To speak for all chocolate lovers, there is something you should know if you are going to give chocolate as a gift: Do not waste time giving a chocolate lover cheap chocolate.

A true chocolate lover is not too interested in a Hershey's Kiss, or a Hershey's Bar or most any other standard chocolate fare consumed by the masses. A chocolate lover love's quality chocolate, something a bit refined--Scharffen Berger, for example.

Yes, we know Scharffen Berger is owned by Hershey's--perhaps it is there way of atoning for the rest of that stuff they make and call chocolate.

So, if you are going to give a gift of chocolate to a chocolate lover, make sure it is quality chocolate. If not, just send a card.

If you receive the cheap chocolate as a gift, say thank you and give it to charity--it is not worth the insult to your refined senses.