Comments on: Dear Chocolate, it’s not you, it’s me.

By: Steve Krodman

Steve Krodman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:11:05 +0000

The wonderful thing about chocolate is that you can drift over to the citrus, the coconut, and all those other wonderful flavors… and chocolate will still be there when you decide to come back.

Alas, I love desserts in all their wonderful variety. (Alas is for the tendency of said desserts to apply themselves to my… alas.) Chocolate, fruit, it matters not – I can usually find a place in my heart (and on my plate) for most postprandial sweets. Which one I may prefer at any given moment is purely a function of my vast and changeable whim.

By: Janet Ward

Janet Ward — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:55:53 +0000

Oh, Lordy, this is one of those things that I felt instinctively but never thought of writing about! I am not a sweets person, as a matter of taste. Give me a choice between a cookie and a pretzel, and, well, I’ll take the pretzel. But I always maintained that I would eat anything, cat shit included, if it were dipped in chocolate. Over the past several years, I have found my tastes changing. Now, give me the apple pie or the blackberry cobbler or the lemon tart.

There has to be a scientific explanation, and I will volunteer to be the experimentee.

By: Mandy Richburg Rivers

Mandy Richburg Rivers — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:53:47 +0000

Oh Bootsie, I’m glad I’m not the only one that’s ever taken a haul off the Hershey’s! Nothing goes better with that dollop of peanut butter you just scooped from the jar with your pointer finger at 2AM.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love chocolate, the darker the better, but as for prepared desserts, I’ve strayed. (disclaimer: any and all comments as per dessert preferences do not include the mother of all desserts, chocolate cheesecake. Chocolate cheesecake cannot be categorized merely as a dessert as it can be used as a medication or meal substitute, is preferred over sex on many occasions and can lead to intoxication when thrown on the floor and rolled in.)

By: Mary Lee (aka Bootsie Lucas)

Mary Lee (aka Bootsie Lucas) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:03:26 +0000

Is it possible that the real polarization in our country isn’t liberal vs. conservative, but chocolate or not?

The wonderful thing about chocolate (besides the fact that it’s a mood elevator ) is that you can have just a teensy bit from an excellent bar or brownie and get that zing that chocolate brings. Or you can just tip the Hershey’s syrup can up and take a swig. I love Key Lime pie, but you have to bake (or buy) the whole darn thing. Sure, there are smaller lemon tarts, but can you actually keep one in your purse when you’re running errands just so you can have a nibble to perk you up? A chocolate bar is portable and will get past security at the airport. You can’t say that about an apple pie. And chocolate comes in various strengths: milk, dark, and super dark. (There is no such thing as white chocolate.) For true chocolate fiends, I’d recommend our family favorite: Green & Black’s Organic Dark Chocolate with 85 percent cocoa content. I’ll bet even fruit dessert lovers can’t eat just one.

By: Terri Evans

Terri Evans — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:56:10 +0000

Mandy, I feel your conflict. Torn at times by citrus, in particular (key-lime pie, lemon tarts, etc), I feel as if I’m betraying my old friend, chocolate. Wouldn’t you know that this would happen right about the time that chocolate is flaunting health and antioxidant claims? I suspect that’s the real issue here – it’s become too healthy!

By: Jennifer Harjehausen

Jennifer Harjehausen — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:32:31 +0000

I think my heart’s favorite will always be chocolate. Hot fudge sundaes remind me of trips to Baskin Robbins with my dad, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting reminds me of the way the hospital cake hit the spot after having my first baby, and nothing goes better with a movie than popcorn with plain M&Ms.