100 years of Chocolaty goodness

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Today's contributors are: Ann, Sara, Tabitha, Frank, Billy and Scott.

Subject: America's Original Creme-filled Sandwich Cookie

“Hey! Look what I found! America's Original creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie!”

“Oreos? Eh..”

“No! Hyrdox!”

“I always thought Hydrox were just a generic knock-off of Oreos.”

“Well you'd be wrong!”

“Oreos, Hydrox..all a little sweet for me.”

“I can't remember the last time I had a Hyrdox actually. I do know that the name comes from combining the 'pure' ingredients hyrdogen and oxygen.”

“For a cookie? That's kind of lame.”

“I don't really care what they call them, as long as they taste good.”

“It says '100 year anniversary' on the bag. I think they were actually off the market and the company being bought/taken over the last couple of years.”

“Weren't there something called 'Droxies' out there?”

“Sounds familiar.”

“Isn't that that candy brand they sell at Target?”

“That's Choxie.”

“So what? Oreo's are too sweet for you but you know the candy brand Target sells?”

“I don't care for Oreo's okay?”

“We're talking about Hyrdox anyway!”

“Oreo, Hyrdox.. Whatever! Give 'em here.” Scott tears into the bag and takes a cookie. “Yummy.”

“They still going with that crappy hard to seal up bags? Haven't you noticed what a wonderful job Oreos did with creating that nice peel/seal type top?”

“I don't pay much attention to bag details Tab..besides, I've never had a bag of cookies around long enough to go stale.”

“Then I guess we should give this bag of Hydrox the same treatment. Who's with me?” Scott asks, and hands out cookies.

M & Ms and Chocolate Ice Cream

Welcome to the 6^th floor.

Today's contributors are: Ann, Sara, Tabitha

Subject: The Girls Eat More Chocolate

“Hey Ladies, Look what I found!” Sara says, to Tabitha and Ann who are hanging out in the living room.

“M & M premiums? Mint Chocolate sounds interesting. Are they like the Indiana Jones ones?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t tried them yet.”

“Well, what are we waiting for!”

“I've got some new ice cream in the freezer too as long as we're taste testing things.”

“Can't hurt.” Sara says, opening up the M & Ms.

They all grab a couple and look at them.

“They look like rocks.”

“They do a little bit. And they don't have their signature crispy shell.”

“Does that mean they disprove the whole 'melts in your mouth, not in your hand.' theory?”

“Probably. They're kind of chewy. But good.”

“What's the description say?”

“Ann picks up the box. It's white chocolate mint wrapped in dark chocolate.”

“I don't think I care for them. The chewiness is throwing me off. I think they're a little too sweet.”

“They are a little sweet, but I really like them. They don't feel like I'm eating M & Ms though. It lacks that satisfying crunch when you bite into them.”

“I could live without the candy shell I guess. I do like these though.” Sara says, reaching for another handful.

“Someone should pick up some of the other types and try 'em out.”

“I'd like to try the mocha.”

“Coffee flavored? Of course you would.”

“Okay, break out the ice cream. What flavor?”

.“Costa Rica Rainforest Vanilla and Chocolate. It's made by Choctal. Actually, I looked up their website, and it turns out they're environmentally friendly and eating ice cream supports the rain forest and all that.”

“All well and good...but does it taste yummy?”

“Let's find out shall we?” Ann grabs three spoons and the pint of ice cream out of the freezer.

“Oooh. It's all swirly.” Sara takes the first spoonful. “Mmm...It is very good.”

The others dig in.

“Excellent ice cream. Rich and creamy. They make other flavors?”

“Yeah, I love the flavor, and I like the vanilla and chocolate mixed too. Much better than your average vanilla/chocolate supermarket brand.”

“They have just chocolates and vanillas. They have single origin chocolate or vanilla though.”

“Single-origin? I guess this one is Costa Rica. They've been doing that single origin thing with chocolate more lately.”

“It does make sense. Cacao beans, vanilla beans, coffee beans...What's the difference?”

“Very true. Wow..I guess we're just going to finish the pint?” Sara asks, looking at the rapidly disappearing ice cream.

“Might as well. You know Billy or Scott would finish it off on us anyway if we left it.”

“In that case, dig in!”

Happy Halloween!

Welcome to the 6^th floor.

Today's contributors are: Ann, Sara, Tabitha, Frank, Billy and Scott.

Subject: Candy Galore

It's Tuesday evening and Tabitha comes bouncing out of her room with a carved pumpkin. “Happy Halloween! We need to go buy candy to give out to little trick or treaters!”

“Maybe we should get tricks. No one ever gives tricks anymore.”

“Yeah, we could go to one of those joke shops and stock up on little magic tricks and the like.”

“Candy! You can't forgo the candy! Do you think you could find a joke shop open now before tomorrow?”

“Yeah, my favorite part of Halloween is eating the left over candy.”

“As long as you don't stop answering the door so you can keep it all to yourself.”

“What kind of candy did you have in mind? No Mounds, I hate Mounds.”

“Take 5 bars!”

“Take 5's are good. M&M's are always a safe bet too.”

“Or, how about some of those mint Aero Bars?”

“Those are imported though. They're like $2 a bar. I don't like these kids that much.”

“Candy Candy Candy!” Billy jumps up and starts running around the room. “Candy Candy Candy Candy!”

“Billy want some Candy?” Sara says, grabbing a Hershey bar that's been in the fridge and waving it at Billy.”

“Candy Candy Candy Candy!”

“Anyhow, while mint Aero Bars are awesome, I think we'll have to go with something more conventional. We could just get a variety pack.”

“We could get a whole bunch of different type of M&Ms. Regular, dark chocolate, peanut butter, etc.”

“That'd be cool. Hey, what ever happen to crispy M&Ms?”

“Hmm, I dunno. I haven't noticed them anywhere. That'd be a question for one of those chocolate blogs.” Sara glances at the computer, and Billy uses that moment of distraction to grab the chocolate.

“Candy Candy Candy Candy!” Billy sits down and starts unwrapping the chocolate bar and eating it. “Get some M&Ms, and a variety pack. That should cover all our bases.”

“Make sure you get enough though. You wouldn't want to go through what we went through last year.”

“That's when Tab was giving away anything she could find in the cabinets because we ran out of candy? You should've seen that poor kid's face when he got a handful of Taco Bell sauces. Priceless!”

“Sure, until the next day when we tried to have lunch and realized she'd given away just about every condiment we had.”

“We couldn't just turn away the kids!”

“You know, some people actually just give away money.”

“Money. Bah Humbug!”

“Halloween just isn't Halloween if every little kid doesn't have a massive sugar rush.”

“Amen to that.” Billy says, throwing away the Hershey wrapper.

“And every big kid too.”