......Or a least it was!  This weekend in Piazza Santa Croce, the city of Florence held the annual Fiera del Cioccolato artigianale. It was like heaven on earth!  There was more chocolate than one could possibly imagine, (and trust me I can imagine A LOT of chocolate!) I was incredibly impressed with the imagination of the chocolate chefs and the designs they came up with.  If you can think it they made it out of chocolate.  There was everything from delicious truffles in every flavor imaginable to chocolate disguised as mushroom, cheese and even cheeseburgers!  

And then there was my personal favorite........The chocolate Kebab!  Geniale!  A tiny piece of sponge cake with shaved  hazelnut chocolate whip cream and your choice of strawberry, coffee, or mixed berry sauce (we went with the strawberry) And check ou the chef! I would have been smiling too with all the people who were lined up to try it out!

It was complete decadence and deliciousness!  Lets just say that my hubby and I felt it was our duty to try as much chocolate as humanly possible so that we could offer an honest evaluation!  (we were complete gluttons) but hey it only happens once a year and it was the perfect way to warm up on a cold and rainy winter day. In fact those chocolate coconut cookies that they are grabbing here were for us, and that was after the light, dark and white truffles, but before the kebab, and tons of free samples being handed out everywhere.

If you weren't in Florence or didn't get the opportunity to check it out I took lots of photos and I'll let you live vicariously through me for a while!  You can see the full photo gallery by clicking here or on the "photography" page above.  These are just a few of my favorite!  It was totally worth the tummy ache!