Even though the holidays are over, my penchant for overindulgence and sweet snacking continues unabated. We have so much leftover food, candy, sweets and snacks that it’s hard to classify all the “secret eating” and munching I’ve been doing in the new year.

Lately though, I’ve found a common thread: chocolate confections mingled with the goodness of hazelnuts. Below are three recent examples of my nutty, chocolately eating.

• Chocolate Bar NYC & Yoya Mart artist bars

Jenn got a Yoyamart Chocolate Bar Set 2005 as a holiday gift from one of the vendors she works with. See here and here for details on the full set. You can buy the set online.

The milk chocolate and hazelnut bar I ate has the work of artist Tim Biskup. The bar features a large cyclopean monster eating a chocolate bar. You can see a picture of the entire set online.

• Ferrero Rocher

These are classic candies that I’m sure most of you are familiar with. We’ve all seen the holiday add that substitutes champagne for Rocher. Graham gave me a small box of these on birthday beer brewing day (AKA Dad’s 53rd)

• Marabou

I got one of these bars at IKEA over the weekend. Made by Kraft in Sweden.

Overall, I liked the Rocher the best because they’re a melange of a couple of different styles, flavors and textures. The Marabou bar had the largest chunks of nuts (think Hershey with Almonds) and the specialty bar from Chocolate Bar NYC and Yoyamart was the smoothest of the bunch.

There you have it. Chocolate and Hazelnut, two tastes that … you know the rest.