How you can get paid to eat chocolate
Stay calm and grab the stretchy pants - there is a way you can eat chocolate and get paid.
A Queensland-based market research firm called Chitchat Research is recruiting participants for, not one, but four chocolate marketing programs ahead of Christmas.
Canstar Editor-at-Large Effie Zahos told Today participants will have to prepare their bodies, as a lot of chocolate would be involved.
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"They are looking for people to research, to taste, and basically really just gorge on it which is great," Zahos said.
"It's not a scam, guys, it's legit".
Participants would be paid cash, which would have to be declared to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Tax is a small price to pay for endless amounts of chocolate... iStock
"It gets a little bit sadder when I talk about the tax side of things," Zahos said.
"Tasting chocolate was $50 for half an hour."
Zahos said there are countless market research trials underway across the country - some of the other she found involved alcohol, and yoghurt.
"You have to sign up, you've got the answer some pretty personal details," Zahos explained.
"What income do you earn, do you like eating this, do you not like eating this, where do you live? Did you have a higher education? Did you not?
"That's purely so they match you up with the right company. So the company wants to be absolutely certain they've got the right person."
She said that depending on the degree of difficulty, participants could earn between $50 to $120.
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