Why not say “I love you, space nerd” with a set of Rihga Royal Hotel Planetary Chocolates?

Combining astronomy and good eats sounds too good to be true. But in their celestial collection of planetary chocolates, chocolatier L’éclat of the Righa Royal Hotel Japan have done just that. The chocolaty solar system includes Mercury (coconut mango), Venus (cream lemon), Earth (cacao), Mars (orange praline), Jupiter (vanilla), Saturn (rum raisin), Uranus (milk tea) and Neptune (capuccino) – sorry, Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Each are sold individually (400 yen) but if you order the set (3,800 yen) they’ll throw in the Sun – a flaring delicacy of criollo chocolate and pineapple. You can order online (3,200 yen; Sun not included)or you can use a forwarding service.
— Spoon & Tamago

Saw a display for Moonstruck Chocolatier in a Market of Choice supermarket over the weekend. Gorgeous logo, gorgeous packaging, and a crescent moon-shaped gift box? Yeah, I’m in love.

Spotted this on collectSPACE — beautiful, delectible space-themed/named chocolates by Choclatique. Choclatique needs to get itself a findable press release/image resource section. The box of 15 lovely chocolates can be ordered at the aforementioned product page, where the pictures are far from sufficiently sized, but the descriptions are worth a peek!

Flavors include: Apollo Almond, Basalt Boysenberry, Cosmic Crunch Caramel, Galactic Grape, Extraterrestrial Mint, Lunar Lemon Caramel, Lift Off Lime, Mission Control Fig, Moon Rocks Mousse, Nasa Nuts, Pluto Pomegranate Caramel, Solar Sesame, Rocket Raspberry, Stellar Strawberry Shortcake and Tangy Orange. And believe me, based on the descriptions I am prepared to eat the entire box by myself.

It has been 40 years since the crew of Apollo 11 braved the new frontier of space. Commander Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He, and the crew of the “Sea of Tranquility,” are truly American heroes.

In celebration of this monumental achievement in human history, Choclatique is proud to present our 40th Anniversary tribute to all of the “Moon Walkers” and those who made those historic steps possible, with our chocolate Moon Rocks Collection.

Never having been to the moon, we used our imaginations as to what a real moon rock might look like, including lots of facets, and the use of vibrant colors and even gold streaks to show striations and differing geological patterns. We hope we did them justice!