Co! Co! Co! Season's Eatings to All!

inspired by chocolate Santas, festive goodies, and holiday cheer

Is This the End?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/11/17/chocolate-shortage-2020/19167089/

Prepare for the Achocalypse!

inspired by overblown warnings of dire outcomes and ignoring real imminent threats

Trick or Treat

Let the candy crawls begin!

inspired by modified seasonal pub crawls for minors, costume lovers, and teetotalers

Fab Five Plus...

Chocolate Punch

semi-sweet chocolate
ground cinnamon
vanilla extract
heavy cream
ice cream + milk, hot water, club soda, and some sugar

inspired by U.S. National Punch Day, Indian libations, and Yummly.com

Can We Talk?

My love life is like pieces of Swiss chocolate; most of it's pricey, and over-indulging can lead to kneeling at the feet of a god.

inspired by the incomparable Joan Rivers and unsung trailblazers throughout history

Nostalgic Pleasures

Choco-caramello with nuts, Dude!

inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie franchise reboot and vintage candies

Beta Testing

Chocoholics try two experimental confections from their favorite chocolatier each month and rate their tasting satisfaction on a scale of one to five stars. At the end of the year, the confection with the highest average rating gets added to the permanent menu; the others are abandoned.

inspired by millennials and new concepts about marriage

Conscientious Uncoupling

1. Gently hold the edges of the two crisp cookies with your fingertips, then twist.
2. Lick off the filling. 

inspired by America's favorite sandwich cookie and celebrity breakups

Grazie, Italia!

Chocolate + cream + sugar + ice = genius

inspired by The Modern Steward from 1692 and National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

Some Compassion, Some Style

Try to be the hazelnut chocolate spread on someone's plain toast.

inspired by Dr. Maya Angelou

Woman Crush Wednesday

Cecilia Tessieri, world's first female chocolatier

inspired by ethical artisan foodies

Final Four Chocolate War

South
Whetston Chocolate Factory (FL)
v.
East
Munsun's Chocolates (CT)

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bake a win-win for chocoholics



West

Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier (WI)

v.

Midwest

Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory (KY)



The Vow

"Will you, Chocolate, take Caramel to be your perfectly melted partner; to have and to enrobe from this tray forward, for candies, for cakes, for brownies, for drinks, to hug and to garnish 'til digestion do you part?"

inspired by National Chocolate Caramel Day

When One Is Not the Loneliest Number

Rationing my hoard of 75%-off luxe Valentine's Day chocolates to last until spring

inspired by clearance reductions and scheduling future indulgences the frugalista way

Essential Ingredient

Is the verdict four-fifths just or one-fifth unjust? It depends on whether you're filled with optimism or realism.

inspired by Dr. Bill Cosby and the trial of Jordan Davis's killer

Uncle Sugar's Master Plan

Hike up the price of chocolate, but offer free contraceptives as a bonus with any candy purchase of $50 or more. Then, inclusion in basic health insurance coverage--who needs it?

inspired by Margaret Sanger, Mike Huckabee, and the Comstock Act