This is a very serious chocolate matter. Firstly, Kroger has Endangered Species Chocolate bars on sale two for one or half off. The exception is the Blueberry flavor with the turtle on the front. You have to pay over $4.25 for one of those bars. I thought they excluded the turtle flavored bars because they were new. Oh no. That theory was blown out of the water when I found myself at Whole Foods. The aroma from the candy aisle was like a siren song. My car went on autopilot and drove out of the Kroger’s parking lot a few miles down the road to Whole Foods. A bomb had went off in the candy aisle and there were only a few scattered Endangered candy bars to be had. Yes, they too had a 2 for one sale but there 2 for one sale was BETTER, because the candy bars turned out to be $2 each instead of 2.50 or something like that on sale each AND the blueberry turtle bars were included. I snapped up the very last one.
Three days later, the candy aisle at Whole Foods still is pilfered. The only bar to be had, if the chocolate scanner picked things up correctly, is the Milk Chocolate variety. That is just plain boresville to a dark chocolate aficionado. My worse fear was momentarily toyed with: what if Endangered Species bars were being discontinued and this was there way of giving us our last fix? I don’t think so, based on the empty slots remaining on the shelf. If they were truly gone, the whole area would have been remerchandised. I don’t buy these bars every day or week as it would appear, but since I can’t have them, it makes me want them even more, especially the Goji Berry bar. I can’t remember what it tasted like.
In the meantime, I guess I will have to be happy with the Kroger sale, but I don’t want to be. They have a limited variety of varieties and they are more expensive. Sure, its time versus money but perhaps the thrill of the hunt is worth more to me. Perhaps the true answer is that I am just somewhat insane. Ascribing this task as a worthy pursuit just makes me feel a bit better about my condition.
The moral of the story? If you see said dark chocolate varieties of candy bar, just clean off the shelf. It may be more chocolate than you need right now but its cheaper than paying full price in the long run. Get thee to a Whole Foods or Kroger’s. Just stay away from mine.
