When “I should wrap this” turns into “I should design and fabricate a custom box for this!”
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Outstanding! The box will be in use long after the chocolate is gone.
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Are the swirls printed on the box or applied some other way?
I really like how this came out.
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Turned out great
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Another one of your mesmerizing designs. Very nice!
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Stunning! A box very much deserving of chocolate.
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The spirals are engraved onto the stock with the laser. Some (not all) of the stocks in this line engrave to a really nice contrasting color. The white (“Ice Gold”) stock I use for a lot of my pop up cards engraves to metallic gold. The Violet stock engraves to this nice tan color.
Alas, the paper mill that made it, Arjowiggins, went under. I am investigating some other options from other mills for future projects.
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Such a lovely closure, it really accents the engraving.
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Love love this!!
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Wow @evermorian The box is as much a gift as the chocolate bar and that’s coming from a verified chocoholic!
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I’ve too used the GF to make simple “wrappings” for things that I could take for granted, but the people who received the things were astounded at it.
Handy tool, this laser is…
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That turned out beautiful! That would make a lovely jewelry gift too - just use EVA foam to hold the jewelry in place. Hmm…ideas!
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That bar is kinda special. It is made from wild cacao.
If you haven’t heard of that, this guy (Rowan Jacobsen) wrote a book about it (that I have not yet read):
Francis Lam interviewed him for Splendid Table, if you prefer podcast listening:
The Theobroman Elves came through with a small bounty for me to try and share with local friends and family:
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Good thought! I have been playing with some stuff that might become a jewelry project or two in the future.
I have used that style of closure on a couple boxes now. After messing with it more this time, I am sure I can adapt it pretty well for other box sizes and proportions.
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Great job! Great colors!
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Thinking you should submit those designs to the catalog. 
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Great design and how neat that the engrave is a nice contrasting color! Bummer that the maker is out of business 
Can you tell an appreciable difference in taste of the wild chocolate vs regular?
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There is quite a bit of variation in chocolate flavors, wild or otherwise – at least when it comes to what is being produced by the small artisanal chocolatiers. The mass-market stuff (Hershey, Nestle, Cadbury, etc.) is deliberately homogenized to a standard flavor profile.
I am unlikely to go full chocolate sommelier. I enjoy the different flavors, and mostly don’t feel driven to name and describe them.
That said, the wild chocolate I have tried so far has had a pronounced fruit component.
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Please share if you find a source for this.
I have started using plain brown paper to wrap gifts, and laser significant patterns in to the final fold to make it subtle but meaningful. This is one example. Yes, it’s messy. That’s intentional. The final design is my own but adapted from something that means a lot to the person for whom it’s intended.
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Sometimes subtle is more impactful than in your face…
I agree with you @eflyguy, that is something I always strive for when making gifts for friends and family in my Glowforge.
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