"handbag" news and stories

For Mother's Day, See's Candies has restyled one of their signature boxes into an adorable pink and white purse with a beaded handle. It is packed with an assortment of truffles and other chocolates and topped off with a bow. In addition to selling the purse alone, See's also sells a larger Mother's Day Keepsake Collection, which includes the 10-ounce purse, an additional pound of assorted chocolates and a pink bag full of foil-covered chocolate hearts.

If you're interested in getting some other edible, purse-themed gifts for Mom, check out the selection of edible handbags that Luxist has picked out:

Dean and Deluca Sweet Couture
Eleni's Designer Handbags
Hand it to Mom Handbag Cheesecake
Choco Choco Truffle Handbags (which we've also mentioned here)
I Dream of Cake Purses
Caramel-Filled Purse

Accessories combine fast food and fashion much more effectively than trying to turn french fries into clothing. Spiral and Circle offers a variety of cute, plush, food-themed accessories, including the coin purses shown above, a hamburger handbag and a hot dog eyeglass case. For anyone who isn't entirely comfortable carrying around a purse - though surely a large plush hamburger conveys an air of masculinity - they stock many other food related items, including a ball point pen disguised as a pizza and hamburger and pizza-shaped pillows. Could wearing your food instead of eating it become the next big diet trend?

Well, I may be a day (or two) late and a dollar (or $40) short, but I just saw these little chocolate handbags from Choco Choco House in Somerville, Mass. There are roughly a dozen different styles, and if I knew more about handbags, I could probably tell you if some of these are trying to emulate certain designers. Most, including the dark chocolate and ganache croc print number you see here, sell for $40 per dozen or $20 per half dozen. It also looks like there's a limited supply of sets of two. Please note that the ribbon strap on each handbag is not edible. They could be the perfect accessories for your chocolate thong.