I've Walked Away

I've walked away from so much chocolate in the last month it is simply astonishing!  It's hard to believe, but if I carry on like this it might even rival that one year in college where I decided not to eat chocolate for the whole year.  Of course, I didn't count the one malt ball I would have while I cleaned the bottom of Forrest Hall every week day afternoon.  I don't even like malt balls so that tells you how desperate I was for chocolate.

Anyway, here are some things I've walked away from.

Hershey's Dark Chocolate + Pretzels = Good Idea

I put them down and walked away.

But that was trumped when I passed this version in the next aisle.





Is there anything about this that doesn't seem like a good idea?  Well, I walked away anyway! 

Okay, technically it took me a little while to let go but then I saw these.

Hello!  Where have you been all my life Dark Chocolate Raspberry M&Ms?

Hey, I even put these down and walked away.  Where is this self-control coming from?

Of course, I hadn't seen the recipe for White Chocolate Raspberry Popcorn or Dark and White Chocolate Raspberry M&M cookies or Raspberry M&M Bars or Raspberry M&M Cookies with Raspberry Glaze.  Alright well, I might have to go back for these but hey, I walked away once so that's got to count for something!

But it might have been hardest to walk from this.

I know some of you are thinking, "That took some real self-control, Beth!"  And you are right!  I had this overwhelming urge to buy one, wrap it up and spend big bucks to send it to a friend in Niger just so they could open it up, roll their eyes and have a good laugh as they opened the fridge door and placed it's melted blob of chocolatey goodness next to their perfectly pyramid shaped Niger bought Toblerone.  Now, wouldn't that be funny?