I have learned something this week. Hershey’s Special Dark is definitely not among the ranks of premium chocolates, such as the likes of Dove and Godiva. Why did this not dawn on me before? Well, when I am at Grandma and Grandpa’s and I steal something from the candy dish, the Hershey’s is isolated. On the long drive, I had not had any other chocolate in awhile. The palette was cleansed. If I had Hershey’s and, say, Dove next to each other, there would be no comparison. Not having a richer alternative, Hershey’s is not bad at all.
The true nature of Special Dark came out recently when a friend’s AC Compressor blew. I had some choice chocolates in the car. It didn’t SEEM like it was too hot out, but after a minute or two, the chocolate all became a bit squishy. Of course, this is no reason to throw out perfectly good chocolate. So, I tried to still eat them, but only a bunch of sauce was left, so I put them in the fridge. I will have to say, that “let’s not melt in your hands” coating on the Hershey bar must have separated some how. When the Hershey’s was melted and reconstituted in the fridge, I only tasted sugar. On the other hand, the Dove chocolate ended up tasted like….dark chocolate. It wasn’t as pretty after that but it still tasted fine.
Of course, I was a bit hot too. I can make the choice and have a drink of water, but chocolate is just “out there.” It is totally unprotected by the elements unless you have a cooler. So, just like you don’t want to leave a cake out in the rain in MacArthur park, don’t you dare leave chocolate in a car with a blown A/C. It would not only be uncool (no pun intended), but you may just create an unstable chemical byproduct.
