> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What Not to Buy the Chocolate Lover on Your List - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/what-not-to-buy-the-chocolate-lover-on-your-list/ - Published: 2017-12-22T17:05:51.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-01T17:14:35.000Z - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: TCL Originals There is so much that is offensive about this product that it’s hard to know where to begin. I am also more than faintly amused that Goop, which is known for suggesting that women put interesting (?) things in their bodies in the name of clean, healthy, living is recommending that Goopers eat cheap candy. My already low opinion of Goop takes a further nosedive because they think this utterly unnecessary device is \*awesome\*. In a way, I suppose it is: *It’s an awesome *waste* of money, time, and resources*, and everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed that this device made it past any sort of sanity check. My father coined a phrase to describe things like this: > Anything not worth doing is not worth doing well. > — \*Robert M. Gordon, sometime in the 1960s\* Sold by Gentner Design (and I guess conceived and designed by them as well), the device in question is a *purpose-built guillotine cutter that slices a single peanut butter cup into four pieces*. For those who are too lazy to use a knife, or who, for some reason, don’t think it’s okay to actually touch a peanut butter cup before eating it, though it’s somehow okay to eat something you don’t want to touch? **Amirite?** ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/wordpress/2017/12/pbcupcutter.jpeg) If you really do have the free cash floating around these holidays to consider purchasing such a *mindbendingly* *useless* thing, I encourage you to think about supporting your local small-batch specialty chocolate maker or any one the many organizations working to elevate the lives and livelihoods of smallholder cacao farmers around the world. Or, consider supporting TheChocolateLife. It would be much appreciated. — HT to [Coveteur](http://coveteur.com/2017/12/21/price-upon-request-chocolate-cutter-holiday-gift-idea/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) for bringing this to my attention (via a Google Alert). --- Archived Comments --- Comment by: Keith\_Ayoob Posted on: Jan 14, 2018 First of all, GOOP is — IMHO — just code for useless info. Not a place to get health information at all. Heavy on philosophy, low on actual facts, and also loaded with useless products. A zillion things no one needs and often health information no one should be told — again, IMHO. If someone has this kind of moolah to spend, just buy some really good chocolate instead and provide the world, cocoa farmers, and artisans some real benefits, while giving yourself some real enjoyment. --- Comment by: Projetchocolat Posted on: Jan 14, 2018 Who in the world wants 1/4 of a chocolate peanut butter cup???? --- Comment by: DiscoverChoc Posted on: Dec 22, 2017 From a colleague: https://media2.giphy.com/media/Rhhr8D5mKSX7O/giphy.gif