Heavenly handmade truffles
I've mentioned Etsy in the past (Yumheart handmade DVDs and ecological wedding rings) as a great bastion of hippy shopping, but never before have I mentioned it in the same breath as high quality, bespoke, no-preservative chocolate. I refer to chocolatier Gaz of Heavenly Truffles. Now, this is the kind of thing that makes me believe I could quite happily call the UK home (you listening, John?). Five years ago, he gave up being a pyrographer "as the only person that ever seemed to sell anything at craft fairs was the sweety man." He fooled up a recipe for sweeties of his own and they started selling right off. At £1 plus 50p shipping for a random three-pack sample of chocolate or truffles or something new you absolutely can't go wrong.
But if you know 3 alone won't do, for £4.99 + £1.50 P+P you can get 200 grams of chocolate and Bailey's body fudge for heating until paint consistency and then applying "on your partner". Ooh, I do believe I'm getting the vapours. For £6.00 + £2.50 P+P he has a 7" Chocolate & Baileys Liqueur Truffle cake - weighing over 500 grams! Over a pound! Finally, for £7.99 UK Price + £1.25 P+P, there's his 18 piece assortment of liquere truffles and handmade chocolate. Made fresh every week. All Belgian chocolate, full of Baileys and Cointreau and Cherry Brandy and other adult lubricant (although not all at once). He does ship internationally at an exceedingly reasonable rate so nobody need be left out. --[GT]
