Hot, or cold? Chocolate, that is!

Cooling temperatures bring thoughts of hot chocolate, especially after a long, cold ride. Maybe I should say, lukewarm chocolate, though. I’m not the type who can gulp down scalding hot food or beverages. I don’t know how anybody can.

And of course there’s cold chocolate!

There are many examples. When I go for a long ride, and take along food, sometimes I opt for RXBar Chocolate Sea Salt. I like Kind bars; and now that the weather is cooler, maybe I can take them along on rides. During hot weather that chocolate coating gets terribly messy. One of my favorite GU flavors is Chocolate Outrage.

For some truly cold chocolate, how about ice cream? Say, chocolate chip cookie dough? Mint chocolate chip? Or my favorite, Cherry Garcia®? It’s the ice-cream version of cherry cordial chocolates. But I’m trying to avoid ice cream now. Pre-diabetes has me working to curb the sweets. 

Getting back to hot chocolate, I’ve found hot-chocolate tablets in the salvage store. If my taste buds are in the mood for the flavor, but not the temperature, I split up a tablet and munch on a piece. (Each tablet is four servings).

So which shall it be: hot, or cold? Maybe chocoholics don’t even care — it’s chocolate, isn’t it?