HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

Everything is Better with Chocolate

Life is like a box of chocolates …

Do you gravitate to Chocolate?

I was asked which kind of chocolate I prefer; white, dark, or bitter-sweet? I answered, “All of the above.” Having a down day? Buy some chocolate. Better yet, share some chocolate with a friend.

I think chocolate products are one of those foods people hide from others to save for themselves. I’ve known a few people who hide the chocolate and portion it out according to when they want to eat it. There’s something about biting into a luscious chocolate, letting it melt in the mouth, savoring its flavor, oh baby, yeah.

Chocolate helps elevate your mood; at least, in theory it does. For many years at Christmastime I’d get a box of chocolates in the mail, See’s Candies: Nuts & Chews, from a business associate. My family looked forward to its arrival, and its chocolatey contents didn’t last long.

A cup of hot chocolate is welcome on a cold winter’s night. Sometimes I make it from scratch by combining cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla, and a touch of water (mixed together), add milk and a dash of salt, all warmed in a saucepan or microwave.*

Hot cocoa is yummy to the tummy.

My Grandma Weigold made us hot chocolate to go with our breakfasts. First, Grandma put Nestle Quick chocolate instant mix in our coffee cups. She warmed the milk in a saucepan; then poured the steaming milk in our mugs, a little at first to stir with the cocoa; she’d add a large marshmallow; and then poured in the warm milk to the brim. So good. We loved it!

Need some love, you be the initiator: take some chocolates to someone, or bake some chocolate chip cookies, or buy some flowers, or light a candle; or watch a romantic movie; you get the idea. When we give, we receive. I haven’t particularly liked Valentine’s Day as a single, something about being alone stings (stinks, is more like it). But I can make it better by being more engaged with others or doing something I enjoy.

And that I will do. I’m going out for dessert with a friend, and later I’m going to a musical venue with my Dad. All good.

Share the love.

Have a GREAT day! It is what you make it.

Hey, give someone a box of chocolates.

*recipe is on the Hershey’s cocoa can (100% cacao, natural unsweetened)

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