Spicy Chocolate

I am stuffed. My protein packed lunch filled me to the brim and I now feel like its nap time at my desk. But no can do, I have work to do!

I broke into my mid morning snack way early this morning. I’m not sure why, but i just had this sudden urge of hunger that needed to be masked with a Kashi Peanut Butter Granola bar.

Lunch was easy peasy to put together, thanks to some Pork Roast left overs my Dad sent me home with.

The pork made a great sandwich filler, along with some alfalfa sprouts and Annie’s BBQ Sauce.

You can’t go wrong with left overs in sandwich form. Best sandwich ever if you ask me.

On the side I had two carrots with 1/2 tablespoon of Sabra Hummus.

And since I felt like my lunch needed a third element I peeled a tangerine to bring my lunch over the top.

Even though I was already pretty stuffed from my lunch I had been dying to try one of my Cowgirl Chocolates so I opened the box to just have a sample.

If you are a Food Network Junkie like me, you probably have seen Spicy Chocolates represented on one or more shows that continually circle through the network. They have always intrigued me, but I never found any to sample in the great state of Florida. I guess we’re not really known for our spicy things.

When FoodBuzz offered the chance to try some I immediately jumped at it to see what I had been missing out on all these years. I was pleasantly surprised to see the small box was filled to capacity with samples.

I’m really awful with surprise anything, so I was grateful to be presented with a color coded chart for what chocolate was what. I decided to play chicken today and went for the Mild: Double Dark Chocolate candy, rather then jumping straight to the extra spicy versions.

The Dark Chocolate was great! It had just a hint of spiciness that I could only feel in the back of my throat. It I wasn’t full from lunch I would have eagerly opened the spicy Dark Chocolate version to compare the levels of heat.

All in all, I think theses chocolates are a great gift idea for those members of your family whom you have no clue what to get for them. I immediately called my Dad after I tried them to let him know about my experience was and he was just as eager to try one myself. My Family Caravan is this weekend so I am going to save the rest of the chocolates for my stop of the caravan. They are going to make a great conversation starter. I mean if you went to someone’s house and heard they had spicy chocolate wouldn’t you be tempted to try it?

I wonder if its too late to purchase some for my White Elephant Gift exchange I have on Christmas Eve? I really think they would be a hit!