Moonstruck Chocolates Play Politics

By JohnnyUZ2 on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 2:38 pm

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which would you rather have staring back at you?

Traditionally, politics are a dirty affair. What with all of the mudslinging, claims of illegitimate children, drug use, being a "closet Muslim" (phrase of the year) and questions about who wears Depends and why (one too old, one too young), the fun side of politics is lost. That’s right, I said it, fun. World renowned chocolatier Moonstruck chocolates is hoping to inject some of that much needed joi de vivre back into the election season with their adorable elephant and donkey shaped chocolate truffles.

Yes the truffles are cute as hell and packed with more high quality chocolate than pre-Jenny Craig Kirstie Alley, but are they really as innocuous as they seem? I think it’s asking for trouble to make the two representative truffles with different ingredients. While both are equally delicious, the truffles may be able to have an impact in pushing those key swing voters. Yes folks, you heard it here first: The outcome of this election may hinge on the truffle preferences of those much talked about and notoriously hard to predict and corral "undecideds". Which truffle you choose says a lot about you as a person and a political actor.

If you have more of a taste for the traditional chocolate, you may trend towards the Donkeys, which are made from milk chocolate with hints of cinnamon and crushed almonds. Milk chocolate, the chocolate of the people, is a fitting choice to represent the Democrat truffle and the almonds give it that "rough-around-the edges-working-class" texture. Also, with the chocolate used in the Donkeys coming from South America, these truffles give a nod, although very subtly, towards the continents emerging socialist democracies.

If you have a more discerning chocolate taste, won't touch anything under 60% Cocoa Butter and make special trips just to satisfy your base cravings for the brown, gooey confection, then the Elephants are for you. The opulent, decadent ganache made using bittersweet chocolate just screams class and sophistication. You've worked hard to get where you are, and, despite the best efforts of those tax and spend liberals in Washington, you have a little extra money to spend on the finer things in life. And why shouldn't you; you earned it, right? Serve them at your next bridge game or pair them with a robust cigar at the gentleman's club to bring out the deep richness of the chocolate.

Either way, you may think that you're just choosing between to equally delicious candies, but clearly your choice says a lot about you and how you're going to vote. It seems just a little too convenient that Moonstruck chose to incorporate certain ingredients into each truffle giving them a clear, political profile. Or it could just be a complete coincidence and they're just designed to be yummy. Dastardly plot to effect the outcome of the election or simply good chocolate, the choice is up to you.