Face Candy

These striking chocolates are something to get your guests talking. Artist Cassandra Rogers carefully sculpts molds, often inspired by unusual faces from magazine pictures, to create the candies. Sometimes she just fashions chocolates from whatever comes to mind. She also does chocolate portraiture. Though chocoholics might be tempted, she says, most people prefer to just look--rather than eat.

Chocolate old men, $32; babies; $14; devil cupid and heart, $8. Available at Zipper, 8316 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles. (323) 951-0620. Or contact Cassandra Rogers, (323) 646-8399 or by e-mail at cassachoc@aol.com.