Chocolate

I'm afraid my wife did it to me; I've become somewhat of a chocoholic (although probably not quite as bad as she). None of that Hersheys or Nestles stuff for us. Here's where we go for our fixes.

Any time we are in Lancaster County, we must make a stop at the Wilbur Chocolate Factory and Museum. The factory store has great deals on Wilbur Buds in one pound bags (can't touch a Hershey's Kiss after one of these!). We also are partial to the milk chocolate crisp breakup (forget Nestle's Crunch!) and some of the "truffles" (mint, grande; but these are not really truffles; see below for real ones). Wilburs makes chocolate for many other candy companies, and some of the finished items are available here.

Just off the Castro in San Francisco on 16th Street stands a monument to chocolate; the Joseph Schmidt Factory Store. Famous for many varieties of truffles, some of which even make it back east, Joseph Schmidt also makes chocolate items in many shapes. The factory store has some of these on display, including "flower arrangements," animals, and even the Transamerica Pyramid. Truffles which can cost up to $2.50 back east go for $1.00 each at the store. We stock up whenever we're in SF.

One of our favorite memories of Zurich was our visit to the many chocolate shops, including Sprüngli and Teuscher. At the latter we had wonderful champagne truffles. We have since also gotten them at the Teuscher store in San Francisco at 255 Grant Street. There are also Teuscher stores in Boston, Beverly Hills, Houston, New York, and Toronto. (I found a list of addresses at <http://www.menlo.com/surf/teuscher.html>.)

While in Brugge (Bruges) a while back, we purchased Belgian "seashells" for about $5/lb (if my conversions were correct). We don't get them much back here, as they go for closer to $20/lb.

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