A Chocolate Affair

Holly had free tickets to A Chocolate Affair in West Glen, and I'm so thankful she invited me along. This event was a fund raiser for Ballet Des Moines. First, you grab one of these cute chocolate boxes and a bottle of water and you're off. You walk from store to store sampling (or boxing) different chocolates.

Walking into about 30 shops, we sampled everything from gourmet smores to chocolate wine (yuck). Bonefish Grill was serving chocolate-covered strawberries and your choice of champagne or chocolate martini. It was fun to have an excuse to walk in some of the cute shops.

Top 5 takeaways...
5. Chocolate-covered potato chips are quite good. You can't taste the potato. Instead, it adds a delicate crunch.
4. StylEyes has great frames, which makes me want a new and much-needed pair of glasses. I'm still sporting a pair from junior year of high school that haven't seen the public for five years.
3. Chocolate items that I'll be just fine without: chocolate wine, chocolate frozen yogurt, white-chocolate covered popcorn, chocolate martinis
2. For an event or just because, you must buy cupcakes from Carefree Patisserie. With flavors like Almond Chardonnay and Chocolate-Cabernet, I'm about ready to change out of my pj's and head over there right now.
1. There's not really a better way to spend an afternoon: walking around laughing with a great friend in the January sun and sampling all-things chocolate.