Delectable golf

It's Friday, which means The Masters' has been on for a couple days. For those couple of days my dad (a fellow golf aficionado) and I have been attempting to find some live Masters' footage in vain (unless watching hours of analysis of a certain channel's "Live from The Masters" counts...we're now resorting to pre-taped footage until tomorrow's network broadcast).

Anyway, to accompany your position on the couch for Masters' weekend, grab a box of Chocolat Celeste's limited edition golf chocolates for your enjoyment. It's Katie's Golf Product of the Week and it's the sporty equivalent to the "soap operas and bonbons" analogy. By far the most creative and high-quality golf treat on the market (as far as I can see), the Fairway Collection is handmade, preservative-free (to protect our petite waistlines) and filled with bittersweet ganache, appropriate for the inevitable bittersweetness The Masters' will hold (insert groan for a bad joke here). At $40 for a box of eight truffles and a golf-stenciled bonbon, they'll leave your tummy feeling happy and you'll be taking mulligans ball after candy ball.

It got me thinking about other cute golf candies out there. After scouring each of the 1.06 million pages for you, the reader, that resulted from searching for "golf candy" on the 'net, here's the top five finds that made my list (author's note: I skipped golf cookie bouquets, which were pretty snazzy and plentiful but did not meet my "golf candy" requirement):

5. Mini Chocolate Golf Balls In Bucket: Between 15-18 dime-sized, fudge-filled golf balls in a miniature range bucket. $3.40.

4. Golf Ball Candy Bouquet Planter: Twenty-three Jolly Ranchers, Tootsie Pops and other classic candy bars arranged in a ceramic golf ball planter. Tasty and reusable. $40.

3. Golf Retro Candy Basket: With golf packaging stuffed with Boston Baked Beans, waxed lips, Sugar Daddies, Bottlecaps, Mike & Ike, Red Hots, Pop Rocks and more, it's the perfect throwback way to spend an afternoon in front of the tube. $28.48.

2. Carol's Candy Corner Golf Candy Gift Basket: Stuffed with solid, caramel- and fudge- filled golf balls as well as a trio of Robusto Chocolate Cigars, this classy little set would make a great gift. $29.95.

1. The Chocolate Vault: The company offers many molded golf chocolates and gift sets, including ones in shapes of golfers and golf bags, not just the standard golf ball (one point for creativity). Around $10.

Bon appetit.