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Next, Coco Chanel finds coca in her cocoa butter!

By "Milbarge" and "Fitz-Hume"

I got these new granola bars recently because the store was out of the ones I usually get. I actually tend to have several different kinds, but I often get these Quaker Chewy chocolate chunk ones that are low fat and only 90 calories. But they didn't have those, so I got the regular chocolate chunk, which I think are 100 calories and probably not a lot worse for you. But when I bit into one, I tasted coconut! Argh! I am not a fan of coconut.

I know it's a fairly common filler ingredient for chocolate things. Or maybe they think it accentuates the taste or something. If I recall, Chips Ahoy! cookies are another big offender. I guess the connection between the cocoa and the coconut shouldn't surprise me, and I don't think I have a naturally sophisticated palate, but I can always taste coconut in these things really distinctly. Sure enough, there it was on the label. And I had an older low fat one in my drawer at work, and it didn't have coconut. So I'm going to stick with those. Anyway, coconut -- bleh!

Actually, now that I think about it, is there a connection between cocoa and coconuts? Where's a botanist when you need one?! And why do they put coconut in chocolatey foods?

Full post as published by Begging the Question on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).