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