Imagine the pleasure of biting into a simply decadent, creamy, rich gourmet chocolate. The aroma, the taste, t
he smooth texture of something so incredibly fresh and satisfying; what a truly enjoyable experience.With this delectable vision in your head, be aware, there is a company producing (what they call) a "dessert spray". You are suppose to just spray it into your mouth. This spray will eliminate calories and high fructose corn syrup; so they say! I say this could eliminate the simple indulgence, of a eating chocolate. They say the flavors could be: strawberry cheesecake or milk chocolate turtles. I don’t think this spray is for a true chocolate lover.
For my personal enjoyment I would rather have of a piece of real chocolate. That irresistible freshness and sweetness, the allure of a smooth interior, bursting with flavor, as I take a bite. Yes, my vote is for a real piece of chocolate!
Hershey is celebrating a 100-year anniversary. To help raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network, the women of the Kissmobile hand out free bags of chocolate kisses. Free chocolate kisses; what could be better than that.
The Kissmobile; that they ride around in is a General Motors W-4 Series vehicle, with a custom made body. It has 3 shapes on the top that are giant, foil-covered kisses, sprinkled with hard plastic kissable mini candies. What a sight to see coming down the road!
The first giant kiss is for the driver and a passenger. The next kiss has a cargo area, sound system and flat-screen television. The television and attached camera allow children to perform, and see themselves on the screen. The third giant kiss would be my favorite; it is refrigerated and stores up to 200,000 chocolate kisses.
Children’s Miracle Network, supports improvements to children’s hospitals. http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/
Halloween (October 31) is almost always celebrated everywhere with costume parties, haunted houses, horror films, bobbing for apples, school carnivals, carving jack-o-lanterns, and of course trick or treating. Candy, candy, and more candy!
Retailers say that Halloween is the sixth most profitable holiday in the United States. Decorations sometimes include: witches, skeletons, ghosts, spiders, scarecrows, jack-o-lanterns, spider webs, mummies, bats, ghouls, black cats, vampires, pumpkins, tombstones and gargoyles. Anything that will scare anyone!
Children love going to the "Pumpkin Patch" and picking out their very own pumpkin. This choosing might be at the local farm or the corner lot now transformed into the "patch". Some children
prefer not to cut the jack-o-lantern face into their pumpkin; so parents can draw on a face.
All kids; young and old, like to receive wonderful, sweet treats. A favorite part of the festivities is the chocolate candy bars, bubble gum, caramel apples, suckers, cookies, corn candy, and many other sweets, or better known as the "treat". Some over indulge and miss the next day of school or even work.
Q: How do you mend a broken Jack-o-Lantern?
A: With a pumpkin patch!
It’s been a while since we have written. Sorry, but we were unable to do so, because of the California wildfires, and being ill from breathing the smoke and ash. But now it is time to get back to wonderful, decadent sweets......chocolate!!
81% Adults of the United States eat milk chocolate
50% Eat white chocolate
64% Enjoy dark chocolate (12% of those believe it will have a positive effect on their health)
54% Stated they eat chocolates with cream filling, fruit or a soft praline 
70% Say they eat chocolate with a nougat, nuts or raisins
24% Enjoy sugar-free chocolates
We all know the saying, an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. I have read there are over 7,500 varieties of apples. And 2,500 varieties of those are grown in United States; that should be enough to keep the doctor away. But only 100 varieties are grown commercially; for us to consume; still should be enough.
Some distinct facts about apples are that they are colored in shades of red, green and yellow. They are large in size, by the numbers or they can be very small, such as a crab apple. Apples are used for eating, cider, cooking or juice.
My list of favorite apples, that are definitely for eating:
Caramel Apple - covered with melted caramel
Toffee Apple - coated with hot toffee
Candy Apple - drenched with melted red hots
Gourmet Chocolate Caramel Apple - coated with chewy, melted caramel, and hand packed with many different nuts, candies, fruits and drizzled with rich, sweet, yummy gourmet chocolate.
Unique items are distinctive, unusual, one of a kind, and sometimes rare. Chocolates are made from crushing cacao beans and adding other rich, wonderful ingredients.
Combine the unusual and chocolate and you have delicious unique chocolates. Some of these unique chocolates are: lunch bars (soda crackers and peanut butter), chocolate covered oreo cookies, chocolate covered filled pretzels, s
mores (marshmallows and graham crackers), coconut clusters, chocolate covered popcorn, chocolate covered crackers (ritz crackers and peanut butter), or even chocolate covered gherkin pickles.
Some of these items are just what you would expect, but some are only for that midnight raid of the sweet shelf. To enjoy the sweet, salty, crunchy, and favorite flavors of satisfaction of that must have chocolate.
According to a recent survey, nearly half of Americans (46%) eat chocolate at least a few times a week. With some it is more than a "few".
he smooth texture of something so incredibly fresh and satisfying; what a truly enjoyable experience.
