Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines the term chocolate as “a food prepared from ground roasted cacao beans.” No offense to Merriam, Webster, or any of their avid readers, but most people define chocolate in much simpler terms: they define it as “good.”
Chocolate being defined as “good” describes more than just the taste: part of chocolate’s goodness lies in the fact that it is a food of many faces. It is a food used for celebration, times when joy is epitomized in the form of chocolate birthday cakes or chocolate Easter bunnies. It is used for comfort, like a food that offers a shoulder to cry on and a promise not to melt in your hands. It is used for romance, a food that can seduce the most stoic of people by layering itself over strawberries. It is a food full of mental and physical health benefits, releasing chemicals of pleasure into the brain and heart protecting properties into the body. It is a food that is good for the soul.
This goodness of chocolate is epitomized by the companies who understand it and aim to capture its essence. One of these companies is Masala Chocolates.
Masala Chocolates, based in California, is a company that strives to create chocolates that are unique and exotic, chocolates that aren’t on the market anywhere else. This isn‘t your run-of-the-mill candy store. Masala — a word often used in Indian cuisine to describe the combination of many different spices — produces chocolates that are full of creation and filled with sensuality.
Inspired by the aura and exuberance of the Far East, a culture marked by color and originality, Masala Chocolates are nothing if not imaginative. Some of the items offered include a chocolate covered jewelry box, filled with chocolate gem stones; a milk chocolate butterfly; a dark chocolate lady bug; coffee walnut pyramids; rum balls; and peanut butter and jelly hearts of gold. Masala also offers some non-chocolate items including sugar cookies and large cashews that are coated with a special Indian spice and mixed with curry leaves.
The only chocolate used at Masala is Belgian chocolate. Eggs are excluded from the product lines, allowing most vegetarians the opportunity to treat themselves. Many of the chocolates are also available in sugar-free varieties.
Masala chocolates make a great holiday gift for anyone who loves chocolate, otherwise known as anyone with taste buds.
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