Mama always said "Life is like a box of chocolates--You never know what you're gonna get." Screw that, Forrest! I like knowing what chocolates I'm eating. Thankfully, my Aunt got me a box of Russell Stover's this Christmas. Russell Stover's is smart, because on the inside of the lid they've got the secret decoder map, that tells you exactly what you're eating. Started off with a Raspberry Creme...life was good! Then packed up the chocolates along with other gifts to bring home from Christmas Eve. Things...shifted. Arrived home to find lid off the chocolates box, w/ candies strewn all over the bag they were in. Put'em back as best as I could figure. They are not ruined or polluted or anything, just...random. Right now Forrest Gump is at me!
Jellies are good. Much prefer the cremes to those gooey conglomerations of caramel and {other stuff} that they call "nougat".
Now this is Red Room material. Personally, I hate coconut and really, really detest biting into it when it's been disguised by chocolate. The rest of the family always takes this slight pause when I reach for one to see my inevitable reaction when I get one of the sneaky little @#$%@@.
Russell Stovers is CRAP! CRAP CRAP CRAP! Godiva is the True Way. The Light. The Only. Actually, I don't even LIKE chocolate...but when I do eat it, it had damn well better come in a gold box with a naked lady riding a horse on the lid!
Wash your mouth out with soap and water! Chocolate is the major food group. Apart from my beloved Green and Black's Maya Gold (fair trade organic plain chocolate with a hint of bitter orange... ), a Quality Street green triangle runs a pretty close second... Praline...
Ok, but do Godiva, or Dove, or any of those funky British ones I've never heard of, come with a secret decoder map on the inside of the box that tells you what you're about to eat?
I LOVE chocolate, but I get it honestly. My mother wouldn't last a whole day before she'd sneak into our rooms and 'see what the Easter Bunny left you.' Thankfully, one year I brought a friend home from boarding school, so now she buys an extra baskets worth of candy 'just in case' so me and my brother don't have to hide ours anymore.
