Roald Dahl was not only a British spy and wrote the kids' classics, but he was also an aficionado of what?

After dinner Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990), a British novelist, short-story writer of children books (his books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide), poet, screenwriter, wartime fighter pilot, and, a former British spy would offer his fellow diners chocolate from the little red box shown.

Whether he was dining alone, with his family, or hosting a dinner party for friends, the red chocolate box invariably made an appearance after every meal.

As Roald's wife Liccy Dahl says in the introduction to "The Roald Dahl Cookbook":

"With the coffee, he would place on the table a grubby plastic box crammed with chocolate goodies, irresistible to dogs, children, and adults alike."

The "red box" shown is that box. Once full of chocolate sweets (which were the favorite of his dog, "Chopper"), Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats, and much more, it has been cleaned up and is now kept carefully in the "Roald Dahl Museum" archives.