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00:00:00 ◼   ► hi everybody welcome to a new episode of

00:00:02 ◼   ► top 4 this is our special Valentine's

00:00:03 ◼   ► Day love episode anyway so um I thought

00:00:14 ◼   ► we should go back to eating things

00:00:17 ◼   ► because why not I mean we we are pretty

00:00:20 ◼   ► good at it I mean yeah we are all right

00:00:22 ◼   ► and nothing says Valentine's Day more

00:00:25 ◼   ► than cheesy heart-shaped boxes of

00:00:28 ◼   ► chocolates so my idea originally was to

00:00:34 ◼   ► go pick up one of the you know Russell

00:00:36 ◼   ► Stover is whatever brand you know the

00:00:38 ◼   ► big heart-shaped box and we sampled the

00:00:41 ◼   ► different flavors and rank the flavors

00:00:43 ◼   ► that are inside the box well when we

00:00:45 ◼   ► went to the grocery store today we saw

00:00:48 ◼   ► that there were many types of boxes and

00:00:50 ◼   ► Marco thought you know what

00:00:52 ◼   ► we should buy all of them of course so

00:00:55 ◼   ► yeah as usual we have in our head to to

00:00:59 ◼   ► rank some kind of food thing we arrive

00:01:01 ◼   ► we arrive at the food location and

00:01:03 ◼   ► realize there are way too many choices

00:01:04 ◼   ► and rather than cut back the ambition of

00:01:07 ◼   ► what we were doing we just bought all of

00:01:08 ◼   ► them you know and we're working through

00:01:10 ◼   ► these you know individual chocolates

00:01:12 ◼   ► themselves you know that everyone's

00:01:15 ◼   ► preferences vary and everything I think

00:01:17 ◼   ► it will be more productive instead of

00:01:18 ◼   ► trying to rank the individual flavors of

00:01:20 ◼   ► the chocolates to rank of the boxes

00:01:22 ◼   ► themselves like which brand box of

00:01:25 ◼   ► chocolates should you get is it the

00:01:26 ◼   ► Russell Stover's is it the Dove is it

00:01:28 ◼   ► the other one like you know that we have

00:01:29 ◼   ► all these all these different brands and

00:01:30 ◼   ► different tiers within the brands like

00:01:32 ◼   ► Russell Stover's makes like nine

00:01:33 ◼   ► different options yeah but I'm pretty

00:01:35 ◼   ► sure inside it's all the same but

00:01:37 ◼   ► basically if you haven't seen these

00:01:38 ◼   ► heart-shaped boxes it's pretty much the

00:01:40 ◼   ► heart-shaped box that a you know

00:01:42 ◼   ► thirteen year old would give to the

00:01:45 ◼   ► lover of their choice in school so yeah

00:01:50 ◼   ► have you ever actually gotten one of

00:01:51 ◼   ► these as a gift do men receive them

00:01:54 ◼   ► usually I not I don't know I've never

00:01:56 ◼   ► far as I know I've never gotten one as a

00:01:58 ◼   ► gift I've given one or two I think to

00:02:00 ◼   ► like high school girlfriends because

00:02:02 ◼   ► they're super cheesy like okay so we got

00:02:04 ◼   ► two different ruffle Russell Stover's

00:02:06 ◼   ► boxes one is um wrapped in this red

00:02:10 ◼   ► cellophane it's the same like like if

00:02:12 ◼   ► you buy a Christmas cactus

00:02:14 ◼   ► like the the pot is wrapped in that yeah

00:02:16 ◼   ► yeah yeah yeah like a poinsettia yeah

00:02:19 ◼   ► yeah and then we also got the Russell

00:02:21 ◼   ► Stover's elegant collection and that's

00:02:23 ◼   ► in kind of a red velvet box there was

00:02:26 ◼   ► also the same collection you could have

00:02:28 ◼   ► the lace black lace variety so I guess

00:02:30 ◼   ► depending on what you want to say and

00:02:32 ◼   ► was that one that came with the American

00:02:35 ◼   ► flag and military camo oh no that was

00:02:38 ◼   ► another Russell Stover his one yes there

00:02:39 ◼   ► was an American flag and camouflage were

00:02:42 ◼   ► a military like the digital America yeah

00:02:46 ◼   ► so you know if your lover is into that

00:02:51 ◼   ► then that's the box you get we also have

00:02:54 ◼   ► a dove which is in kind of a nice tin in

00:02:57 ◼   ► it's an unconventional heart shape it's

00:02:59 ◼   ► kind of like a sushi heart like a it's

00:03:01 ◼   ► like if you it's like the italics

00:03:03 ◼   ► version of a heart it's like if you blew

00:03:04 ◼   ► a bubble of the heart or if the heart

00:03:06 ◼   ► was melting slightly yeah or a melted

00:03:08 ◼   ► heart okay melting or italics or a

00:03:10 ◼   ► bubble heart then we also have a much

00:03:11 ◼   ► more any kind of pink and red striped

00:03:15 ◼   ► standard heart box with a gold bow and

00:03:17 ◼   ► that's by Hershey's it's called pot of

00:03:19 ◼   ► gold and then the piece de resistance

00:03:22 ◼   ► which looks like an old lady's sofa

00:03:25 ◼   ► living room cushion more than the

00:03:27 ◼   ► Russell Stover premium velvet one yeah

00:03:30 ◼   ► because this has like the satin bow with

00:03:31 ◼   ► the with the roses that are all curled

00:03:34 ◼   ► up the ribbon roses on the front and

00:03:35 ◼   ► it's all padded so it's really funny

00:03:37 ◼   ► it's the white man sampler that's

00:03:42 ◼   ► pronounced I believe so I think it's

00:03:45 ◼   ► missing an e oh yes I'm sorry the

00:03:48 ◼   ► Whitman's Wow all right so cheesy it's

00:03:57 ◼   ► the one yeah I mean I got to say like

00:04:00 ◼   ► there Russell Stover velvet one though I

00:04:01 ◼   ► mean that's that's really something like

00:04:03 ◼   ► I was like I was like heading it in this

00:04:05 ◼   ► store like we should get this I reached

00:04:08 ◼   ► over to get it that's why we got it so

00:04:10 ◼   ► you could pet it this is kind of a night

00:04:11 ◼   ► spot it feels really good yeah I think

00:04:14 ◼   ► collection if I was to receive one of

00:04:16 ◼   ► these I would probably want to receive

00:04:17 ◼   ► that one from their Private Reserve of

00:04:20 ◼   ► chocolates actually has it says a

00:04:22 ◼   ► decadent nineteen piece Private Reserve

00:04:25 ◼   ► chocolate assortment now

00:04:27 ◼   ► what is that what does Private Reserve

00:04:28 ◼   ► really mean for Russell Stover's Brando

00:04:31 ◼   ► maybe they used a little bit extra cocoa

00:04:33 ◼   ► in some of them because all right

00:04:34 ◼   ► everybody make their Private Reserve

00:04:36 ◼   ► until they ship out of the factory I

00:04:38 ◼   ► don't know what's the regular Wednesday

00:04:41 ◼   ► he doesn't say Private Reserve

00:04:42 ◼   ► it just says fine chocolates handcrafted

00:04:45 ◼   ► in small batches but they both were

00:04:47 ◼   ► there both handcrafted in small batches

00:04:49 ◼   ► I especially love that there's so much

00:04:51 ◼   ► small batches there's so much of this

00:04:53 ◼   ► chocolate there's no way this is a small

00:04:54 ◼   ► badge yeah I think maybe small is a

00:04:57 ◼   ► relative term relative to the entire

00:05:00 ◼   ► output of the Hershey's corporation like

00:05:02 ◼   ► maybe I don't know that our Russell

00:05:03 ◼   ► Stover is part of Hershey's I don't know

00:05:05 ◼   ► just guessing but yeah cuz they have a

00:05:06 ◼   ► different box this one's made in America

00:05:08 ◼   ► that's why it had the American flag oh

00:05:09 ◼   ► one of the problems with the Russell

00:05:11 ◼   ► Stover is that the one with the red

00:05:13 ◼   ► poinsettia wrapping around it is that

00:05:15 ◼   ► you can't see the labeling on the back

00:05:18 ◼   ► so you can't see like ingredient lists

00:05:21 ◼   ► or like anything about it yeah there's

00:05:23 ◼   ► nothing the red film around it is so

00:05:26 ◼   ► tall just has a big sticker that says

00:05:28 ◼   ► assorted well that's okay isn't alright

00:05:31 ◼   ► I'm gonna open this up alright so we're

00:05:32 ◼   ► starting out with the Russell Stover's

00:05:35 ◼   ► yeah this is like oh the box is even

00:05:39 ◼   ► better okay so after you remove the

00:05:42 ◼   ► layer of fresh red red colored trash

00:05:47 ◼   ► then you kind of have like a shiny what

00:05:52 ◼   ► would you call this it's like a no like

00:05:55 ◼   ► glossy cardboard right yeah yeah like

00:05:57 ◼   ► kind of metallic looking board with an

00:05:59 ◼   ► embossed rose on it so there we go oh

00:06:02 ◼   ► wow

00:06:04 ◼   ► okay I gotta say it looks really nice

00:06:06 ◼   ► when you open it up like the

00:06:07 ◼   ► presentation of all those chocolates is

00:06:08 ◼   ► really nice as Mel's good it smells like

00:06:10 ◼   ► a valentine's job it does it smells like

00:06:11 ◼   ► found hoods do we have any kind of key

00:06:13 ◼   ► oh we do oh thank god

00:06:15 ◼   ► okay they have some sort of key here so

00:06:17 ◼   ► we have all kinds of different things

00:06:18 ◼   ► like peanut butter crunch maple nut

00:06:20 ◼   ► maple

00:06:21 ◼   ► okay there's lots of maple nut butter

00:06:22 ◼   ► coconut cream orange cream yeah it just

00:06:25 ◼   ► kind of repeats so we can shout out to

00:06:27 ◼   ► any chocolate maker that gives you a map

00:06:29 ◼   ► or a key of what's what so you don't

00:06:31 ◼   ► have to use guess based on how they look

00:06:32 ◼   ► that is a huge wonderful feature

00:06:35 ◼   ► advancement that as far as I know when

00:06:37 ◼   ► we were younger didn't seem to be done

00:06:39 ◼   ► really and now

00:06:40 ◼   ► seems a lot more common and anybody who

00:06:42 ◼   ► does that gets extra points in my book

00:06:43 ◼   ► because as somebody who occasionally

00:06:46 ◼   ► likes to eat such things I always like

00:06:48 ◼   ► to know what I'm getting beforehand cuz

00:06:50 ◼   ► like I'm you know I'm an adult I'm not

00:06:52 ◼   ► gonna have a million chocolates unless

00:06:54 ◼   ► I'm doing a podcast about eating

00:06:55 ◼   ► chocolates and you know in other cases

00:06:57 ◼   ► like I only want to have like one or two

00:06:58 ◼   ► and so I want those to be really good

00:07:00 ◼   ► flavors that I actually really enjoy if

00:07:03 ◼   ► I'm only gonna have one or two I don't

00:07:04 ◼   ► want one of them to be like coconut or

00:07:06 ◼   ► one of those like big gross cherry

00:07:08 ◼   ► liquid bomb hey now I love both of those

00:07:10 ◼   ► things okay

00:07:11 ◼   ► things differently but we're not ranking

00:07:13 ◼   ► the chocolates we're putting these boxes

00:07:15 ◼   ► against each other yes okay so let me

00:07:18 ◼   ► can I see the map or the flavor key

00:07:19 ◼   ► whatever it is what's Roman nougat I

00:07:21 ◼   ► don't know I know what nougat is I know

00:07:24 ◼   ► what Rome is I don't know what Roman

00:07:27 ◼   ► nougat is anyway I'm gonna go for the

00:07:28 ◼   ► maple nut butter alright first

00:07:30 ◼   ► appearance it is defective oh wait

00:07:33 ◼   ► there's maple nut butter and there's

00:07:34 ◼   ► also maple in a cream which one do you

00:07:36 ◼   ► want

00:07:36 ◼   ► Oh creme maple nut cream is the one in

00:07:38 ◼   ► the very center right about 12 o'clock

00:07:39 ◼   ► they look the same

00:07:41 ◼   ► the maple nut butter one is defective

00:07:42 ◼   ► and oozing out well that's pretty big

00:07:45 ◼   ► strike again for us to like what does it

00:07:46 ◼   ► say about your relationship or your

00:07:48 ◼   ► intense with somebody if you give them a

00:07:50 ◼   ► box of defective Valentine's chocolates

00:07:52 ◼   ► I mean it's not really your fault

00:07:54 ◼   ► it's it's not your fault if it's

00:07:56 ◼   ► defective but I guess is it then you

00:07:57 ◼   ► sprung for like the cheap one no fault

00:07:59 ◼   ► but it is your problem

00:08:00 ◼   ► is your problem Russell Stover did had

00:08:03 ◼   ► the biggest box available that's true

00:08:05 ◼   ► yeah we didn't get the app we got the

00:08:07 ◼   ► second biggest box we got the one that

00:08:08 ◼   ► was like fifteen dollars instead of 20

00:08:10 ◼   ► all right the maple one doesn't taste

00:08:12 ◼   ► very good alright I will try I love

00:08:17 ◼   ► peanut butter but I don't know how

00:08:19 ◼   ► common that's going to be maybe I'll try

00:08:20 ◼   ► out the vanilla cream that's that's nice

00:08:22 ◼   ► and basic yeah I'd try that this is

00:08:27 ◼   ► impressively mediocre like it's just

00:08:31 ◼   ► like cheap basic after eating one of

00:08:35 ◼   ► these I would never in a million years

00:08:37 ◼   ► think I would like another one of those

00:08:39 ◼   ► okay I've gone I've gone ahead I have

00:08:42 ◼   ► taken bites have a lot of these

00:08:43 ◼   ► chocolates already haha just kind of

00:08:45 ◼   ► plowed through I'm gonna go for a peanut

00:08:47 ◼   ► butter crunch because in general the

00:08:49 ◼   ► fillings don't seem to matter much I

00:08:51 ◼   ► mean it changes the taste slightly but

00:08:52 ◼   ► it's not extremely great chocolate

00:08:54 ◼   ► but I'm curious I think we should put

00:08:58 ◼   ► this directly against their private

00:08:59 ◼   ► reserve I agree yeah this yeah the the

00:09:01 ◼   ► regular Russell Stover I give it a

00:09:03 ◼   ► thumbs down really it's really like just

00:09:07 ◼   ► like cheap bland yeah it's very romantic

00:09:13 ◼   ► to open no I could I could take off the

00:09:16 ◼   ► velvet box also has a key it's covered

00:09:22 ◼   ► in chocolate for freshness okay the

00:09:23 ◼   ► little um the chocolate paper guard this

00:09:27 ◼   ► one is dark brown with gold writing Yeti

00:09:30 ◼   ► so the the interior like plastic like

00:09:32 ◼   ► kind of rack that holds them all in is

00:09:34 ◼   ► shinier and that there are there are

00:09:37 ◼   ► fewer larger chocolate pieces in this

00:09:39 ◼   ► one and they are much more fancily

00:09:42 ◼   ► finished with different like colors and

00:09:44 ◼   ► like icing squiggles on the outside and

00:09:45 ◼   ► so yeah it's definitely it's visually a

00:09:48 ◼   ► noticeable step up I would say generally

00:09:50 ◼   ► you know assuming that these turns to be

00:09:52 ◼   ► better if you're giving a gift for

00:09:55 ◼   ► somebody like this I think a a smaller

00:09:57 ◼   ► box of better chocolates it's probably a

00:10:00 ◼   ► better option

00:10:00 ◼   ► oh absolutely big box of the cheap ones

00:10:03 ◼   ► alright let's see if we have any common

00:10:05 ◼   ► flavors oh no we have like Oh some of

00:10:08 ◼   ► the I don't I don't even know these

00:10:10 ◼   ► words I think they were French they're

00:10:12 ◼   ► in French to be fancy oh really

00:10:14 ◼   ► I don't know do we get like the wrong

00:10:18 ◼   ► sheet the wrong key does a key count for

00:10:22 ◼   ► bonus points if you can't okay

00:10:23 ◼   ► so there I think they gave them all like

00:10:25 ◼   ► weird names so that they sound fancier

00:10:26 ◼   ► okay so the signature almond cream

00:10:29 ◼   ► all right that's that's Collazo

00:10:31 ◼   ► raspberry cordial the monogram almond

00:10:34 ◼   ► mousse comp Anjali

00:10:37 ◼   ► that's all you I know when I speak

00:10:40 ◼   ► French I don't even know what that

00:10:41 ◼   ► saying alright which one is the Sigma

00:10:43 ◼   ► cream creston refined hazelnut praline

00:10:46 ◼   ► ooh I do like the Monaco raspberry

00:10:48 ◼   ► caramel look at these names I want to

00:10:50 ◼   ► try the the almond one signature almond

00:10:56 ◼   ► cream right there in the middle did you

00:10:57 ◼   ► seriously get yourself water and not me

00:11:00 ◼   ► you one way street in the water oh I

00:11:03 ◼   ► think I might as well make carried in

00:11:04 ◼   ► the water this is our romantic episode

00:11:08 ◼   ► and you don't even get me water let me

00:11:09 ◼   ► try this than I'll get Susan this is the

00:11:11 ◼   ► signature almond cream from the Russell

00:11:13 ◼   ► Stover elegant collection Private

00:11:15 ◼   ► Reserve

00:11:15 ◼   ► there's curdled what happened in here

00:11:18 ◼   ► yes it isn't a smooth cream it's it's

00:11:20 ◼   ► very like grainy

00:11:21 ◼   ► I wouldn't say kernel I just say badly

00:11:23 ◼   ► made the chocolate is a little bit

00:11:25 ◼   ► better it's better than the base Russell

00:11:28 ◼   ► Stover thank for sure okay this one's a

00:11:30 ◼   ► grainy - this is the mocha cream let's

00:11:33 ◼   ► see say that word say the word above

00:11:35 ◼   ► mocha cream I think it's Amalfi I'm

00:11:38 ◼   ► trying the hazelnut praline which is in

00:11:40 ◼   ► the shape of a giant hazelnut kind of

00:11:42 ◼   ► nice okay so the flavors are a lot more

00:11:45 ◼   ► nuanced than the standard Russell Stover

00:11:49 ◼   ► chocolates a little bit better so that

00:11:51 ◼   ► is legit

00:11:53 ◼   ► but in general it's still not really

00:11:56 ◼   ► really great chocolate I've had much

00:11:58 ◼   ► better chocolate yeah I really enjoy the

00:12:01 ◼   ► flavors in this one but the like they're

00:12:04 ◼   ► very they're pretty heavy-handed on the

00:12:06 ◼   ► flavors like they kind of hit you over

00:12:07 ◼   ► the head like the hazelnut one tastes a

00:12:10 ◼   ► lot like artificial hazelnut flavoring

00:12:12 ◼   ► and not a lot like actual like good

00:12:13 ◼   ► refined hazelnut flavor

00:12:16 ◼   ► these are definitely better than the

00:12:18 ◼   ► base Russell Stover and I would way

00:12:19 ◼   ► rather have this box then than the basic

00:12:22 ◼   ► roasted over box for sure but yeah I'm

00:12:24 ◼   ► not sure this earns its Private Reserve

00:12:26 ◼   ► designation and velvet box

00:12:28 ◼   ► I think the velvety box cover is nicer

00:12:31 ◼   ► than I just tried the coconut cream it

00:12:34 ◼   ► was really good on the chart which one

00:12:36 ◼   ► is that oh I'd really like some of that

00:12:37 ◼   ► water looks really good you're drinking

00:12:39 ◼   ► it over there how about you get someone

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00:13:59 ◼   ► chocolates where's this coconut cream

00:14:01 ◼   ► one and it from the Private Reserve one

00:14:02 ◼   ► further and there's a lemon - I ate half

00:14:05 ◼   ► of it this is labelled the Kon lemon

00:14:07 ◼   ► souffle all right I'm gonna preemptively

00:14:10 ◼   ► say I think this box might be the best

00:14:12 ◼   ► out of all the boxes I don't have high

00:14:15 ◼   ► hopes for the others the lemon and

00:14:17 ◼   ► coconut that I just tried they're both

00:14:19 ◼   ► good they're not great they're good I

00:14:23 ◼   ► they're both again very very like heavy

00:14:26 ◼   ► hand like hit you in the face flavors

00:14:28 ◼   ► like the lemon cream was very very

00:14:29 ◼   ► strong and very very sweet the coconut

00:14:32 ◼   ► was like really like intense and the

00:14:33 ◼   ► flavoring so if you like very intense

00:14:35 ◼   ► like fillings and creams this is a

00:14:38 ◼   ► decent pick so far this at least feels

00:14:41 ◼   ► like you're eating something special ish

00:14:43 ◼   ► yeah yeah like the basic four also

00:14:45 ◼   ► Stauber box it just tastes like gift

00:14:48 ◼   ► basket chocolate that's been like

00:14:50 ◼   ► sitting in a gift basket warehouse for

00:14:52 ◼   ► six years and it looks like gift basket

00:14:54 ◼   ► chocolate there's nothing it's all just

00:14:56 ◼   ► so monotone I mean they have a dark and

00:14:58 ◼   ► a light chocolate and the original

00:15:00 ◼   ► Russell Stover's ones but it's not

00:15:02 ◼   ► anything special the shapes are kind of

00:15:04 ◼   ► like mmm yeah kind of like poured a

00:15:07 ◼   ► little sloppily the Private Reserve ones

00:15:09 ◼   ► appear to have come out of a mold or

00:15:13 ◼   ► they've been dipped in a special way so

00:15:15 ◼   ► they're a little bit smoother yeah they

00:15:17 ◼   ► still seem mass manufactured there's

00:15:19 ◼   ► some white chocolate involved in them so

00:15:21 ◼   ► that's nice yeah

00:15:22 ◼   ► yeah like they're there it is a

00:15:24 ◼   ► noticeable step up and I think it was

00:15:26 ◼   ► like five dollars more it was not a big

00:15:27 ◼   ► price difference so I would say no

00:15:29 ◼   ► question go for those even the plastic

00:15:30 ◼   ► that's in between them is a little nicer

00:15:32 ◼   ► exactly all right what's our next box

00:15:35 ◼   ► we have the Hershey's pot of gold but

00:15:38 ◼   ► it's not a pot it's shaped like a heart

00:15:40 ◼   ► box it's a heart of gold why do why

00:15:42 ◼   ► wouldn't they say heart of gold missed

00:15:44 ◼   ► opportunity totally missed opportunities

00:15:46 ◼   ► wrong with them

00:15:47 ◼   ► I think they're just trying to double up

00:15:50 ◼   ► on their marketing for st. Patty's Day

00:15:52 ◼   ► and Valentine's Day big ears like didn't

00:15:55 ◼   ► want to change the template when they

00:15:56 ◼   ► yeah they got the labels printed they

00:15:58 ◼   ► just put the card on here let's change

00:16:00 ◼   ► the color okay now this one has the key

00:16:02 ◼   ► printed on the underside of the box it

00:16:04 ◼   ► doesn't have a special little paper like

00:16:05 ◼   ► the Russell Stover's did well I see I

00:16:08 ◼   ► respect that move because then you can't

00:16:09 ◼   ► lose the key oh that is a good point you

00:16:11 ◼   ► know it's like if you still have the box

00:16:13 ◼   ► which you almost certainly will cuz

00:16:14 ◼   ► that's how these are eaten then you have

00:16:16 ◼   ► the key yes that's nice after taking off

00:16:18 ◼   ► the layer of garbage yes I mean that

00:16:21 ◼   ► really the first rows disturber with

00:16:22 ◼   ► with the point set of wrapping that was

00:16:24 ◼   ► like clearly wrapping garber you throw

00:16:25 ◼   ► these are just like you know excusable

00:16:27 ◼   ► amounts of plastic wrap okay so these

00:16:29 ◼   ► are a lot fancier these are definitely

00:16:31 ◼   ► poured molded chocolates they have some

00:16:34 ◼   ► striations of different colors they have

00:16:38 ◼   ► colors of the chocolate they have some

00:16:40 ◼   ► swirl patterns that are nice that

00:16:42 ◼   ► definitely look like they came out of a

00:16:43 ◼   ► mold they're much prettier and the

00:16:45 ◼   ► plastic around them although thin is

00:16:48 ◼   ► also styled nicely the only thing that I

00:16:52 ◼   ► would that I would call them out for is

00:16:54 ◼   ► that they are very monochromatic

00:16:55 ◼   ► compared to the private the private

00:16:56 ◼   ► reserved ones there's enough use of

00:16:58 ◼   ► white chocolate here and there but

00:16:59 ◼   ► either as like a zigzag icing or as the

00:17:02 ◼   ► base layer for some of them that you get

00:17:03 ◼   ► a nice like you know mostly brown with

00:17:05 ◼   ► like spots of white and stripes look

00:17:08 ◼   ► from the Private Reserve whereas this

00:17:09 ◼   ► one it's just all brown so it's like I

00:17:12 ◼   ► could use a little a little bit more

00:17:13 ◼   ► visual variety on this one although I

00:17:15 ◼   ► suppose Hershey's is known for their

00:17:17 ◼   ► brown chocolates because it can't be

00:17:19 ◼   ► that's a price but still a little bit of

00:17:21 ◼   ► white chocolate even like some white

00:17:22 ◼   ► chocolate drizzle just makes the

00:17:23 ◼   ► chocolate look a little bit more special

00:17:25 ◼   ► this is Valentine's Day after all yeah

00:17:26 ◼   ► all right so let's see the key what what

00:17:29 ◼   ► kind of flavors do we have like kind of

00:17:30 ◼   ► like a fancy name for usual stuff for

00:17:32 ◼   ► dark chocolate truffle almond cream milk

00:17:35 ◼   ► chocolate truffle let me see the almond

00:17:37 ◼   ► cream where's Carmen oh there's a pecan

00:17:39 ◼   ► caramel cluster so like a turtle I guess

00:17:41 ◼   ► but yeah there's not a lot of variety in

00:17:43 ◼   ► here it repeats a lot

00:17:44 ◼   ► the Russell Stover has more variety in

00:17:46 ◼   ► both the Private Reserve and

00:17:49 ◼   ► regular box but this her she's one does

00:17:52 ◼   ► not have tons of variety going for the

00:17:54 ◼   ► caramel and almonds option Hershey's

00:17:56 ◼   ► chocolate tastes like nothing to me

00:17:57 ◼   ► it always does the caramel and almonds

00:18:00 ◼   ► option literally looks like a Snickers

00:18:01 ◼   ► bar is the vanilla caramel just tastes

00:18:06 ◼   ► like caramel here I tried the almond

00:18:08 ◼   ► creamy but it didn't maybe that's better

00:18:09 ◼   ► yeah the chocolate the Hershey's

00:18:11 ◼   ► chocolate is just like it's just like

00:18:13 ◼   ► hard crunchy nothing like there's no

00:18:15 ◼   ► there's no depth of flavor there's no

00:18:17 ◼   ► flavor to it whatsoever it's literally

00:18:19 ◼   ► like eating I don't even know it's just

00:18:21 ◼   ► it's holding together the filling

00:18:23 ◼   ► there's nothing going on outside it

00:18:24 ◼   ► doesn't add to it at all

00:18:26 ◼   ► well that tastes like nothing yeah the

00:18:28 ◼   ► almond cream is all is similarly like

00:18:30 ◼   ► you don't say the cream tastes like

00:18:31 ◼   ► nothing it's very it's very like hard it

00:18:33 ◼   ► almost looks like styrofoam when you

00:18:34 ◼   ► bite into it like there's no flowing of

00:18:35 ◼   ► the cream it's like it just like a very

00:18:37 ◼   ► like dry dense like you know you bite

00:18:41 ◼   ► through it and it you get a perfect

00:18:43 ◼   ► slice right there yeah I rather have the

00:18:46 ◼   ► over flavored almond cream

00:18:47 ◼   ► yeah and that whatever that was I feel a

00:18:51 ◼   ► the Hershey's she's like I feel like I'm

00:18:53 ◼   ► not eating much of anything yeah doesn't

00:18:55 ◼   ► feel like a thumbs down for the hers it

00:18:56 ◼   ► doesn't feel worth it yeah it's I would

00:18:58 ◼   ► say the Hershey's it might I would we'll

00:19:00 ◼   ► see we'll see how he into breaking them

00:19:01 ◼   ► I think I might rank it slightly above

00:19:02 ◼   ► the base line Russell Stover's but it's

00:19:05 ◼   ► certainly in the ballpark of the same

00:19:07 ◼   ► thing and so much of it is caramels like

00:19:09 ◼   ► it's just caramels over and over yeah

00:19:10 ◼   ► thumbs down this is supposed to be their

00:19:12 ◼   ► variety box no you know they're their

00:19:15 ◼   ► box with their box was pretty on the

00:19:16 ◼   ► outside much more modern and the visuals

00:19:20 ◼   ► of the chocolate are better than the

00:19:22 ◼   ► original Russell Stover's but man they

00:19:24 ◼   ► fail on taste agreed alright next I'm

00:19:26 ◼   ► gonna open up the dev this is like a

00:19:30 ◼   ► hard hard tin situation remove the layer

00:19:34 ◼   ► of garbage and bow now this one also

00:19:36 ◼   ► doesn't advertise much variety ah

00:19:38 ◼   ► oh man the ribbons not even all the way

00:19:41 ◼   ► around it's like fake glued to the cover

00:19:46 ◼   ► that's hilarious day they couldn't maybe

00:19:47 ◼   ► the rest of the ribbon that goes around

00:19:48 ◼   ► the back of the lid Wow

00:19:52 ◼   ► alright this essentially has creamy

00:19:54 ◼   ► caramel caramels dark chocolate peanut

00:19:58 ◼   ► butter truffle hearts and dark chocolate

00:20:00 ◼   ► truffle hearts that's it

00:20:03 ◼   ► it's only those like so at least of

00:20:05 ◼   ► those four flavors in the tag it's only

00:20:06 ◼   ► those though yeah but it says assorted

00:20:08 ◼   ► chocolate so it only has three varieties

00:20:10 ◼   ► of a sordidness yeah there's the tin

00:20:14 ◼   ► situation I guess you could reuse that

00:20:16 ◼   ► if you're a weirdo I think the the

00:20:19 ◼   ► minimum number of distinct flavors for

00:20:22 ◼   ► it to qualify as assorted should

00:20:24 ◼   ► probably be something like six or eight

00:20:25 ◼   ► yeah I don't think for qualified so we

00:20:28 ◼   ► got stuff branding all over it it is

00:20:30 ◼   ► nice that the tag has a two from on the

00:20:32 ◼   ► other side so you can make this really

00:20:35 ◼   ► gift tastic very minimal effort should

00:20:38 ◼   ► when you are sieving one of these should

00:20:42 ◼   ► should you need to label it or should it

00:20:44 ◼   ► be obvious to the recipient who its

00:20:46 ◼   ► affirming isn't it kind of a problem if

00:20:47 ◼   ► they don't if they can't remember or

00:20:48 ◼   ► don't know there appears to be no guide

00:20:50 ◼   ► as to what these are is it just like the

00:20:53 ◼   ► tag that has the guide oh yeah actually

00:20:55 ◼   ► it is the tag that has the guide the

00:20:57 ◼   ► plastic that they're all sitting in is

00:20:59 ◼   ► clear so that's kind of nice and then

00:21:01 ◼   ► you win

00:21:01 ◼   ► this is a little cheesy you lift up the

00:21:04 ◼   ► chocolate and underneath there's a nice

00:21:05 ◼   ► little saying laughs often dove live

00:21:09 ◼   ► passionately dove just seemed create

00:21:13 ◼   ► passion dove we all love the small

00:21:16 ◼   ► things dove a look a smile a touch it's

00:21:22 ◼   ► just the same company as the soap or is

00:21:23 ◼   ► that a different dog I don't know be

00:21:24 ◼   ► mine dove that seems kind of weird for a

00:21:26 ◼   ► company being it to be known for soap

00:21:28 ◼   ► and chocolate here's a fail this heart

00:21:31 ◼   ► isn't in its little pocket in the right

00:21:32 ◼   ► direction share a secret now let me try

00:21:35 ◼   ► the milk chocolate peanut butter truffle

00:21:37 ◼   ► which is the light colored heart all

00:21:39 ◼   ► right I'm trying to tidy up here a

00:21:40 ◼   ► little bit and the Russell Stover box

00:21:41 ◼   ► already broke so the Dove one to me the

00:21:44 ◼   ► fillings are a little bit boring but the

00:21:47 ◼   ► chocolate is significantly better than

00:21:49 ◼   ► the other ones that we've had so far the

00:21:51 ◼   ► peanut butter doesn't taste very good

00:21:52 ◼   ► it's fine it's not it's not amazing the

00:21:54 ◼   ► the the caramel was better it is

00:21:57 ◼   ► unfortunate that there are literally

00:21:58 ◼   ► only three only three varieties here I

00:22:00 ◼   ► would like more than that

00:22:02 ◼   ► but the chocolate itself I would say is

00:22:04 ◼   ► very nice I think very is a very strong

00:22:09 ◼   ► word

00:22:09 ◼   ► I wouldn't say that relatively nice okay

00:22:15 ◼   ► it's the nicest chocolate itself that

00:22:17 ◼   ► we've had so far I don't know I think I

00:22:19 ◼   ► like the Private Reserve better but I

00:22:22 ◼   ► think maybe ice because the feelings are

00:22:23 ◼   ► more interesting yeah the dove just does

00:22:26 ◼   ► not you might as well just get a bag of

00:22:28 ◼   ► chocolates

00:22:29 ◼   ► yeah the dove one like the chocolate is

00:22:31 ◼   ► great but for the purposes of a

00:22:33 ◼   ► Valentine's box of chocolates unless you

00:22:36 ◼   ► know that the person only likes these

00:22:39 ◼   ► three very basic flavors I love

00:22:42 ◼   ► chocolate yeah and then you need to

00:22:45 ◼   ► teach those people that they need to

00:22:47 ◼   ► like better chocolate and get them

00:22:48 ◼   ► something good from like a chocolate

00:22:50 ◼   ► place yeah these are good but they're

00:22:54 ◼   ► not particularly memorable the chocolate

00:22:55 ◼   ► is very nice the fillings are just

00:22:57 ◼   ► really boring yeah and again and I

00:23:00 ◼   ► really want more variety than three

00:23:02 ◼   ► flavors out of a box like this this is

00:23:05 ◼   ► um oh this this franking is going to be

00:23:09 ◼   ► like I think maybe one clear winner and

00:23:12 ◼   ► the rest just I I'm forming some some

00:23:15 ◼   ► rankings in my head alright is that it

00:23:16 ◼   ► or is there one more there is one more

00:23:17 ◼   ► that's what the white man chocolate yeah

00:23:19 ◼   ► right mm-hmm all right let's see let's

00:23:20 ◼   ► see that one when you put away this

00:23:23 ◼   ► heart tin put on this pile of other art

00:23:27 ◼   ► tins and box

00:23:28 ◼   ► I'm keeping the Private Reserve near me

00:23:30 ◼   ► this funny that's the only one that's

00:23:32 ◼   ► been really great there's not even great

00:23:34 ◼   ► just like less correct I think if you

00:23:36 ◼   ► were to purchase a heart-shaped box of

00:23:39 ◼   ► chocolate for your lover on Valentine's

00:23:42 ◼   ► I think that so far that's gonna be my

00:23:45 ◼   ► choice oh yeah it's so it's my it's

00:23:47 ◼   ► definitely my number one and it comes in

00:23:49 ◼   ► the black lace variety which is very

00:23:50 ◼   ► nice that was a little weird but the

00:23:53 ◼   ► soft velvet box you know you can like

00:23:55 ◼   ► use that as a pillow afterwards oh this

00:23:56 ◼   ► one is like alright so it's the white

00:24:01 ◼   ► man sampler I can't quite get the cover

00:24:05 ◼   ► off oh it's taped on there's like a few

00:24:07 ◼   ► spots of taper on the this is basically

00:24:09 ◼   ► grandma chocolate and grandmas are great

00:24:13 ◼   ► maybe they like this chocolate they

00:24:14 ◼   ► could always use some tape yep

00:24:17 ◼   ► even the box is kind of like this red

00:24:20 ◼   ► crisps like dated fifties Christmas

00:24:23 ◼   ► color yeah it's definitely it's a very

00:24:26 ◼   ► dated look for sure yeah basically

00:24:29 ◼   ► like it's a made of dress remnants from

00:24:31 ◼   ► the 1950s all right very similar okay

00:24:36 ◼   ► the white man key and the Russell Stover

00:24:39 ◼   ► key is basically identical let me see

00:24:41 ◼   ► that do you think maybe it's the same

00:24:42 ◼   ► company and is just like a different

00:24:43 ◼   ► like brand of him

00:24:44 ◼   ► we'll have to inspect it's it does look

00:24:46 ◼   ► identically printed really similar yeah

00:24:49 ◼   ► well this is suspicious because it looks

00:24:51 ◼   ► very simple it's just like it alright so

00:24:53 ◼   ► let's see so what other white man

00:24:55 ◼   ► chocolate with flavors that we have here

00:24:56 ◼   ► whoa okay opening this up it has gold

00:25:00 ◼   ► plastic around it not really much color

00:25:04 ◼   ► variety but still better than the

00:25:06 ◼   ► Russell Stover's and they have very

00:25:09 ◼   ► different types of chocolates in here

00:25:11 ◼   ► you have some like chocolate-covered

00:25:12 ◼   ► almonds and chocolate-covered it looks

00:25:15 ◼   ► like they might be raisins they have

00:25:18 ◼   ► there's a fruit and nut caramel there's

00:25:20 ◼   ► a there's cherry cordial there's one in

00:25:22 ◼   ► the middle called milk chocolate

00:25:23 ◼   ► messenger boy which is a little scary

00:25:24 ◼   ► yep there's a boy on it yeah chocolate

00:25:29 ◼   ► buttercream is that a post made it sound

00:25:31 ◼   ► like the original post made me I think

00:25:34 ◼   ► it supposed to meet but maybe it's also

00:25:36 ◼   ► Whitman all right you mean it's not it's

00:25:41 ◼   ► not the white it's not wearing it post

00:25:43 ◼   ► mate so close all right there's a lot to

00:25:47 ◼   ► choose from here I think I might try the

00:25:49 ◼   ► let's see maybe among lasses choo a

00:25:51 ◼   ► peanut butter cream well I got to try

00:25:55 ◼   ► almond cream to be consistent it passed

00:25:56 ◼   ► me the Russell Stover

00:25:57 ◼   ► because they have some sort of like cup

00:25:59 ◼   ► cluster thing in here - yeah I'm gonna

00:26:02 ◼   ► compare those oh my gosh oh very hard

00:26:08 ◼   ► the Russell Stover ones very hard yeah

00:26:11 ◼   ► alright let's not open this box anymore

00:26:14 ◼   ► you know they passed me them the Whitman

00:26:16 ◼   ► as you say this ruffles the whore box

00:26:20 ◼   ► every time I open it's falling apart

00:26:21 ◼   ► even more it's structural integrity is

00:26:24 ◼   ► just shot the women's are very chewy

00:26:27 ◼   ► like there's a lot a lot of like thick

00:26:30 ◼   ► sticky fillings I tried like three or

00:26:32 ◼   ► four of them so far oh my god I bit into

00:26:34 ◼   ► the cherry cordial and there is just

00:26:38 ◼   ► kind of this neon your hands are red and

00:26:41 ◼   ► dripping pink lick

00:26:43 ◼   ► you tripped on your pants oh gosh I mean

00:26:45 ◼   ► it's everywhere you should go on the

00:26:49 ◼   ► floor oh god no I don't want the dog to

00:26:51 ◼   ► get it why is this so pink it's it it

00:26:56 ◼   ► looks like I spilled ink on my hands

00:26:57 ◼   ► it really does yeah why is it this color

00:26:59 ◼   ► it's a scary amount of dye oh can you

00:27:01 ◼   ► get my headphones off all right so while

00:27:13 ◼   ► two free covers from that yeah the the

00:27:16 ◼   ► so far the Whitman's is the flavors some

00:27:21 ◼   ► of the flavors are actually pretty good

00:27:23 ◼   ► but each one of them has some kind of

00:27:26 ◼   ► weird execution like the filling is too

00:27:29 ◼   ► stiff and sticky or like the almond

00:27:31 ◼   ► cream had a really good almond flavor

00:27:32 ◼   ► but there was also like a raw dry almond

00:27:35 ◼   ► in there you'd like get through this dry

00:27:37 ◼   ► almond and it'll otherwise good cream

00:27:39 ◼   ► the little peanuts were equally dry yeah

00:27:41 ◼   ► everything's very dry and chewy but okay

00:27:43 ◼   ► I think that this box was actually made

00:27:46 ◼   ► in 1950 mm-hmm but all right so my

00:27:52 ◼   ► theory is that this box appeals to older

00:27:56 ◼   ► people of a certain generation where

00:27:59 ◼   ► don't have dentures because if they did

00:28:01 ◼   ► they would rip right out but so with the

00:28:05 ◼   ► decor on the box and the gold gaudy

00:28:10 ◼   ► decor inside and the dryness and the the

00:28:16 ◼   ► types of flavors and the little post-boy

00:28:18 ◼   ► on there it's really making me think

00:28:21 ◼   ► that this is a I don't know either

00:28:25 ◼   ► extremely dated and and the white man

00:28:28 ◼   ► company does not understand modern times

00:28:30 ◼   ► or it's just made to appeal to people of

00:28:35 ◼   ► a certain age that would find this good

00:28:39 ◼   ► people who have mistreated as white man

00:28:41 ◼   ► I think that's a feature on a bug

00:28:42 ◼   ► yeah I'm thinking this is very I don't

00:28:47 ◼   ► know because it's it's definitely not

00:28:48 ◼   ► quirky nostalgic it's just a little bit

00:28:52 ◼   ► sad nostalgic is definitely the

00:28:54 ◼   ► chocolate that you would have bought a

00:28:55 ◼   ► million

00:28:56 ◼   ► years ago and it would have been great

00:28:58 ◼   ► because it would have been the only ones

00:28:59 ◼   ► that you had but now we have others so

00:29:02 ◼   ► I'm thinking not with this one yeah I I

00:29:06 ◼   ► do like the flavorings of it better than

00:29:10 ◼   ► the cheap Russell servers oh I don't

00:29:12 ◼   ► know because have you did you retry the

00:29:16 ◼   ► cheaper stores like after trading rooms

00:29:17 ◼   ► try it again it's it's surprisingly

00:29:19 ◼   ► crappy mmm well let me see the chart for

00:29:22 ◼   ► the Russell Stover cuz I feel like at

00:29:25 ◼   ► least their flavors are a little bit

00:29:26 ◼   ► better like maple nut cream butter cream

00:29:30 ◼   ► caramel where's the Whitman chocolates

00:29:33 ◼   ► you just have like oh wait maple nut

00:29:35 ◼   ► cream butter cream really the the

00:29:41 ◼   ► Russell Stover standard one every flavor

00:29:44 ◼   ► I've tried has been disappointing in

00:29:46 ◼   ► pretty big ways the Whitman some of

00:29:49 ◼   ► those actually tasted a lot better they

00:29:53 ◼   ► the Whitman ones are worse better are

00:29:57 ◼   ► they Russell Stover just tastes like

00:29:58 ◼   ► garbage plastic and sugar like it's just

00:30:01 ◼   ► there's no refinement there like there's

00:30:03 ◼   ► nothing really you know smooth or

00:30:05 ◼   ► decadent or advanced about them at all

00:30:07 ◼   ► whereas the the Whitman one there's at

00:30:09 ◼   ► least like somewhat like every one of

00:30:11 ◼   ► those bites like oh this is kind of nice

00:30:12 ◼   ► oh except for that dry part but like

00:30:14 ◼   ► before before the dry part it was pretty

00:30:16 ◼   ► nice

00:30:16 ◼   ► like I so I think my ranking I think I'm

00:30:19 ◼   ► pretty good on my ranking I think I'm

00:30:21 ◼   ► ready

00:30:21 ◼   ► um wait can you open up the Hershey's

00:30:22 ◼   ► again it's kind of got a pic which least

00:30:25 ◼   ► bad I do enjoy the care that was put

00:30:29 ◼   ► into creating those chocolates the

00:30:31 ◼   ► Hershey's ones yeah compared to the

00:30:33 ◼   ► regular Russell Stover box

00:30:34 ◼   ► alright well my number one easily is the

00:30:37 ◼   ► Russell Stover Private Reserve the

00:30:39 ◼   ► limited limited batch limited edition

00:30:40 ◼   ► what was the official name of it and

00:30:41 ◼   ► under that it's a private reserve the

00:30:44 ◼   ► Russell Stover is in the velvet box that

00:30:47 ◼   ► was definitely the best out of this

00:30:49 ◼   ► showing although I got to say it like if

00:30:52 ◼   ► you have anywhere near you like a nice

00:30:54 ◼   ► like fancy cause a fancy chocolate shop

00:30:57 ◼   ► yeah like a chocolatier oh yeah like if

00:31:00 ◼   ► you have some point that near you

00:31:01 ◼   ► chances are whatever you get from them

00:31:02 ◼   ► would probably be more expensive but

00:31:05 ◼   ► would also be a lot better even than

00:31:06 ◼   ► this Private Reserve one that said the

00:31:08 ◼   ► private ruler won for I think it was 15

00:31:10 ◼   ► books that's that's pretty good for that

00:31:12 ◼   ► and we did just go down to our local

00:31:14 ◼   ► grocery store two days before

00:31:15 ◼   ► Valentine's Day and we got to pick up

00:31:17 ◼   ► everything was in stock so we just kind

00:31:20 ◼   ► of picked up a box of everything um so

00:31:22 ◼   ► it is all available so that's a benefit

00:31:24 ◼   ► yeah yeah it's easy to get you know it's

00:31:27 ◼   ► gonna be available everywhere so yeah

00:31:29 ◼   ► Russell Stover Velda box

00:31:30 ◼   ► Private Limited Edition reserve whatever

00:31:32 ◼   ► it is that's the best for me yeah me

00:31:33 ◼   ► it's my number one as well

00:31:35 ◼   ► my number two I think would be the dove

00:31:39 ◼   ► because even though I wanted more

00:31:41 ◼   ► variety out of it and the and the

00:31:43 ◼   ► fillings were boring the chocolate was

00:31:45 ◼   ► pretty nice my number three is gonna be

00:31:49 ◼   ► the white man Whitman whatever it is

00:31:51 ◼   ► because again that the flavors were good

00:31:55 ◼   ► even the executions was pretty bad on

00:31:57 ◼   ► those and then my number four is going

00:31:59 ◼   ► to be the her she's nowhere on my list

00:32:03 ◼   ► is gonna be the Russell Stover basic box

00:32:05 ◼   ► that I never want to eat those again but

00:32:07 ◼   ► the Hershey's one is you know just

00:32:09 ◼   ► crappy chocolate but decent fillings but

00:32:12 ◼   ► mostly they just seem like candy bars

00:32:14 ◼   ► but ultimately a if if the show was not

00:32:17 ◼   ► called top four I wouldn't have even had

00:32:20 ◼   ► a number four not that it stopped me a

00:32:21 ◼   ► lot in the past but like like I dislike

00:32:24 ◼   ► the Hershey's almost as much as I

00:32:26 ◼   ► dislike the the basic Russell Stover if

00:32:28 ◼   ► I was going with the typical top four

00:32:30 ◼   ► rules

00:32:31 ◼   ► I would only pick the Russell Stouffer's

00:32:33 ◼   ► Private Reserve to put on my list at all

00:32:35 ◼   ► anywhere because M everything else is

00:32:39 ◼   ► just there's so much wrong with so many

00:32:42 ◼   ► the other ones that it's really hard but

00:32:45 ◼   ► guess if I had to rank them I would put

00:32:49 ◼   ► Hershey's second hmm I would put the

00:32:52 ◼   ► Dove third because they're just so

00:32:54 ◼   ► boring

00:32:54 ◼   ► and oh it's just such a toss-up between

00:32:57 ◼   ► what's bad between them Russell Stover

00:32:59 ◼   ► regular and the Whitman's the Whitman's

00:33:03 ◼   ► just feel I don't know they're just too

00:33:07 ◼   ► chewy nuts like I don't like a lot of

00:33:11 ◼   ► nuts in my chocolate

00:33:12 ◼   ► there's too much nut happening it's a

00:33:14 ◼   ► fair criticism of them I'd say in the

00:33:16 ◼   ► Whitman chocolate so I will put the

00:33:18 ◼   ► Russell Stover regular as my fourth

00:33:21 ◼   ► choice just because they're more cream

00:33:23 ◼   ► heavy

00:33:23 ◼   ► and that's the chocolate I prefer but

00:33:26 ◼   ► the creams like have you tried it but

00:33:27 ◼   ► they're so ugly did you throw the

00:33:28 ◼   ► strawberry cream it's awful yeah no I

00:33:31 ◼   ► it's my fourth it doesn't there was only

00:33:35 ◼   ► five boxes and yeah this this Whitman

00:33:40 ◼   ► sampler man this is this is special

00:33:44 ◼   ► listen to a hat well we'll try to get

00:33:47 ◼   ► this episode out fast enough so that you

00:33:48 ◼   ► all can go out there and buy the Russell

00:33:50 ◼   ► Simmons what is it just go out buy the

00:33:55 ◼   ► Russell Simmons private velvet box yep

00:34:00 ◼   ► avoid the white man and yeah but if you

00:34:04 ◼   ► have a neighborhood chocolatier go to

00:34:05 ◼   ► them and sticks it's gonna be way better

00:34:06 ◼   ► than one yeah you see is a shop local

00:34:08 ◼   ► yeah and happy Valentine's Day I'm not

00:34:12 ◼   ► feeling very romantic right now no let's

00:34:14 ◼   ► let's go have something better like ice

00:34:16 ◼   ► cream or better chocolate no no more

00:34:17 ◼   ► sweets but ice cream who are you here

00:34:20 ◼   ► husband coffee yeah that sounds nice

00:34:23 ◼   ► let's go for a cuddle