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"  If you&amp;#039;re a regular reader of our blogs, you know we love our interns and that our interns love everything sweet. We&amp;#039;ve come to depend on them to report on what&amp;#039;s going on in the world of desserts, candies, and chocolate. Rebekah Lowin, sophmore at Columbia University in the City of New York and the newest sweet tooth to join our team tells us what&amp;#039;s new from Godiva for fall. Last weekend, my good friend Zoe and I were lucky enough to spend a glorious, chocolate-filled evening at the new Godiva headquarters here in New York City on 34th Street. Hosted by Godiva and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the night was comprised of hors d&amp;#039;oeuvres, cocktails, a cake-decorating competition, and a special announcement about Godiva&amp;#039;s recent partnership with the CIA. Godiva&amp;#039;s executive chef, Thierry Muret, and celebrity pastry chef Duff Goldman, star of the television show, &amp;quot;Ace of Cakes,&amp;quot; were both in attendance...and if you&amp;#039;re even half the Food Network junkie that I am, you can imagine just how excited I was to see Duff in person. Star-struck, indeed. I tried not to be too creepy about it. Zoe and I certainly didn&amp;#039;t take our time in this chocolate wonderland for granted. And, as is often the case, my over-excitement got the best of me. I brought along a little notepad to keep track of every moment of our adventures throughout the night, and forced my Nikon at poor Zoe, who spent much of the evening snapping model shots of me with the 2011 Halloween Collection. I decided, too, to keep a running list of the hilariously exorbitant amounts of chocolate on which Zoe and I gorged ourselves. This seemed like a marvelous idea in keeping with my efforts to be the world&amp;#039;s greatest chocolate reporter.    The results, however, were more worrisome than funny...I mean just how much chocolate can one person eat? But they did reflect well on the deliciousness of Godiva&amp;#039;s new collection. Between the two of us, we were able to finish an entire platter of baked goods (who knew Godiva made brownies?), handfuls of pumpkin caramels, a few dozen chocolate truffles, every flavor of the updated Ultimate Dessert Collection (reported on last month by intern Candice Reeves) chocolate raspberry bars, a pile of chocolate-covered pretzels, truffle heart biscuits...the list goes on. And then there was the cake we decorated at the end of the night. Alas, we didn&amp;#039;t win the competition...but what better way to console ourselves than by eating the remainder of our three-tier masterpiece? Our favorite discovery of the night was, without a doubt, the heavenly pumpkin patch truffle. Not only was this treat deliciously creamy, perfectly spiced, and wrapped in adorable pumpkin packaging, but a collection of these truffles would also make a perfect Autumn gift or Thanksgiving treat.  If you&amp;#039;re interested in organic and fair trade chocolate, be sure to see what The Daily Green has to say. Want to learn how we put consumer products to the test and keep you safe? Sign up for a tour of the famous Good Housekeeping Research Institute. If you visit, be sure to say hello when you come by the Kitchen Appliances &amp;amp;amp; Technology Lab. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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