The Wide World of Cadbury

Some people need their coffee every morning. Others like tea. I've always been the "need a little bit of chocolate" person.

My enjoyment of chocolate has been going on my entire life. For example, in fifth grade, I got stock and I could pick any company to invest in. I chose Hersheys.

I don't even care about what kind of chocolate it is. Dark, Milk, White, I'm an equal opportunity chocolate enthusiast. I also don't adhere to the "oh just a little bit of chocolate" camp. I'm the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting kind of person.

So now that I'm in Ireland I am thoroughly enjoying the easy accessibility to Cadbury chocolate. You know the scene in Willy Wonka (the original) when the kids walk into the main part of the factory and they can eat everything and there is a chocolate river? And everyone is so excited to be there and in awe of the place. That scaled down to what is socially appropriate is what I'm like in every convenience store in Ireland. There are at least five different brands of Cadbury original bars. There are Cadbury flakes. There are Galaxy bars. There are Smarties, and milk chocolate buttons (probably how my love affair with chocolate started) and candy I've never heard of. Since it's getting close to Halloween, they even have Cadbury creme eggs with neon green goo inside of them. (I don't understand how they can advertise no artificial colors for it but that's a different point.) Oh and Aero bars. Mint and chocolate goodness with little air bubbles. It's a sweet time to be in Ireland, I must say.