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An open plain black box with rows of round chocolate truffles in different coatings

Assorted Chocolate Truffle Box

$350 play money

A large box of handmade chocolate truffles. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $350 in play money, which puts it in the Luxury tier ($250 to $1,999). It is one of the big treats on the menu.

No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.

Key facts

Cuisine
Belgian
Menu section
Desserts & Sweets
Price tier
Luxury ($250 to $1,999)
Play-money price
$350
Main ingredients
chocolate, cream, cocoa
How it is served
An open plain black box with rows of round chocolate truffles in different coatings

History, tradition and origin

Cacao was first cultivated in Mesoamerica, where the Maya and Aztecs drank it bitter and spiced and used the beans as money. Spain sweetened it, and it stayed a drink for the wealthy until nineteenth-century inventions produced cocoa powder, solid bars and milk chocolate. Brownies are an American creation of the 1890s, and chocolate truffles come from France and Belgium.

Food economy and industry

About two thirds of the world's cocoa is grown in West Africa, mainly Ivory Coast and Ghana, on small family farms. Low farmer incomes, child labour and deforestation are long-standing problems that certification and traceability programmes try to address. Cocoa prices reached record highs in 2024 after poor harvests.

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