We got some Asbach Uralt-filled chocolates from the Vermont Country Store for Christmas. The best European chocolate filled with the best German brandy. And I don’t mean a liqueur-infused filling—I mean they are filled with honest-to-Gott brandy. These are dangerously good. After you’ve tried them, all other chocolates will seem a bit disappointing.

We got an assortment: some with a cherry along with the brandy, some shaped like kidney beans, some bottle-shaped, some with a sugary crust surrounding the brandy. All of them spoiled us forever.