U.S. Embassies Are Obsessed With Warren Buffett’s Chocolate. Since 2010, American diplomats have spent more than $330,000 buying holiday gifts from Berkshire-owned See’s Candies.

Bloomberg reports:

Every year, U.S. embassies around the world have a delicate chore: Finding presents to give foreign officials and other Department of State contacts in their region. It’s best if the presents are uniquely American and not too expensive. Above all else, they have to be culturally appropriate. No diplomat wants to create an international incident by giving a devout Muslim who abstains from alcohol a bottle of Kentucky bourbon.

Thankfully, there’s one gift almost everyone loves: chocolate. The go-to confectioner for the diplomatic corps is California-based See’s Candies. The company, which was founded in 1921 and is now owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has rung up at least $330,000 in sales to the State Department since 2010, according to Bloomberg data. (The total may be higher; the government isn’t required to report purchases of less than $3,500.)

Imagine that. Warren Buffett(Democrat-TARP) finds another way to ripoff taxpayers.