Chocolate - the world's most perfect food

Two things I love:

• baking
• chocolate

OK, so there are more than two things that I love, but that's where I'm starting from today. ;-)

Last week, for my birthday, I was given two gorgeous recipe books for sweet treats. 500 chocolate delights came from my brother and sister-in-law (who have method in their madness in that they hope I'll 'experiment' with them), and a work friend gave me a book on cupcakes. Perfect for goal #64 - Bake and decorate cupcakes!

Now, this brings me to contemplate and revisit my theory that chocolate is the world's most perfect food. Here's why:

• You can eat or drink chocolate.
  
• You can have chocolate hot or cold.
• You can have chocolate on its own, or with something else.
• You can cook with chocolate. Heck, sometimes you can even put it in what you are cooking!
  
• Chocolate smells as good as it tastes. Mmmmm.
• Chocolate comes in every shade - light, medium and dark, sure to suit everyone's taste and also match the décor.
• Chocolate can be eaten (or drunk) with every meal - breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and all those moments in between. (OK, breakfast might be pushing it a little, but it's possible.)
• Chocolate comes in endless flavours - if you can imagine it, I'm sure someone somewhere will have produced it. (Experiment at your own peril.)
• Chocolate is the new black. Well that's what it says on the chocolate bar I got with my cookbook.
  
• Chocolate has health benefits - it really and truly does! I forget exactly what they are, but I'm sure it's all good. And as for the cynics that say chocolate makes you fat and zitty? Well, duh, as with anything, too much chocolate isn't good for you, just like too much water can drown you. But we all still drink water, right?

Heck, who needs a reason or an excuse to eat chocolate, really? This list starts by saying that chocolate is a vegetable, and we all know we need more vegetables in our diet. It's no secret; chocolate is the world's most perfect food.

Chocolate lovers, unite!