Best gift ever

To those who know me even slightly it is no secret that I love chocolate. My philosophy is that every meal deserves to be followed with dessert in the form of chocolate. I am constantly buying chocolate to ensure I have a steady supply. I am also given chocolate regularly. For example, even though I’m a grown woman, my mom still gives me chocolate in my Easter basket and in my Christmas stocking every year. Friends will often bribe me to walk their dog or pick up their mail when they are out of town in exchange for a bag of truffles.
Recently, a dear friend of mine drove from Durham to NYC. She passed through Hershey, Pennsylvania on her journey. She brought back with her a gift I have wanted all my life, but never received: the giant Hershey’s Kiss.


I have known people who have received a giant Hershey’s Kiss before as a gift. I have always been secretly jealous. Then, as if to rub it in my face, they don’t ever consume the giant Hershey’s Kiss. They let it sit on their mantle as decoration. Or perhaps it gets lost or neglected (gasp!) in their pantry. I consider it a felony.
The giant Hershey’s Kiss is no ordinary Hershey’s Kiss. The nutrition label says it feeds five. It is huge. Here I have placed my ginormous Hershey’s Kiss beside a Sunkist grapefruit for comparison.


I have now photographed the Hershey’s Kiss so I’ll have a memento of it. I have proof that it once existed. It will now be greedily consumed. Thanks Pam!!