Beech's Luxury Milk Chocolate Brazils - 145g

Chocolate Brazils live in the old-fashioned corner of British sweets, alongside violet creams and chocolate ginger. It is the box you take to a grandparent, hand to a host, or keep for yourself and say nothing about.

People in Canada search for them by name because the memory is so specific. There is the snap of the chocolate, the nut that is always slightly bigger than expected, and someone saying "just one more" for the third time.

A 145g pack holds enough to go round a table after dinner, if the table is disciplined. Keep it somewhere cool and dry in the cupboard, well away from the radiator, and bring it out with coffee or a pot of tea when the plates are cleared.

Beech's is better known in Britain for its fondant creams and chocolate gingers, so if the Brazils disappear quickly you are in good company. They sit nicely next to a box of proper British tea and a packet of biscuits for the evening.