C H O C O L A T E .

Now that I have your attention, let me clarify:

DARK CHOCOLATE.

Okay, with that out of the way, I'm participating in something new to me, a blog carnival. Bloggers get together and select from a couple of predetermined topics to blog about. For this month, it was easy for me. I read this:

Your favorite food. What is it and why?

My head filled with images of dark, rich chocolate and I knew this was the topic for me. After grabbing a little nibble to get me started, I was faced with the hard part: Why is it my favorite?

I'll have to explain with a list of words:

delicious
decadent
comforting
creamy
rich
satisfying
versatile
perfect

I've always loved chocolate, especially dark chocolate, so you can imagine how happy I was when the news broke that it might actually be good for me. It might just lower my blood pressure and it contains antioxidants to battle those free radicals. Bonus.

Do I have a favorite brand? I guess Hershey's Special Dark would be at the top of the list...it's always available and at a reasonable price. There are so many gourmet, specialty options out there...all good in my book. Or, better yet in my hand.

And I have to admit that I keep a couple of dark chocolate Hershey Kisses in a little container on my bulletin board for emergencies. Please notice that they are Valentine's Kisses and the container is dusty. That's a good sign.

The obsession continues with my love of the movie Chocolat and the book Like Water For Chocolate. Yummy.

Just can't get enough.