Chocolate has never been something I was crazy about. There are a couple of candy bars that I will eat from time to time . . maybe 4 or 5 times a year. I like Almond Joy, Reese’s Cup, Kit Kat but on rare occasions. Things like Hershey’s Kisses, or chocolate ice cream or chocolate cake . . never!
And, along comes my friend who is definitely a fan of chocolate but she likes the good stuff. Probably a year ago, she gave me a baggie of chocolate chips and said “just try these”. I thought she meant make chocolate chip cookies or something but no, she eats them . . just snacks on the chocolate chips plain. I tried them when she gave them to me. They’re not the darkest of chocolate but definitely not milk chocolate either. I tried them and my first thought was “this tastes as bad as coffee!” I left them in my freezer for a good while and then my friend and I took a road trip. She had a little container of chocolate chips and every now and then, she’d pull them out and you know how when you’re in the car . . you’ll eat ANYTHING . . we ate chocolate chips . . over 4 hours in the car and we snacked on chocolate chips . . not constantly but enough that by the time we reached our destination, I was hooked. A few days later when we returned home, I was glad to see that she had replenished her little container and it was again full of chocolate chips.
Chocolate
When I got home, I began to snack on the ones she had given me earlier. I just grab a few several times a day . . probably more often than I’m thinking but they say dark chocolate is good for you, right?
A couple of weeks ago, my friend was going to order more chocolate so I ordered a bag too. After we placed an order, I think we were both a bit apprehensive about ordering chocolate to be shipped to Texas in September. We both paid for “warm weather shipping” but I think there might be a difference in “warm weather” and “HOT weather”.
Callebaut Chocolate
I’m happy to report that both of our bags of chocolate has been delivered this morning and both bags, and their contents, are in perfect shape! 22 pounds is a lot of chocolate. I thought about trying to figure out how much weight you would gain if one ate all 22 pounds but then I figured that would take all the fun out of eating it.
After lunch, I will bag it all up in 1 pound bags and put it in the freezer. I plan to share some with Nicole so I won’t be eating all 22 pounds . . maybe! 🙂
Theresa says
Mmmmm!
Angie in SoCal says
LOL – I’m a great lover of chocolate – especially dark chocolate. If I’m desperate, I’ll eat milk chocolate. White chocolate – never – that’s just sugar. My husband will buy me a bag of Ghiradelli’s for me and one for the chocolate cookies I’m suppose to make. Love eating them out of hand. Enjoy!
Judy S says
Judy,
You’ll be happy to know I once saw a pillow that declared: “Chocolate is a vegetable.” Enjoy those chips!
Susan says
Last May, my doctor told me I was borderline diabetic. I decided I didn’t want to cross that border! So I started limiting my sugar and carb intake, as well as general calories. I’ve lost 15 pounds, and I know I wouldn’t have if I couldn’t have had something sweet and chocolate. I had a reproduction Nestle’s tin which holds about 3 pounds of chips. I put about 1-2 Tablespoons of chips in a glass bowl on the microwave and have a few at different times during the day. On a stressful day, I eat the whole bowl by nightfall. Many days, I don’t even eat half, but I know it’s there, so I’m okay to skip other things. I started with a full tin in May, refilled it toward the end of July, and it’s a little less than half now. I think that’s reasonable if it keeps me from going crazy – and I don’t even have the good stuff in there, like you bought. =) It’s whatever is affordable, and sometimes that’s from Aldi’s and sometimes it’s Ghiradelli. =)
Heidi says
Where were you able to order that chocolate in that quantity. Sounds mighty tempting.
JudyL says
http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/cb-203-22lb11kgchip.html
Janice says
Bernard Callebaut lives here and there are several Callebaut stores in our city. He actually lost the right to use his own name for the chocolate when he sold his business he also sold the name and the recipes. He has reopened under a new name – Papa Chocolat. Whatever they call the stores the chocolate is to die for. We can buy big blocks of the chocolate in all the grocery stores in the bulk areas. It’s expensive but is the best chocolate for all your Christmas baking. The chocolate comes from Belgium. Enjoy!!!
Linda Smith says
Oh, my stars! Are you going to share your source?
JudyL says
http://www.worldwidechocolate.com/cb-203-22lb11kgchip.html
Be sure to add for warm weather shipping this time of year to most places.