This is an excellent candy.
A UK soldier and “beloved husband” stationed overseas in 1900 sent a British chocolate bar as a gift – all the way home to his wife.
124 years later, the bar is still intact — and will be auctioned for more than $1,000, SWNS reported.
The Rowntree cake was sent by Private Charles Platts of the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment to his wife ‘Marth’.
The thoughtful gift was accompanied by a note that read: “Marth, I hope you do well your dear Husband Charlie – you can do what you want with him.”
The bar will be sold along with Charles’ note, a Queen Victoria box and two medals from Platts’ time in the army – the Queen’s South African Medal and an Indian General Service Medal.
“Some of the chocolate, apparently, Marth liked, but most of it remains in this particular tin,” noted an auctioneer at Baldwin’s, which is handling the sale.
The package is estimated to cost around $1,000, maybe a little more.
This wouldn’t be the first time someone has gone above and beyond for a chocolate bar.
A $20 milk chocolate bar filled with crunchy khanefeh, a Middle Eastern cheese treat, pistachio cream and tahini spread has influencers and dessert lovers flying to Dubai, the only place where the confection is currently being sold.
“It’s worth every bit of the hype and it’s still being made,” a cuckoo recently told cocoa lovers.
Earlier this year, a NYC bakery flew in viral chocolate muffins from Paris after the Olympic Village mainstay became a global sensation at the summer games.
Retailing for $10, they sold out in an hour and a half.
“Everyone wanted to try the muffins, so I thought, ‘Why not try?'” Angel Zheng, owner of Isshiki Matcha, previously told The Post.
“It was a very passionate project and I really wanted to try the muffins myself,” she confessed.
Meanwhile, it’s no surprise that New Yorkers pay the most for chocolate in the country — 21% above the national average, according to a recent study.
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