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Celebrating Life’s Occasions With Romantic High End Chocolates

Chocolate, like flowers, remains the most popular of gifts on days that celebrate relationships and life’s many occasions. The message that a person is cherished, an occasion remembered can be conveyed in many ways but romantic high end chocolates have a magical power all their own to do this. There is indeed nothing quite like an elegant box of luxurious and delicious chocolates to satisfy the eyes, the heart and the palate.

How Chocolate Became Linked to Romance

Nobody knows for sure today how chocolate became linked to romance. Possibly this may stem in part from the widespread but unproven belief that chocolate is an aphrodisiac. Scientists agree that cacao contains tryptophan, a chemical used to make serotonin, a neurotransmitter which is in part responsible for generating feelings of ecstasy. Chocolate also has phenylethylamine which promotes attraction. However, studies concurrently show that the quantity of both in cacao is not sufficient to justify claims that chocolate is an aphrodisiac.

Attributing aphrodisiac qualities to chocolate dates back to the time of Montezuma, the Aztec emperor. He is said to have consumed copious amounts of cacao to improve his prowess as a lover. Casanova, the legendary lover, is likewise said to have believed in the power of chocolate in love as well.

By the time the first Valentine’s Day chocolates were introduced in 1868, the giving of chocolate on that day and other occasions had become common practice. As far back as the 15th century, offering confectionery had become a traditional way of professing love and affection.

Romantic High End Chocolate Gifts for Happy Occasions

The practice of presenting chocolates to loved ones on special occasions is very evident right after Christmas when the supermarkets and candy stores begin their campaign to sell Valentine’s chocolates. Luxury chocolates sold on Valentines are well packaged with the usual traditional red boxes or heart-shaped containers very much in view.

There are specialty shops and exclusive chocolatiers today who will help you celebrate life’s special occasions with some romantic high end chocolates. For example, for weddings you can order customized, handmade truffles at $38 to $42 dollars per pound. For that kind of money, you can have your choice of truffles made from very dark chocolate with creamy ganache flavored from fresh coffee beans or dark chocolate filled with ganache that has been with pomegranate liqueur or dark chocolate filled with caramel. Surely no wedding guest would object to finding such a truffle next to one’s plate at a wedding.

Birthdays can become more intimately special with the gift of romantic luxury chocolates. For example, it would be hard to trump a birthday breakfast where the celebrant wakes up to a small ballotin with assorted chocolate creations – each one begging to be tasted.

The birth of a child is always an event to celebrate but lavish chocolates given by a father to the mother of his child would certainly add a precious dimension to the special day. If the new mother has a sweet tooth, a specially arranged bouquet of gourmet lollipops would be just as festive as flowers and infinitely sweeter.

Perhaps though, one of the best times to give luxury chocolate is when there is no occasion at all. Imagine the joy of a loved one if, for no reason, he or she finds pecan pie truffles on his or her desk; or handmade chocolate covered nuts and chews inside a stocking when it is not Christmas. The message that chocolate brings in this instance is clear: any day can be Christmas day when you take the effort to express how important people are to you. To do this, there is no better medium than romantic high end chocolates.

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