OK, I confess. I’m addicted to chocolate.
I went shopping to buy a pizza for my son, to take it to the firehouse where he’s on duty today. While in the store I walked past the chocolate aisle.
(Important: Don’t read any further if, like me, you love chocolate. Or at least put something over your keyboard so you don’t ruin it with drool…)
I usually avoid the chocolate section in my store, but today, a woman was blocking the aisle and I had to use the next one over, and before I knew it, I was in front of a whole shelf of chocolate. My eyes immediately found the familiar red and gold package from Cote d’Or, my favorite brand. And, oh no; they had the one I love…Milk chocolate with toasted pecans caramalized with with sea-salted butter.
My hand reached of its own accord, and then I saw the white chocolate with the whole hazelnuts, and then a dark chocolate bar with wild cherry caught my eye. I hesitated. White chocolate with hazelnuts and nougatine? Milk chocolate with caramelized pecans and a touch of sea-salt? Dark chocolate with wild cherry bits? There was also the classic dark chocolate and marmelade orange peel, or the…no, no! It had to be the milk chocolate and pecan.
I snatched it off the shelf and, before I could swipe more bars into my shopping cart, I dashed to the check-out counter.
Then I went to the firehouse to deliver the pizza to my son.
He saw my shopping bag. “You have some chocolate,” he said, his eyes shining.
What can I say? I love my son more than chocolate. I smiled bravely and took it out of the bag. “For you,” I said.
He gave me a crooked grin and broke it in half. “We can share,” he said.
Now that’s a nice kid.
And guess what I’m eating right now?
Hmmmmm.
I love chocolate!
Holly Kennedy said:
Very sweet, Sam.
I’m not a chocoholic, but I have no backbone when it comes to Hawkins Cheezies and if my sons saw a bag in the shopping cart, I’d do EXACTLY the same thing!! 🙂
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JR's Thumbprints said:
My weakness is popcorn. Can’t seem to leave the stuff alone. If I smell it, then I’ve got to have some. Thank God chocolate can’t be smelled from across the room.
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Wynn Bexton said:
Yes chocolate is yummy, but I can’t eat it at bedtime or I have nightmares. (So here I am drooling after I read your post! darn!)
I agree…popcorn is my thing. I am enticed by the smell of it and find it addictive. I can’t stop at a small cupful. Oh no! I have to devour the entire huge bowl (with lots of butter and salt!)
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Anonymous said:
I love popcorn too – with lots of butter and salt. But in France, they like sugared popcorn – yuck! It’s awful.
I’ve never had a Hawkins Cheezie (perking up with interest) Will have to check them out!
Sam
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Gabriele C. said:
It’s sugared popcorn here, too.
Chocolate is evil. The Merci layered Coffee Cream/Milk is especially evil. And the Milka White with Lemon Grass and Green Tea, and the Lindt Dark with Orange, and ….
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ORION said:
Repeat after me…White chocolate is the best…white chocolate is the best…
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Daisy Dexter Dobbs said:
As far as I’m concerned, Sam, any confirmed chocoholic who’s actually willing to share their rich, delectable, lip-licking treasure truly has a heart of gold!
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