Wandering in to the kitchen at a client this morning, to retrieve my semi-frozen Vitamin Water from the freezer (we just bought two cases from Costco!), I discovered a black box on the counter filled with sweeties. The writing on the box, as shown to the right, was Cyrillic, and I assumed either Russian or Greek. Diving right in, as is my style, I chomped up one of the great looking chocolates. Wow it was good!

Being as generous as I am, I immediately shared the exciting news about the hazelnutty-flavored, truffle-like candies with my co-workers. Sal was the first to try one, he spit it out. His distaste for the item was incomprehensible for me, so I ate another one (at least that's the excuse I'm going with). Again it was an incredible experience for me. The inside is a soft truffle of hazelnut and praline bits. The outside is a thin, crisp coating of semi-dark chocolate.

I tried to search google for "Berip 3oromuu", which is what the Cyrillic lettering looked like, but in English it would be pronounced Vecher Zolotoy. But, then, in a smarter move, I inspected the box further and found the website of AVK, the manufacturer, who turns out to be in the Ukraine. I guess next time you go to the Ukraine, look for these so you can enjoy my bliss (as you can see from the pic above, it seems most people agree with my take, not Sal's).