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My Excuse

Dan Antion
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If God hadn’t wanted us to eat sweets, he wouldn’t have created chocolate.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s Just Jot January campaign, and the prompt “Sweet” was provided by Ritu from her But I Smile Anyway blog.

Note: If you came here looking for Thursday Doors and are confused by this rare Friday post, blame it on JusJoJan. The doors post is here for you.

Chocolate
That’s my moo. 1qt whole milk. 1 qt chocolate and a dozen eggs.
Dairy Cream’s Flurry – chocolate soft-serve and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup pieces.
Normally, my chocolate milk is whole milk, not this lowfat stuff
Chocolate flurry with Reese’s cup pieces mixed in.
Chocolate covered strawberries
Obviously, from my notes, I needed chocolate, This is the best Reese’s of them all.
I was in New York when they were building this store. Nothing but chocolate – nothing wrong with that,
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50 responses to “My Excuse”

  1. Murphy’s Law Avatar
    Murphy’s Law

    Dan, this is sweet! Chocolate covered strawberries…the proper way to eat fruit! If it weren’t for chocolate, dentists would be out of business ….probably working in the Hershey’s Plant. 🤗

    Trinity Farm looks like a really nice place to pick up milk and eggs. After a breakfast of eggs, slabs of bacon, toast with tons of butter, we can indulge in chocolate just to balance it all out. After all, we don’t want to overdo it. 🥴😳
    Ginger

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      You make a good point about balance, Ginger. I always like the way you think. I tried writing a poem about sweets and the dentist, but I didn’t get very far with it.

      The family at Trinity Farms is the best. If I were a cow, that’s where I’d like to live.

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  2. willowdot21 Avatar
    willowdot21

    My teeth hurt 💜💜💜

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    1. Kim Smyth Avatar
      Kim Smyth

      🤣😂

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    2. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I know, but in a good way, right?

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      1. willowdot21 Avatar
        willowdot21

        Yes indeed 💜🤣

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  3. Staci Troilo Avatar
    Staci Troilo

    Looks yummy!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I knew I had to have pictures of chocolate in my library.

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  4. dweezer19 Avatar
    dweezer19

    The Reese’s egg is somehow a cut above the rest isn’t it?

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Despite what Rivergirl says, they are the best.

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  5. lois Avatar
    lois

    All that chocolate under one roof….dang.

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    1. Kim Smyth Avatar
      Kim Smyth

      My thoughts exactly!

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    2. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Got to have enough to share. Me, myself and I might drop by.

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  6. Kim Smyth Avatar
    Kim Smyth

    I thought I was a big fan of chocolate, Dan, but you have me beat! Dang!!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Well, that isn’t all from one day. Not that it couldn’t be…

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      1. Kim Smyth Avatar
        Kim Smyth

        😂🤣😁

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  7. Rivergirl Avatar
    Rivergirl

    Mmm… chocolate covered strawberries. ❤️
    But you can keep all that nasty peanut butter.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      You’ve been outvoted on that one. Reese’s are the best!

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      1. Rivergirl Avatar
        Rivergirl

        We’ll have to agree to disagree.
        😉

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  8. walkingoffthechessboard Avatar
    walkingoffthechessboard

    That Hershey store on the corner is awesome. I had not seen that before. The question would be…if I entered it…would I EVER leave? The Reese’s Egg absolutely has to be in the top three, but there are so many shapes and sizes out there right now, I better go ahead and just have one of each variety before agreeing the Egg is Numero Uno.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      That store is hard to escape. I think the egg has the perfect ratio of chocolate and peanut butter. The Christmas trees are good, as are the pumpkins, but the bats and ghosts were a little chocolate heavy. I’ll keep conducting research, just in case ;-)

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  9. Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread Avatar
    Judy@NewEnglandGardenAndThread

    My kind of post! I love chocolate, milk or dark. If it’s chocolate, I like it. I blame it on my mother because her maiden name was ‘Sweet,’ and we lived next to a small candy store. I could take my soda bottles in, get a few pennies, buy some candy, and sit on the stoop and eat it. Now, if that isn’t a blast from the past, I don’t know what is. :-) Good thing it’s time for lunch, afternoon coffee and a chocolate whoopie pie, Dan.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      We had a store at the end of the block where I followed that same routine, Judy. Those were the days.

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  10. circadianreflections Avatar
    circadianreflections

    LOL!!! I agree! When my sisters and I were in NYC we stopped in that Hershey’s store where I bought He-Man a huge Reese’s Peanut Cup bar. It was huge!
    I wish I took a photo of it, but didn’t. He enjoyed every bite of it. 🤣

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I’ve seen those. Excellent will power exhibited in the fact that you got it home in one piece to give him.

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      1. circadianreflections Avatar
        circadianreflections

        It was for sure!! LOL!

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  11. Dan Hen Avatar
    Dan Hen

    God didn’t create chocolate . It was some South American person , I think . Mayan ? And why wouldn’t He/She want us to eat sweets ? Maybe I’m over-thinking this . I’d like to put a plug in , thogh , for See’s candies . I wonder if you get them back east .

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Well, He may have used a few middlemen, but I was trying to keep this short. Besides, I’m trying to justify my actions. As foe See’s, I have heard of them, and I see them available online, but I don’t think we have any stores in this part of the country. If I were to order some online, do you have any recommendations?

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  12. Rebecca Budd Avatar
    Rebecca Budd

    You are an aficionado in the art of chocolate, Dan! Thank you for adding sweetness to my day.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Happy New Year, Rebecca. I couldn’t resist.

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  13. GP Avatar
    GP

    I like chocolate, but I love sweets! Give me extra icing on my cake, gum drops and a Three Musketeers bar and I’ll be a happy, go-lucky diabetic!! (just kiddin’)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Extra icing? I’m right with you, GP. I eat some of the cake first so there’s more icing on the subsequent bites.

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      1. GP Avatar
        GP

        haha, I thought I was the only one to do that!

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  14. Ritu Avatar
    Ritu

    So, now your pictures are setting my sweet cravings off!

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      You started it, Ritu. Sorry, I figured that might work, given the age group you work with.

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      1. Ritu Avatar
        Ritu

        Sneaky!

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  15. John W. Howell Avatar
    John W. Howell

    Love this, Dan. Unfortunately, I think I gained 10 pounds reading it.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      I am sorry about that, John. Hazardous duty duty during JusJoJan.

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      1. John W. Howell Avatar
        John W. Howell

        Ha haha

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  16. Oddment Avatar
    Oddment

    I like your theology.

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks Maureen. I may have my facts confused, but I’m sticking with my story.

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  17. Tails Around the Ranch Avatar
    Tails Around the Ranch

    Now that’s what I call awesome logic! :)

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Thanks!

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  18. John Holton Avatar
    John Holton

    Pure chocolate is really bitter. Thank heaven they mix it with sugar…

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    1. Dan Antion Avatar
      Dan Antion

      Spot on observation, John.

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  19. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    I’m all for chocolate, Dan, especially dark, so I was saddened by the findings of Consumer Reports that a number of dark chocolate bars are high in heavy metals (https://tinyurl.com/4px75s6y). Very disheartening (literally perhaps, as well as figuratively.)

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  20. Ally Bean Avatar
    Ally Bean

    If I liked chocolate more I’m sure this post could be triggering, but because I’m more of a caramel aficionado I’ll not let those photos of chocolate get to me.

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  21. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    Yes, yes, yes !😀

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  22. Audrey Dawn - Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister Avatar
    Audrey Dawn – Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister

    Turns out we could eat ice cream together any time. And who doesn’t love a peanut butter egg?!

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  23. jessicasblog45 Avatar
    jessicasblog45

    Yum!!!!

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