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I recently read a report on NPR’s website claiming that the secret to winning a highly coveted Nobel Award may indeed be something as elementary as eating more chocolate. Now Seriously. If I had known this at a younger age, I’m certain I would be standing on that podium accepting my award right about now. I can almost imagine it as I type this;

“Fellow members of the academy, I’m honored to accept this award today for successfully breaking up a war over which child deserved procurement of the coveted red plate with the Start Wars yoda picture on top……”

Ok, so maybe not in this lifetime (that would take more chocolate than this body could handle in ten lifetimes), but if eating more of the dark brown sweet goodness means I can at the very least broker a better peace among the inhabitants within my own household then I’m all for it. Baby steps right?

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My husband is a sucker for Reeses peanut butter cups. Don’t tell him I told you, but he has a secret stash hiding out in the garage. In case you’re ever at our house, you can find it nestled between the mini fridge and the toolbox (not that I’ve ever snagged one, of course). It began with a quick corral of all the individual sized cups from the kid’s Halloween loot last fall and grew from there. No matter, because I’ve created a chocolate indulgence of my own and hid it far from little (and big) boy prying hands. My more adult version utilizes a high quality dark chocolate paired with home spun pistachio butter and dried cranberries. And no, you won’t find these little beauties hidden out in any old garage, so don’t even try to come knocking.

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