Monbana, a French chocolatier, has recently introduced a very unique chocolate gift item designed for entertaining or food service. Le Cube à chocolat de Monbana is a reusable cube shaped receptacle that holds different flavored chocolate thins. The format is innovative as a way of serving chocolate thins, which tend to lay flat if served on a plate or tray. This makes them more interesting.

On a side note, years ago I used to design and coordinate the trade show exhibit for the chocolate company I used to work for, Astor Chocolate. Since they do a lot of small, customized chocolate thins (similar to those shown above) for various hotels and resorts in the US, they exhibited at a hotel-related show in NYC every year. We had the same challenge every year – how to showcase the many beautiful wrappers customized for the various hotels. A couple of us eventually came up with the idea of gluing them onto a rotating cube that turned on one corner. We had a custom-built cube with a slow-turning motor in the base to hold the chocolates and it was a real show stopper. The design of Monbana’s cube kind of reminded me of that display we built. I’m glad to see the very same structure here, in a different setting and with a different use in mind.