Three Steps To Heaven (Top Ten Chocolates)

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Product:	Top Ten Chocolates
Date:	11/06/07 (330 review reads)
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Advantages: the most perfect food

Disadvantages: can make you selfish

To misquote Showaddywaddy’s 1975 hit…

Now there are three steps to heaven
Just listen and you will plainly see.
And as life travels on and things do go wrong

Just call it steps one, two and three
Step one
Find a chocolate bar to love

Step two
You rip the wrapper off

Step three
You smooch and suck it nicely
Yeah! That sure seems like heaven to me


On to my top ten in time honoured reverse order…

10 – Cadbury’s Crème Eggs
Now most people I know can only one or two at the most of these richly sweet, creamy little darlings. In my wild youth I was challenged over how many I could eat at once - my record is half a dozen, one right after the other! Nowadays I am far more restrained and rarely have more than three at a sitting

9 – Maltesers
Delicious light bubbly chocolates… a box of these is a great present for when you go to visit someone, that way you can share them without getting that slightly sore feeling in your mouth that comes from eating an entire family sized box all by yourself

8 – Mint Aero
I only like the flat Aeros… those chunky ones they brought out are just all wrong! The mint one is nice because the mint flavour is light and quite refreshing. Ideal for when I am need of a light hit of chocolate and don’t want something too rich

7 – Snickers
The ideal energy boost! Nothing hits the spot like a massive Snickers bar when I have a bit of an appetite and no time to grab a meal. The only drawback to these is the stupid name… they were much better when they were called Marathon

6 – Terry’s Chocolate Orange (dark)
An almost perfect confection, as long as it is the dark version… the milk one is likely to be chucked at the giver’s head. I love unwrapping one of these in secret (so I don’t have to share it) once the orange wrapping is unfurling I give it a mighty whack as lightly tapping it like on the adverts does not result in the segments gently falling apart. Even with a good whacking the segments still tick together a little, but it is worth grappling with little blighters as the taste is divine – dark, rich chocolate with an almost bitter undertone mingled with a the clean freshness of the orange flavour. It is certainly not Terry’s or Dawn’s – it is mine, all mine I tell you!

5 – Mars
A traditional comfort food from my childhood. Too sickly to eat more than one at a time, unless I am particularly stressed, but a Mars Bar will always please me. As a child when things were a little tight my mum would buy one bar and slice it into three segments; one each for my sister, herself and me. Every time I eat a whole one, I always appreciate the pleasure of having one all to myself

4 – Green & Black’s Organic dark chocolate
Having tried numerous very dark chocolate bars over the years, this is the best I have found. Bournville can be a little too sweet when I am in need of a major chocolate rush and some others are too powdery or bitter, but G&B have hit the nail right on the head with their 70% chocolate. It is it the perfect combination of dark and moody chocolate with a smooth texture that melts perfectly in my mouth. This is something I tend to keep in my desk drawer at work because one or two chunks will satisfy the chocolate craving for a good couple of hours

3 – Galaxy
This should only be bought in large bars as the smaller ones leave me feeling unsatisfied and wanting more… lots more. I can easily polish off a 150g bar of this in the blink of an eye. The smooth silky creaminess gratifies my urge to stuff my face with a good quality chocolate without breaking the bank. Galaxy is another chocolate not to be shared – it is too self-indulgent for me to want to let anyone else near it, if this is ever in my desk drawer I make sure it is well hidden so nobody sees it and drops hints

2 – Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
A true sharing chocolate. I often buy the largest family size bar, crack it up, open and keep it in my drawer at work for sharing. In one job a few years ago I would force-feed co-workers a chunk or two each morning for breakfast. Although they thought this a little odd initially they soon came to understand my rationale, that chocolate is a good way to start a day… it put them all in a much better mood

1 – Minerva Chocolates - http://www.minervachocolates.com/
The piece de la resistance in the world of chocolates… all other chocolates bow down before these! I buy these from a delightful little shop in Colchester or Woodbridge, but for all of you who live to far to enjoy the enchantment of being in the shops and breathing in the sensuous aromas the lovely Minerva people also deliver whatever you want right to your door. A few clicks, a long drool over the stunning pictures and the following day a brown paper wrapped parcel will be arriving for you. If are really nice you can also get them delivered to friends and family, I guess it depends how much you love other people really


And never forget…
THE RULES OF CHOCOLATE
~ If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly

~ Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices & strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want

~ The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the shop in a hot car. The solution: Eat it in the car park

~ Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less

~ A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

~ If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer, however if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

~ If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves

~ Money talks. Chocolate sings

~ Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger

~ If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top tights. An entire garment industry would be devastated

~ Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done

Summary: a chocoholics recommendations