Life is like a box of chocolates—it ends quickly when it tumbles into lava. Enjoy the transient experience of sweet pleasure while you can with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of gourmet chocolate from Hedonist Artisan Chocolates. This Groupon is only valid for in-store redemption.

Hedonist Artisan Chocolates specializes in handcrafting a wide variety of sweet delights, hewn from French chocolate and all-natural ingredients. Saunter in to the shop while clad in a wide apron for gathering truffles, which run the gamut from five goat-cheese truffles ($12) of black currant, chile cinnamon, and more, to 10 classic truffles ($20), flavored in hints of espresso, hazelnut, and white mint. The goat-cheese truffles are made with goat cheese from the local Lively Run Goat Dairy. A relaxing cup of lavender-and-lemongrass drinking chocolate ($6.50 for a two-ounce packet), mingled with vanilla and white chocolate, melts Jack Frost's cold heart on a snowy summer's day, while the pistachio ginger bark ($10 for a five-ounce bag), semi-sweet chocolate shards sprinkled with salt, tingles the tongue with an offbeat mouthful of deliciousness. Silence the moans of your sweet tooth with the treats of Hedonist Artisan Chocolates.

Reviews

While customers of Hedonist Artisan Chocolates have not written many reviews, the company was featured by Examiner.com and it has nearly 1,000 followers on Facebook. Four Yelpers give it a perfect five stars:

• This is the best chocolate I've ever had. Period. ─ Dahn Gandell, Facebook
• An excellent experience with this company, their products are beautifully packaged, and the quality of the chocolate was extremely good. ─ Sean M., Yelp