This is without a Golden Ticket.....

only 1 bar? Once that bar is gone, the next one is ripe for picking. been there done that. 5 pounds of chocolate once lasted a whole week....

 

Two of my offices are in fairly small towns in the deep South----"small" meaning about 2,000 souls.
One of these has what I like to call a "used food" - or discount grocery store.

Normally I get "the look" from my CFO for frequenting one of these establishments, but---hey, 50 miles from home, right?
Think: Dollar General Store with fire-sale prices.

I actually LIKE these places since they will frequently have 'hippie food' that is well within date, but goes unsold in the deep South because people down here never get quite hungry enough to eat something with Quinoa, Pea Protein, or Kale as the primary ingredient.
Being an almost Vegan, I can get some of these staples for 1/10 of the prices that Food Wholes charge, and I do not have to worry about them being sold out of these items.

The only downside, is that sometimes I'll have to answer some interesting questions about why somebody who works at the phone company is shopping in a used food store.

SO....
The last time I went into one of these stores with $3 burning a hole in my pocket they had ............left over, Christmas labeled Snickers, M&M's, etc all on sale for about 1/4 of their street price.

Somehow, 50 miles later I arrived at my home town with the remains of four double candy wrappers (2 snickers, 2 Twix dark chocolate) and 2 king sized Christmas red and green M&Ms that didn't make it to the end of the next day.



....I'm going to wait a little while before I venture back into that store, and I'm going to bring only $1 with me and make sure that the change tray is empty before I lift off from my home office!!!!


...so Yeah.....I can relate.

 

Aside from cheese, chocolate is the most addictive foodstuff. It just might be the sugar that you are addicted to, and secondly, the cocoa that it is built around.

Do you eat milk chocolate, or dark? Dark, if you can handle it, and being somewhat bitter, might possibly be less addictive. Might be able to fight off some of the urges if you eat dark chocolate.

Then, there's the 100% variety. It is bitter, though. While not technically chocolate since the sugars are missing, once accustomed to the taste, it can be satisfying. I eat the Montezuma brand of 100%, and add a dab of salted almond butter to it. Neither has added sugar, yet with nut butters, the combo somehow tricks the taste buds and your brain into thinking you're eating something sweet and naughty.

If chocolate addiction is a problem, you might want to try 100%. Your psyche and mood will thank you for eating something fun without the guilt of having consumed mostly sugar. Lots of people are doing this now, as the ever-rising sales of 100% at our store seem to spell out.