# Godiva Chocolates: I wants some **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265 "2008-02-12T07:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/1 "2008-02-12T07:05:20Z")
What retail outlets normally carry Godiva chocolations? I live in a mid-size southwestern city and I think my girlfriend of almost one year would really like some. Because she told me so. Thanks a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/2 "2008-02-12T07:14:25Z")
Other than Godiva boutiques, which have a wide variety of truffles and chocolates that you can pick out yourself, most fancy department stores will have displays of boxes of Godiva, particularly this time of year. Barnes and Noble also usually has some of the smaller-sized boxes and Godiva chocolate bars. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/3 "2008-02-12T07:15:02Z")
[http://godiva.geoserve.com/forms/godiva.htm](http://godiva.geoserve.com/forms/godiva.htm) gives you all your local swnky chocolate needs ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/4 "2008-02-12T08:02:14Z")
Sees is better. Fresher _and_ cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/5 "2008-02-12T08:04:06Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] [http://godiva.geoserve.com/forms/godiva.htm](http://godiva.geoserve.com/forms/godiva.htm) gives you all your local swnky chocolate needs [/QUOTE] Awesome, if I was less drunk I probably would have found this when I googled. DrDeth: dear sir, we are not dealing with rational. We are dealing with _chocolate_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/6 "2008-02-12T12:36:03Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/7 "2008-02-12T14:49:59Z")
Have you considered making her some truffles yourself? If you understand tempering chocolate, it isn’t very difficult. (Of course, I just took a two day class on it.) At any rate, they’d be fresher, more personal, and she might squee over them. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/8 "2008-02-12T16:30:42Z")
Oooh, making them is an excellent idea! Shows you care and it is delicious! If she is set on Godiva though you should get her the Godiva. Personally I think the best chocolate I have ever had is [Miles of Chocolate](http://www.milesofchocolate.com/), which is a cross between a brownie and a truffle. It is really expensive but it is without a doubt the most decadent thing I have ever put in my mouth. You can order it online and it would be a delicious suprise for your sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/9 "2008-02-12T18:14:37Z")
Around here they sell Godiva at Macy’s. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/10 "2008-02-12T18:15:35Z")
Barnes & Noble carries them too, around here at least. ETA: And of course you have already been told that. Poop. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/11 "2008-02-12T18:17:22Z")
If you want the very best, and are willing to **pay** , there’s Richart. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/12 "2008-02-12T20:48:30Z")
I realize I am a Philistine in most matters foodie – can’t stand Dijon mustard, like my chili both with beans and without, prefer Cheddar cheese to Gouda, etc – but I have never understood the great acclaim heaped on Godiva Chocolates. They’re good, but I think Lindt is better, not to mention cheaper and easier to find. Anyway, that’s irrelevant. I came in here to mention that Godiva frequently has kiosks and such in shopping malls. You might want to call around. RR ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/13 "2008-02-12T21:24:19Z")
Dillard’s sells Godiva as well. You’ll find oodles of them in the Arizona and Colorado area. And I agree. See’s is much, much better. And you can get See’s sent to you. Rum nougat. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/14 "2008-02-12T21:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Have you considered making her some truffles yourself? If you understand tempering chocolate, it isn’t very difficult. (Of course, I just took a two day class on it.) At any rate, they’d be fresher, more personal, and **she might squee over them**. [/QUOTE] Is that what you crazy kids are calling it these days? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godiva-chocolates-i-wants-some/437265/15 "2008-02-13T02:42:46Z")
The OP has been answered. That said, if we’re going to get into a debate over who makes the best chocolates regardless of geographic location, [Fran’s Chocolates](http://www.franschocolates.com/home.php) up here in the PNW. The gray salt caramels are **SEX**. _shiver_