Is See's the Same?

The good news is See's Chocolates has brought back dark-chocolate covered marshmallows. Mummy P. has a birthday coming up and she loves marshmallows practically any way at all, but these had been her favorite until See's discontinued them.

But they're back, and Plottie bought a big box for her today which he will give to her when he sees her.

The bad news is that maybe it's just Plottie's taste buds, but See's doesn't taste the same. It's 'way better than Ghirardelli's and Godiva, for example, but that dark chocolate doesn't jump up and kiss him on the lips like it used to, not like any number of smaller, artisan chocolate makers that are turning up all over the place.

On the other hand, a one pound box of See's costs about the same as two or three truffles from that Snooty-to-the-Max place down at the Embarcadero. So maybe we get what we pay for.