In my experience (and I have tried Leonidas around the world-China, L.A., Chicago, Paris, Nice, Aix en Provance, and, even, Brussels) once you get further from Brussels than some imaginary line just south of Paris, Leonidas is just not as good. Because it is no longer really fresh and that takes its toll on the fresh cream in the candy.

Still, I am happy to continue my worldwide survey.

By the way, IMHO, Godiva is way lower down the yummy scale from Leonidas. Campbells Soup may have marketed it like crazy before selling out to the Turks, but the quality is/was just not there. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...r-850-million/