Indeed the last time I consume this—I’m having the last of a ten-pack I brought over from a no-longer-recent visit to Israel. Since no return trip is imminent, I dread having to go without mekupelet at hand.

I shall savor each and every crumb. Roll the chocolate on my tongue, never biting. This will be the most obscenely prolonged consumption, a love affair with cocoa and milk powder.

Sigh. Goodbye, my sweet. Until I come upon some of your sisters.

The grandfather of a good friend of mine invented Mekupelet. Not sure if he actually invented the method of making chocolate sheet crumbles, which is what this is (as is Cadbury Flake), but this particular candy goes in the books under his name (well, did, until his company, “Lieber”, was bought out by the competition and the candy was somewhat re-branded.)

Anyway. Oh, the genius. Nothing but chocolate here, thin sheets rolled-up over and over to produce a tube of flaky, crumbly chocky. Munch it as is or dip in warm milk to make hot chocolate (literally!), smash it up to top over ice cream… it’s a wonderfully useful candy.

And once white chocolate and dark chocolate came out, even non-milk chocolate lovers have no excuse (I’m talking to you, dad.)