Wednesday, June 16, 2010

ChocolateBet: June 16, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:

1 milkshake
The Chocolate Cow
1/2 banana walnut (light - 93% fat free) gelato + 1/2 dark chocolate gelato milkshake
Very Good
Weight: 12 oz. (339 g.) cup milkshake
Calories: 700 calories (estimate)
Cost: $7.95 (estimate)
Purchased from: The Chocolate Cow, in Sonoma, CA

Today was Day #6 of Chocolate and Monkey Theme Week. Once again I was far from home, and needed to improvise. Fortunately, I found The Chocolate Cow -- a nice little business in the historic downtown area of Sonoma, CA. And in this shop, they had all things cow + chocolate. It was great fun to look around. It was also a warm day, and so a chocolate monkey-like gelato milkshake hit the spot. Lemurs are kind of related to monkeys, aren't they?

ChocolateBet: June 15, 2010

Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving
McDonalds (+ Safeway)
Reese's McFlurry + toppings (fresh banana and fruit flavored monkey pieces)
Good - Good +
Weight: 7.1 oz. (202 g.) for McFlurry; + 4 oz. fresh banana; + .45 oz. (13 g.) for 1/2 pouch Curious George fruit-flavored snack pieces
Calories: 410 calories for 1 snack size Reese's McFlurry + 150 calories for toppings
Cost: $1.79 (McFlurry) + toppings
Purchased from: McDonalds in Sonoma, CA; and Safeway in Sonoma, CA

Day #5 of Chocolate and Monkey Theme Week resulted in an out-of-town chocolate monkey hunt. I was walking in the North Bay a few hours from home (http://walkingthebay.blogspot.com), and I tried to assemble a chocolate monkey type drink from ingredients I could buy in Sonoma, CA.

I tried a small liquor store first; but, they had no bananas or monkeys. So, I bought a McDonald's snack-size Reeses McFlurry and added my own monkey-related toppings -- a small fresh banana, and Curious George (the monkey) themed fruit flavored snack pieces -- monkey faces, monkey figure, a cluster of bananas (bright-colored, blob-like shapes shown at right).

Yes, this melange was a bit of a stretch; but it did have most of the elements of a chocolate monkey drink (ice cream, chocolate, bananas, etc.), without the alcohol. If I could have toned down the amount of sugar a bit more, that would have been nice.
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