Chicago - August 18, 2006

Eat Your Heart Out

Damn Good Cookies and Ugly Truffles

Most people claim to lose their appetites in times of depression.

Lucky bastards.

Your stomach, on the other hand, is unstoppable. Whether it’s a break up or a promotion, anything’s an excuse to stuff your face. So the real question is whether you’re feeling damn good or ugly.

Both options are very tempting when you’re talking about the Damn Good Cookies and Ugly Truffles from Chocolate Gourmet. The sassy little sweets snap you out of a funk in no time. (Or, if you’re already sitting pretty, they help you savor a delicious day.)

With flavors like You Suck Lemon, Not in Mint Condition, and Chubby Wubby Chocolate, they’re not your typical comfort food. Then again, your response to crisis isn’t the norm either. And because no need-to-eat situation is as black or white as it appears, each brown box offers an assortment of attitudes, from Messed Up Mocha to Maternal Macadamia Nut.

Now you can justify your consumptive cure for up-and-down emotions.

Or, as you like to call them, food swings.

Available online at chocolategourmet.com.