He Mocks Me
Halloween used to be one of my favorite holidays. Not because of the costumes but because of the candy! Candy corn, M&M’s, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, etc. Yummy. It was the only holiday that I was happy to see the stores start stocking their shelves for earlier and earlier each year.
Big or small I enjoyed them all...
This year, I feel a bit differently about Halloween. In fact, I have a sense of mourning. I won’t be able to partake of the usual chocolate goodies that I loved so much. Chocolate is bad for IC patients and somehow that fact seems almost personal. As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, M&M’s used to be my comfort food. Specifically, plain M&M’s. A couple of hundred handfuls of chocolaty goodness used to make my day that much more special. I was known to be a lover of these little chocolaty goodies by family and friends. When they found out that chocolate would no longer be a part of my diet they gasped and the first thing they mentioned was M&M’s.Of all the things I’ve had to give up over the past 2-3 years, soda and chocolate are what I miss the most. Chocolate was yummy. Chocolate was comforting. Chocolate was my friend.
I miss you, dear friends.
Candy corn is also out. Or at least as much as I used to eat. Sugar isn’t good for the bladder either. I especially liked candy corn at this time of year because it was probably the only time of year that it was fresh but also because in recent year it came in a variety of flavors. Yes. Even.Chocolate. Flavor.
When I found out chocolate was no longer allowed as part of my recommended daily allowance, I began searching the Internet for alternatives. I found it funny that when I Googled ‘What are the best alternatives to chocolate’ that I found a site where a lady was asking the same question I was and her post received 63 responses, most detailing not alternatives but how to cut down on the intake of chocolate. I did come across an alternative called carob. I had a difficult time finding it in stores though. I eventually found it at Whole Foods. I made carob cookies from the cookbook ‘A Taste of the Good Life’. The cookies were light and fluffy and tasted good. I couldn’t tell they weren’t made from chocolate. Carob is really dark brown, almost black in color so the cookies didn’t look as appetizing as I’d have hoped but they were definitely tasty. Today my day off and I’m going to celebrate by making some goodies with carob. I have to do what I have to do. This girl needs some chocolate! Enjoy your Halloween and please, have some M&M’s for me!
Ms. Peebody 