A £2,160 CHOCCIE TRUFFLE TREASURE

EVERY mother loves a thoughtful box of chocolates. But when a Milk Tray just won’t do it, why not send her 12 of the most expensive truffles in the world instead? The Madeline au Truffe, created by Danish chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt, is the world’s most extravagant treat. But be warned. These choccies may be an acquired taste because inside a casing of dark chocolate, cream, sugar, vanilla and cocoa lies a rare French perigord truffle mushroom. The result is dark and slightly savoury. The chocolates (which cost £180 each and are wrapped individually) will be airfreighted to your mum’s door, each one lying on a bed of sugar pearls in a gold box tied with a ribbon. And — best of all — your mum won’t need to feel remotely guilty if she devours them all at once as the truffles only have a seven-day shelf life.