So you might think this post is about chocolate and bacon–that is what the title might lead you to believe. That is because I could not bring myself to state the truth; chocolate COVERED bacon. Just the thought of it makes my stomach kind of contract. I will be honest, I LOVE bacon. I really do. One time I was making something for a party that required bacon and I was jumping up and down saying to my husband, “Do you know what this means? It means we have bacon!” Ya see I don’t eat bacon that often because it is just not something I consider needed to be a part of a healthy diet. So I was very excited to have to cook it for a recipe which would mean there would be at least a piece left. After I cooked it and gave him some my husband realized why I was so excited. It is yummy, but we don’t eat it often.
Chocolate, I am ok with. I am not a chocoholic and I can live without it. And some chocolate is DEFINITELY better than others.
I was talking with my friend about chocolate covered bacon and I was saying how disgusting I thought the thought of it was. So, being an evil person disguised as a great person (ha, ha!) she bought me a piece. She was walking down the street and was overwhelmed by the smell of bacon and realized it was coming from a candy shop. So she bought me one.
She gave it to me and I just couldn’t eat it. Just the THOUGHT of it grossed me out. I put it away and forgot about it. When I remembered it, my stomach did a cramping like flip-flop. Ewwww. Just the thought of it grosses me out. What a horrendously unhealthy combination.
No, yes, however you say that, I am NOT the epitome of healthy eating, but I try to avoid the things I feel are the really glaringly obvious unhealthy stuff. So my tummy was NOT wanting to try it.
As I was taking it out of the bag to take picture I noticed a piece broken off. I tasted it. It really doesn’t taste like anything but salty chocolate. After I took the pictures I ate the small piece and let hubby have the other one. This chocolate happens to be one of the ones I think it better than others. But I couldn’t really taste the bacon as bacon.
To me, if I am going to eat bacon and have those calories and fat I want to eat the bacon and taste the bacon and enjoy the bacon. Eating it covered in chocolate is a waste to me . . . but that is just me. Everyone eats how they want and this is not how I choose to eat. So chocolate covered bacon will not be one of the foods I have as a treat.
What about you? Have you tried it? Do you like it? What chocolate covered salty food (or?) have you tried as a treat?
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