High Prices Can't Stop Demand for Gourmet Chocolates and Candy

Chocolate Fountain at Jean-Philippe Patisserie, Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas. Photo: J. Nisen OXFORD, Miss. -- Some people may be eating out less often, taking shorter vacations and forgoing some guilty pleasures to deal with tighter budgets, but there's one discretionary item that many say they won't sacrifice: chocolate. Patty Shay, for example, goes every week to The Chocolate Bar in Oxford, where she satisfies her sweet tooth. "I get a box of b.sweets ... it's a dark chocolate that is very, very good, not very sweet," she said of the gourmet chocolate that Oprah Winfrey has featured in her magazine. "I'm not necessarily a big Oprah fan, but this chocolate is fantastic. When I go have coffee or champagne, it goes really well with it and it helps me to relax." Michelle Sutton, who last fall opened The Chocolate Bar with her... [read full story]                    

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