49954 Mon Apr 15 00:03:42 -0700 2002 9 2 Los Angeles Area 0 252161 I bought the chocolate seashells from Trader Joe's. $2.99 for 16 belgian chocolates filled with hazelnut cream. They are astoundingly good. Forget Teschers! Forget that little place in Larchmont whose name I always forget. These are luscious. I promised myself I'd eat one a day. I've had three. Now if I could just hide the box from myself and forget where I put it... Mon Apr 15 00:03:42 -0700 2002 0 Sandra W. 1 252162 Then whatever you do... Do Not Buy The Trader Joe's Chocolate Covered Toffee Nuts. Crisp toffee coated pistachios covered with milk chocolate... Mon Apr 15 00:15:02 -0700 2002 252161 0 The Rogue 2 252168 or the Trader Joes Truffles...thank GOD they have been out of them! Mon Apr 15 02:00:35 -0700 2002 252162 0 johanna 3 252172 As if chowhound alone wasn't bad enough for maintaining a diet, and now this! :) Mon Apr 15 07:01:48 -0700 2002 252168 0 adrian hopkins 2 252173 Oh my god, I've never seen those but they sound divine. I'm going to line up outside my local TJ's now. Mon Apr 15 09:07:15 -0700 2002 252162 0 Filmfreaketta 3 252175 Fear not, they have them at Costco from time to time also. They are good but the cocoa dusted truffles at TJ are almost sinful. They are 98% as good as Massimo's (the best I have ever tasted) and you can buy a pound for the same price that he sells 3. I can't have them in the house. Mon Apr 15 09:18:22 -0700 2002 252173 0 Just Larry 1 252170 Since we all know that a calorie is the amount of energy it takes to heat one gram of water one degree Centigrade, combat your guilt and cut down on calories by freezing the chocolate prior to consumption. Anyway, I suppose it's better to confess here on the board rather than in person to a priest - feeling bad about fattening food as well as the subsequent illicit sex may be too much for a fragile psyche to bear. Mon Apr 15 04:08:23 -0700 2002 252161 0 U. R. Forgiven 2 252177 Freezing the chocs will have almost no affect, while it's true that 1 calorie is the energy required to heat 1 gram of water by 1 degree C, but the dietary calorie that we speak of is really a kilocalorie. In summary, 1 dietary calorie is enough energy to heat up 1000 grams of water by 1 degree C. Scary isn't it? Mon Apr 15 11:17:50 -0700 2002 252170 0 fatboy 3 252188 Does that mean my Ben & Jerry's diet plan won't work? Mon Apr 15 13:13:30 -0700 2002 252177 0 stella 1 252190 How am I suppose to be on hiatus from this site with this type of titilating!!!???? Signed, Backslider Mon Apr 15 13:18:05 -0700 2002 252161 0 Mae