Chocolate Com Pimenta

Sitting in the library recently, eating my lunch which consisted of a Grande White Chocolate Mocha and a cream cheese brownie from the Starbucks downstairs, I began thinking about why people started to mix foods, such as chocolate. It made me wonder who thought of mixing chocolate and coffee and calling it mocha and how it suddenly becomes a gourmet coffee drink after this. And what about the brownie? It was interesting that people would even attempt to put cheese on a dessert. The last thing I would think to put cream cheese on top of would be a brownie, many people would think that cream cheese only belongs on a bagel. I also thought of that Mastercard commercial that everybody has seen entitled "Restaurant". In this short commercial, a woman is eating a chocolate covered jalapeno pepper for dessert. It is about living in the moment and I would say that to try something like that would be pretty spontaneous. We have seen chocolate everywhere and as coatings and flavorings to some strange things. One chocolate-flavored item that I recently tried and have no intention of eating again is the chocolate Skittles. I had high hopes since I love the fruited variety, but upon opening that package which consisted of "vanilla" "chocolate pudding" "brownie batter" "s'mores" and "chocolate caramel" I was thoroughly disappointed. In this case, chocolate just should not be mixed with other flavors and textures, especially the chewy kind. But like the chocolate covered jalapeno, you do not know if you like something until you try it, so I suggest you try some new chocolate concoctions and maybe you'll like what you come up with.
**If you would like to see the commercial, visit www.priceless.com and look under Priceless TV for "Restaurant."**