J'aime le Chocolat

I love chocolates.
The mere mention of the word brings a broad smile on my face, fills my mind with the rich -n- creamy sensation, and my heart with a delectable anticipation.

I wanted to title this piece "Chocolates & Me". However, I had to pull 'You' in, instead, considering Cadbury's speckle "Tiny little bits of fun for everyone to share."

"Life is like a box of chocolates" remarked Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump. I guess he was only trying to emphasize the different tastes of life: sweet, bitter, creamy, sour, dark, light, and so on; while relishing a box full of assorted chocolates.

In today's world, Chocolate is utopian bliss.
Ghirardelli, American Premium Chocolate maker, claims that this delicacy, originating as early as some 400 years ago, is a multi-billion dollar behemoth confection industry of today. So not just the hearts -n- minds, its made its presence in everyone's wallets too!

Throughout history chocolate has been associated with romance and sharing. "It is love with a lighter touch, a spontaneous token of affection" as Cadbury's tagline goes. The British giant provides browsers with a fun-filled chocolate manufacturing experience in a virtual factory on its website.

Recently, Woolworths of United Kingdom conducted a poll to find the "true" you from the kinds of chocolates you nibble. A thousand people chose their favourite shapes and flavours before filling out a quiz about themselves. Some of the results are quite interesting.

People who favor the coconut-flavored chocolates are perfectionists and great thinkers. or I'd say, so they claim themselves to be!

Hershey's, with a Chocolate ThemePark to its name in Pennsylvania-USA, presents its nutty chocolates with the punchline "Sometimes you feel like a nut". and the results only confirm it. Don't they?

In the early 1700s, chocolate used to be consumed as a liquid beverage instead of a confection. The frothy beverage, which was sometimes made with water, and sometimes with wine, could be seasoned with vanilla, pimiento, and chili pepper. It was believed to be an aphrodisiac.

The Chocolate-houses used to compete with Coffee-houses to sell their "liquid". In those days, the idea of "eating" a chocolate was still fancy. Today, as the survey claims, people of the thoughtful kind still prefer the Coffee flavor; though in hardened form.

Some scientists claim that the anti-oxidants in the chocolates help alleviate stress. So, to help life keep easy, Go Chocolates. or should I say, Go Fudge..

The results claim that the shapes are important too; with sociable people opting for circles and diamonds whereas relaxed types prefering the oval ones. The shy, though, opt for the rectangle chocolates.

And about the chocolate filling, the life and soul of the party types prefer very sweet centres and shy people opt for bitter-sweet ones.

In summary, I agree with what Nestlé, the Swiss giant, has got to say "Chocolate is one of the best-loved foods everywhere in the world. It is one of life's little pleasures. The attractive tastes and textures of chocolate and chocolate products delight the senses of all ages."

To finally lick off, never mind the personality mapping, coz' I eat them all on my impish impulse. Yo! Chocoholics!!


comments

I like chocolates too! Nestle is great!! and i like black chocolates more than white ones.
Yanzi, Shenzhen, China

Chocolate! it's like a drug for me... my favorite ones are the ones with yoghurt or "nugat".
Stephanie Weih, Germany

You must be good at writing. The language you wrote is very beautiful.
Yu-Zhen, Taiwan

I love chocolates too!!
Marc Diatta, Senegal

I'm not a big fan of chocolates but I like Milkybar, Kit-kat and Nestle.
Kiran Baworee, Mauritius

I just love chocolates!!
Krzysiek, Poland