A Chocolate Craving Deconstructed
7 Dec
Today, like any other day was filled with temptation of the sweet kind. My parents were visiting briefly as they were dropping off my sister and expressed an interest in waiting until after rush hour to take the journey back home to Ajax. So I came up with the idea of waiting it out at the mall. We already knew we were going to eat at the mall, but you forget all the other sweet temptations that exist.
For all those who know the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is a diabetic nightmare and a dieters demon. You walk past the place and all you want to do is swim in chocolate – and no matter how expensive or outrageous the price is (in my case $2.99 + tax) you had to have it. The appeal of the chocolate factory is it’s handmade nature and the smell of sweet chocolate permeating the air. It’s like Cinnabon, it’s so hard to pass up 1400 calories of orgasmic sweet goodness.
So yes, I gave in. The first few bites were a beautiful thing, but as I got just past half way I could feel the sugar killing me. It’s the sickly sweet feeling of being too full with a hint of nausea. Buy the time I finished the hand-dipped chocolate covered marshmallows I knew it was too much. You knew if you didn’t eat it all, you’d have wasted the over-priced confection and feel guilty for finishing it.
I guess sometimes it just depends on which guilt runs higher – the guilt of wasting money, or the guilt of excess useless calories.
Remember maybe all your just craving is that first one or two bites.
