Life is like a box of chocolates: it ends quickly when it tumbles into lava. Enjoy the transient experience of sweet pleasure while you can with today's Groupon: $22 for a chocolate walking tour with Chicago Chocolate Tours (a $40 value).

A Chicago Chocolate Tour explores the essential qualities of fine chocolates, chocolate's role in world history, and Chicago’s famous chocolate architecture, led by a tour guide made of chocolate. Spend around two-and-a-half hours exploring the rich, chocolaty centers of a neighborhood of your choice, including Downtown Loop, South Loop, Lakeview, the French Market, and the Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast. Delve into back-stair chocolate bunkers such as Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafters and Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland. You'll be fed tastings of rare and exquisite chocolaty treats from the city’s paramount chocolatiers and boutiques, all while you learn about Chicago’s past and its history of chocolate. Click here for tour routes and schedules.

Reviews

People are fawning over Chicago Chocolate Tours. Centerstage Chicago and CNN ate it up:

• The Chicago Chocolate Tour is a chocoholic's dream come true, but it's more than just a sampling of mouth-watering chocolate treats—although there's plenty of that. The tour also dishes interesting tidbits about the history of chocolate and its production, as well as info about the companies that sell it, all wrapped up in one tasty package. – Albrey Nuss, Centerstage Chicago
• Romances come and go, but many a gourmand is in it for life with that addictive cocoa concoction, chocolate...the tours will provide guests with nuggets about the history and health benefits of chocolate, as well as more treats than most people can finish. – Marnie Hunter, CNN