your lover’s heart with fetching boxes of solid heart-shaped chocolate ($12.95 for 12), or with a heart-shaped lollipop ($2).  Procure a heart-shaped edible chocolate box filled with 6 truffles ($21.95) to be naughtily demolished with your beloved.   If you are looking to splurge, be sure to ask for a custom mix of truffles in a heart-shaped box, or choose from an assortment of ready-made gift baskets.

A plan for passion could also include a visit with your romantic quarry to the cozy lounge at the back of the store. Cupid’s arrow will have a better chance of working its magic after you have plied the object of your affections with a cappuccino or hand crafted hot chocolate alongside a decadent chocolate slice, square, or cookie made in-house, and a scoop of rose-scented gelato.    

There will be whipped cream. There will be love.