A kind friend gave me a bag of treats for my upcoming birthday and I’ve been dipping into it early to cheer me up as I’ve been under the weather a bit health-wise. The chocolate I sampled today was delightful, not just in taste but in presentation. I met the artist and designer of the packaging, Denise Fort, in her shop when I was in Raglan last year and saw some of her art in a Hamilton gallery.

And hidden away, in tiny writing, I found the artist’s name.

The chocolate is delicious, just the thing to revive my dampened spirits. The packaging with its steam punk and psychedelia vibes (who’d have thought to combine those two?) makes it completely cheering.