Kitchen

[Deadeye Daisy]

The booze filled ones you buy in the US are mild compared with the ones you get in other countries. Still remember walking down a road in Spain with a small box of chocolates. We each took one and popped into our mouth. WOW! Almost spit it out, it was so strong. They were filled with orange chunks and Grand Marnier. Straight booze.

Was expecting ones more like the ones Lindt in Switzerland makes for overseas shipment. Not even close.

[Sooner]

On 1/13/2014 Deadeye Daisy said:

The booze filled ones you buy in the US are mild compared with the ones you get in other countries. Still remember walking down a road in Spain with a small box of chocolates. We each took one and popped into our mouth. WOW! Almost spit it out, it was so strong. They were filled with orange chunks and Grand Marnier. Straight booze.

Was expecting ones more like the ones Lindt in Switzerland makes for overseas shipment. Not even close.

LOL!!! A friend of mine who traveled a lot used to talk about in some places where drinking was frowned on there would be STRONG, booze-soaked desserts and candies served after dinner. But NO drinking! Ha ha!

[Vamp]

On 1/10/2014 FunkyHulaGirl said:

Vamp, they were my favorite aunt's favorite as well; I always think of her when I see them. She died very young - she was only 41 and left 3 young children, 2 of whom barely remember her (I think they were 3 and 5 when she died). I love that aunt like most love a mother, and there's not a day that I don't miss her still. Her oldest, a boy, died about 12 years ago, but her daughters love hearing stories about their mother and I started a tradition a couple of years ago when I found her girls after over 30 years of being out of contact. The first year I got each of them a box of the cherries, wrapped them, and printed out the story of how much their mom loved her chocolate covered cherries, her dad always complained that she ate too many sweets and wouldn't let her keep them in the house, and one year after they were visiting for Christmas (before the girls were born) I filled the pockets of her new coat with chocolate covered cherries...and they melted in there, since I didn't tell her because I wanted her to be surprised when she found them. (I was just a little girl...and the surprise wasn't the pleasant one I had hoped - but she appreciated the thought.) I put the story in an envelope and affixed it to the wrapped box of candy with a note to read it before opening the box. Now I send them each a box of chocolate covered cherries every Christmas, in memory of their mom.

What a great story! Thanks for sharing.

I love it that you have shared the tradition of chocolate covered cherries with her children. My dad also died at a relatively young age--58--and not all of his grandchildren got to know him. The ones that he did meet were just toddlers when he passed. They may be getting some chocolate covered cherries and a note about grandpa in their future. Thanks for the idea!