ChocolateBet: April 5, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Marini's at the Beach/Marini's Candies
Chocolate Covered Bacon (milk choc.)
Very Good
Weight: ~1.1 oz. (~30 g.)
Calories: ~ 200 calories (estimate)
Cost: $ (check receipt)
Purchased from: Marini's at the Beach/Marini's Candies, in Santa Cruz, CA (downtown location)

Marini's has been in Santa Cruz since 1915, and there are three locations in the city: the downtown location, the Beach Boardwalk, and the Municipal Wharf. Fun assortment of chocolates here. I had this strip of chocolate-covered bacon for breakfast, along with some fruit. I also saw, but did not purchase, some breakfast bark (white chocolate w/ various sugar-sweetened breakfast cereal pieces embedded in it).

ChocolateBet: April 4, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:

1/2 serving

Chocolate (cafe/restaurant)

Belga (hot chocolate w/ hazelnut flavor)

Very Good

Weight: ~ 3.5 oz.

Calories: ~200 calories

Cost: $4.25 

Purchased from: Chocolate, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA

This cafe has great lemon vinaigrette salad dressing and chicken soup and gelato. The meat dishes with chocolate and spices include chicken mole and pork w/ barbeque sauce with chocolate). And they have several nice flavors of hot chocolate, including the one I tried this evening.