Yep, this had to make my gratitude list. I love, love, love, love good chocolate! Maybe it's my Sorensen sweet tooth, but I know that chocolate is my #1 food choice that makes me happy. :) It's that one little sweet that this mommy craves all the time. I love the thrill of opening a wrapper over my favorite chocolate bar, or the feeling of a box of chocolates and the excitement to try each one, I love whacking a chocolate orange, I love the beauty of handmade truffles, I love the smell of chocolate...
Here in Utah there is a little chocolate shop right by the hubbub of where my aunts live in Millcreek, C K Cummings. It is a small and delicious shop. We went for our family home evening activity tonight and Jane (and I of course!) was in heaven. She picked a temple chocolate and a turkey chocolate. Then we had to get their famous thin mints!!!!! These little squares are minty chocolate bliss and what they are most known for.
I love watching chocolate be made, is it any wonder why I love the movie "Chocolate"!! A favorite memory I have from a few years back is making handmade chocolates at our dear friend, Elsie Godfeys, home. It was my sisters, parents, grandma Priscilla, James and I. We melted and dipped chocolates and got a bit on our faces to ;). It was such a fun experience and she is the talented maker of chocolates. Ooooo I could eat up a box right now!
I am grateful for chocolate and for the joy it gives me. I've learned to try and control my love for it, but I don't think I could give it up. Unless I really really really really really really had to of course. But thankfully that has not happened. Oh the simple joys in life, a little piece of chocolate is one of mine.
