I joined this blogfest hosted by
M. Pax, Laura Eno,
Brinda Berry, and
Ciara Knight as an opportunity. Please don't abandon me when I confess that I'm not a huge chocolate fan. I'm ducking now.
But I know lots of my writer friends love the sweet, smooth flavor of that dark treat. Here's another confession. I live very, very close to the Hershey Chocolate Factory. I have family who work there. We have Hershey stuff, all the newest test treats, readily available.
Now I won't turn down a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup or a Peppermint Patty, but I seldom buy them. I don't crave chocolate. I don't like mocha flavor coffee. But I'm not entirely missing the chocolate love train.
As the night cools in the fall, I love me a cup of hot chocolate. I don't even need the marshmallows. I've spend many nights at sporting events over the years, football, field hockey, cross country, and warmed my insides with some half-stirred cups of hot chocolate from concession stands across central PA and even some out of state venues. I used to make it by the pot when my kids were little and heading out to play in the snow. They had the cheap stuff. Now that many of them are settled into their own little corners of the universe, I buy the really good hot chocolate mixes for my husband and me. He usually doesn't want any, so more for me. And in the ultimate tribute to hot chocolate, it played a vital part in my second futuristic romance,
The Lesser Evil. My kick-butt heroine had a real weakness for the brew.
I'm avoiding the temptation of posting some pictures of hot chocolate here I snagged off the internet. I'm too worried about copyright issues.
So what is your favorite form of chocolate? Are you a Hershey fan? Mars? I do like M&Ms though they make creepy commercials. I hope reading
everyone's favorite doesn't change my views on chocolate.
