Chocolate To The Rescue, Part Two

For the second time, chocolate has saved my butt and provided me an alternative to my poison of choice. As is typical on a Sunday, I felt particularly lethargic all day, not wanting to go out or do anything for most of the day. And so I didn't, until I realized the sun was going to go down and I hurried outside. Despite the biting cold, I continued to feel sleepy and trudged along listlessly. I had some lunch but that was no help; neither was getting a little sunlight.

It was only after we stopped for chocolate that I found my solution. Soma Chocolatemaker (last mentioned in Sugarless January) has a chocolate bar that is made with 100% cocoa beans and no sugar or other additives. This may not seem immediately applicable, but once I tasted it, I knew I had found a kind of solution. The pure chocolate, when you sucked on it, tasted almost sorta kinda like coffee, and gave you the same sensation but without the jolt. As you let it melt in your mouth (pure chocolate doesn't melt the same way as a chocolate bar), the cocoa beans taste like coffee beans, then cherry, and finally chocolate. I don't recommend it to everyone; it's very different from your average milk chocolate bar. But it's definitely got some craving-satisfying elements that I appreciate..or that I can appreciate for another 12 days or so!