Valentine's Day Favorite

Chocolate is the king of all snack foods. Everyone knows it and everyone agrees with it. 

Last week, everywhere you went you would see hearts, pink and red. It all makes sense because it was Valentine’s Day. It makes sense because Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and people who are in love. However, what also comes with Valentine’s Day is chocolate. I don’t know why but it just does. Chocolate companies got lucky somehow, maybe by good advertising or just plain luck. Nevertheless, a man usually buys a heart shaped box of chocolate for his woman, or the other way around. I particularly enjoy this tradition because my dad always buys our family a huge box of Godiva assorted chocolates on Valentine’s Day. 

I would argue though, that within any kind of chocolate, either Lindt or Hershey’s, milk chocolate is best. Unless you like the bitter tastelessness of dark chocolate, then go ahead and take my untouched dark chocolate leftovers. White chocolate, or vanilla chocolate, isn’t so bad either, but it doesn’t give you the quintessential feeling of eating real, genuine chocolate. 

Hershey’s chocolate is a common favorite of many people, but it just shows their cheap taste in quality. Though it is popular, it is like shopping at K-Mart instead of Nordstrom’s. Its bland taste is almost as bad as the attempt at making the Hershey’s more appealing by adding different flavors in Hershey’s kisses like cherry or peppermint. Also, Hershey’s chocolate always gives you a bad after taste which isn’t what you would expect from something that is supposed to be sweet and delicious. 

Other than the fact that Godiva’s chocolate is the king of all chocolates, its store is also very appealing. The vibrant colors and detailed packaging gives you an impulse to come in and buy some. Though they are very expensive, the assortment of flavors and detailed chocolates are well worth the money. However, there is a slight downside to Godiva as well as there is to Hershey’s; they both have hydrogenated oils in them. I would expect that from Hershey’s, but I wouldn’t expect it from such expensive and high-status chocolate. This comes as a disappointment to me. 

The brand named chocolates are known and well liked by many people, yet I also enjoy the small chocolate shops with all homemade chocolates. Homemade are definitely the best because you don’t pay for its name, you just pay for the delicate and delicious chocolates they carefully make. In these little shops, the best type of assorted chocolate is the kind with thick caramel or molasses inside of them. Though these are my favorites, it is also very exciting to buy a big box of assorted chocolates because then each individual chocolate comes as a delightful surprise to you. The best fine chocolate shop is Pandolfi’s. It is a small, homely shop in Bellingham where, “The family tradition continues”. Their simple yet delectable chocolates are well worth the trip. Therefore, don’t give in to the cheap chocolate of Hershey’s when you could be having hand-crafted, mouth-watering chocolates. 

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