I. Love. Dessert.
Dessert is the perfect end to a meal for me. In fact, I consider it part of the meal. No meal is complete without dessert.
Yesterday, however, I ran out of dessert. It was 9:30 at night and I hadn’t had my post-meal snackie. The only sweet things I had in my place were some old Japanese candies in my travel bag (insight: I was last in Japan in 2002) and a SmartOnes fudge brownie my girlfriend left in the freezer a month ago.
I’ve known the SmartOne has been a dessert option for a while now, but I’ve never seriously considered it. Why eat a “lite” dessert when you could have a real dessert? Plus, I loathe aspartame.
I checked the SmartOne and was pleased to discover that it had real sugar in it–good old fashioned corn syrup. So I ate it. And it was decent. All was good in the world.
Then came today.
I worked until 9:00 and then drove to the ATM to get some cash for my travels this weekend (look for a high-school reunion survival guide next week, if I survive). On the way there, I realized that I’d be driving past a grocery store (land of desserts), so I used my iPhone to safely look up the phone number to see if they were open…and then were not.
I then drove to the library (land of no desserts) to drop off a book, and then I begrudgingly headed home.
Then I realized that there was a BP on the way home.
BP = king-size candy bars = dancing with chocolate unicorns filled with sweet peanut butter.
I think I actually broke into song when I realized that I would indeed have dessert tonight. I’ll spare you the details/lyrics, and I can’t really remember them. All I can say is that it was a joyous occasion in my car. I probably came a lot closer than I realize to just driving the car straight into the BP to the candy rack.
The woman must have thought I was either crazy or high as I paced between the aisles of candy. Chocolate, obviously, was my objective, but which one? Should I get two? Did I want crunchy or smooth? Milk or dark? Nuts or no nuts?
I finally selected a peanut butter Twix and a NutRageous. I ended up eating the Twix with milk while watching How I Met Your Mother…it was incredible.
If you were me, which candy bar would you have bought?
Ummm…sounds like you need, yet again, a positive intervention via cookies. Don’t starve your soul for what it really desires- give in to the cookies. They want you and you want them. Lol!
Always, always Snickers bar. Cannot control the urge.
A bag of Riesens or the chocolate unicorns filled with sweet peanut butter. Whichever one was the cheapest.
I understand the Riesens are not a candy bar, but they are a delicious chocolate treat that more gas stations should carry. Like chocolate covered raisins.
Nam nam.
100 Grand is the best candy bar on the face of the planet. Period.
If we were neighbors, you’d never be without dessert. I love to bake, but I never eat much of what I make. Not for lack of taste, mind you, but I seem to fill up on the dessert during the baking process — without eating any of it! Not sure why the laws of physics cease to function in my kitchen, but I always end up feeling full and 5 lbs heavier after I bake something, even though I didn’t have a single bite. Of course, my kids never complain.
I almost forgot. Here’s a post, with pictures, of the truffles I made in the spring. They’re really easy to do. If you want the recipe, let me know!
https://christarickard.blogspot.com/2009/05/truffles.html
Wow, those truffles look amazing. I need neighbors who make dessert and want to give it away!