I had grand plans for how blog-productive I’d be once I moved into my current sublet. I thought I’d sit down and create a big stash of ready-to-publish drafts to call upon during future hectic moments.
It hasn’t quite worked out that way. In truth, I’ve been writing a great deal, but when I’m at my computer, the words that come pouring out swirl and crash and shudder until they coalesce into poetry, not blogposts. And I don’t have the courage to publish my poetry here. Anywhere, really.
So, instead, my failsafe: chocolate reviews, because I can take myself out of the equation when describing the heady mix of cacao beans, sugar, and cacao butter.
Trader Joe’s Mini Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
If ever a chocolate confection needed no review but for the words YES I WILL YES, it would be these Trader Joe’s Mini Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups.
Would I love these more if they were made with dark chocolate and were vegan? Yes I would yes. But will my lactardation ever preclude my buying and mainlining these tiny little tip-of-my-pinky-finger-sized chocolate peanut butter cups of heaven? No it will not no.
Dear Trader Joe’s Mini Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups: YES I WILL YES.
Vosges Mo’s Dark Bar: Dark Chocolate with Hickory Smoked Bacon
Well, if we’re already riding the not-vegan chocolate train, we may as well also toot the horn and pull on our invisibility cloak so as to go spy on Draco.
Wait, that’s a different train.
I want butterbeer. Now.
I tried the original Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar back in 2007, and found myself amused by the taste of salty bacon mixed with milk chocolate. Nowadays, though, I’m somewhat bored by the whole chocolate + salt malarkey, and am even more disinterested in porky desserts, so I purchased Vosges’ new dark chocolate version with ennui.
Eh. Ennui. The chocolate was sweeter than I expected, but then again it’s only 62% cacao, so my expectations were likely off track to begin with. The strongest flavours were salt and smoke, with the bacon presenting less as meatiness than chewy salt. A few years ago, I likely would have enjoyed this more, but right now? Pass me back the bucket of mini chocolate peanut butter cups, please.
In lieu of a third chocolate review, please accept this photo of a terrifying teddy bear that I stumbled across with Amber in Lawrence one day. He brings whole new meaning to the lyrics “if you go down in the woods today / you’re sure of a big surprise…”
I’m going to go now. Not into the woods, though, unless it’s the Sondheim kind. Anyhoodle, have a wondrous day, okay? You deserve it.
You have a wondrous day too! (and enjoy the writing, however it comes)
I loooove TJs chocolates, but I prefer the dark chocolate PB cups. The ones that are on my counter right now.
Agreed on the bacon chocolate. It reminded me of chocolate dog food. Blech.
I didn’t see the dark ones when I was there, but they’re not quite as mini as these ones, are they? I like being able to eat forty of something in one go
Baby peanut butter cups!! I think we should start a petition for Trader Joe’s to make a dark chocolate/vegan version. These are very important matters, you know.
Or, you know, *you* could make them… I’m sure they’d be even better
Umm, please feel like you can share your poetry here? Please! I bet it is marvellous!
Thank you Lou, but there’s no way, at least not right now. I’m not strong enough to share that part of me. (You are one of the people I wouldn’t mind seeing it, but I have to remember how public this forum is xoxo)
Not bacon please. Sorry yerk. How did that idea come about? But yes to peanut butter. No to scary teddy bears xx
It’s America. They put bacon in everything.
This post makes me just a little concerned for you, but I will hope that I am reading too much into paragraphs two and three…if not (or irrespective!), lots of hugs going your way and a reminder that your writing is beautiful whatever the focus.
I can’t quite grasp the concept of bacon in chocolate (perhaps it would have helped if I’d liked bacon even when I ate meat?) but those mini peanut butter cups look gorgeous
Thank you Kari. Much appreciated. xo
You have a lovely day, too! Am not at all sure about bacon in chocolate. Not sure.
Love your Harry Potter reference
Gotta squeeze them in every now and again.
I haven’t tried these yet from TJ’s – good to know!
Inspired review Hannah … the poetry must be doing something even if we don’t see it itself…
Finding my way here on day four of a juice cleanse was probably not the best move. Those chocolates look amazing!
*laughs* Perhaps not, but it can never hurt to look
Thanks for stopping by, Meghan!
Holy crap that bear looks like a dodgy old man! lol!
Hide the children!
I think he wants to eat the children.
That teddy bear wasn’t designed by someone with a kind heart. Why didn’t they give him a friendlier face? I love the look of the mini peanut butter cups but I’d be scared about how many I could get through! xx
It was a 340g tub, and I ate it all in my last night in New York. I felt quite wretched physically, but also proud of myself
We need more peanut butter cup goodness in Australia. Why are they not more popular here? WHY, I ask.
Because Australia is about 50 years behind in appreciating the glories of peanut butter. I think we’ll get there, though.
Seriously, if Trader Joe’s would veganize those I’d be finding a way to special order them to here because they just sound epic. I don’t think any chocolate would taste as good in comparison.
And yes, that bear is terrifying…the only question I have is: whhhhyyyy?
I’d go halvsies in a bulk order with you.
I know what you mean, I have a little blockade with writing lately myself. But cooking helps to relax
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Butter beer. Yes, please. Poetry….YES, PLEASE!!!!!