Chocolate Holidays
Happy belated holidays!
For the past week I’ve either been scrambling to get ready for Christmas, celebrating with the family, or recovering from all the scrambling and celebrating. The whole time I was trying to figure out just where chocolate fit into the whole mess. It really doesn’t feel like there is a whole lot of chocolate in our holiday tradition. There are cookies and candy canes and eggnog (even eggnog soda) but aside from the odd cookie there really isn’t a lot of chocolate in the mix. We have never had a yule log so any chocolate that gets involved (usually lurking in a cookie, as a present, or in the form of Hershey’s Kisses in stockings) is lucky to do so. The biggest role chocolate plays in our tradition is the presence of York Peppermint Patties which have been a part of Christmas in our family for as long as I can remember. In my experience Christmas just isn’t much of a chocolate holiday.
December 26th, however, is all about chocolate. I don’t know a thing about Boxing Day beyond what I just read over at Wikipedia, but I do know for fact that it is one of MY chocolate holidays. In stores and on websites all across the country all that lovely holiday chocolate is put on sale at half off! That, my friends, is a reason to celebrate. And it only takes a day or two more for the chocolate to drop to 75% off! What could be better than cheap chocolate? Ok, I’ll admit that cheap good chocolate and free chocolate are both better, but sometimes you have to take what you can get. Most of the time, actually.
So in the end while Christmas itself isn’t that much of a chocolate holiday (in my experience), it does usher in one of the biggest chocolate holidays of the year in my book. Go forth and partake of the great bargains. I know I will.
Anyway, I hope everybody had a good holiday, whatever it may have been. I’m still working on a little gift for my readers that may or may not happen. It requires equal parts luck, skill, and memory and I’m sorely lacking in all three.
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Kat Said:
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Look forward to your chocolate adventures in 2007!
Posted by: Kat | December 27, 2006 11:30 PM
cybele Said:
Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to seeing what you find on sale too!
Posted by: cybele | December 29, 2006 4:45 PM
chocoaddict Said:
Happy new year! Thanks for the sales tip. If you really want to add some great chocolate into your next holiday, try Little Green House Organic sauces. They make the best chocolate sauce and fudge I have ever had. It is awesome!!! The chocolate sauce is sweet and makes great hot chocolate and the fudge is like dark chocolate nirvana. Both are amazing on ice cream. Happy chocolate eating! (You can order online at www.littlegreenhouseorganic.com - you won't be sorry!)
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Hi, So do you think I should order the Aztec Hot cholate or the Aztec dark hot chocolate from Marie Belle? You liked it better than Vosges?
Thanks!
Jen
Posted by: Jen Chamberlain | March 5, 2007 2:05 PM
William Said:
I've still yet to try the Vosges and I really want to. I love their bars and I've only ever heard excellent things about their hot chocolate.
As to whether you should order the Marie Belle Aztec or Aztec dark, it's just a matter of taste. Both are excellent, but both are of the sort of hot chocolate that is taken in tiny doses and possibly eaten with a spoon. It's thick stuff.
Also, you might check and see what is available to you locally. Marie Belle only ships FedEx overnight and it isn't cheap. The hot chocolate isn't either, but I'm of the belief that you have to pay for quality. You might find that there is something local that is as good or better and it's loads of fun to get out and look for the good stuff. And if you do you can save the cost of shipping.
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