Long associated with passion, romance and love, what better way is there to start off Valentines Day than to gift the one you love with a luxuriously wrapped box of Valentines chocolates?

Imagine this: it's dark and the only light is from your hearth, the flames of your fire spilling out warmth as you sit, snuggled in a duvet, in front of it. On your lap is a chocolate Easter egg, broken open and nestling in its own luxury wrapping, evocative as firelight flickers across it. Spilled out onto your lap are little balls of truffle and champagne wonder, just waiting to be discovered.

The history of candies can be traced back to our ancients. The caveman, one of our primal forefathers might as well have been the first candy cruncher with his ‘experiments’ of honey and honey combs.Slowly, this experiment evolved,and that evolution has led the candy to be a multi-billion dollar industry around the globe.

It's so unfair, battling every year through the cold, dark days of December and fighting the temptation of the advent calendar at the same time. Slightly over the top? Not a bit of it, as millions of adults – and kids - all over the world will easily testify.

I still remember when I was small, my grandma used to give me a tri-colored candy that had a marshmallow-like flavor. She called it candy corn and that’s how it is known.