So, today I went to West County Mall to follow Sugared Harpy’s suggestion all attend the Chocolate Challenge. We got there at 3:30. We got our color-coded cups of five milk and five dark chocolates so we could vote on the best Saint Louis chocolate.
I looked closely at the cup with the pink dot. The pieces of chocolate were clearly stamped “Lindt.” In another cup were some pieces stamped “Godiva.” I realized I had been too engulfed in double-blind trials recently, and worried I could still judge impartially. Lindt got our votes for milk; I think I voted Godiva for dark.
The results were to be announced shortly after four. I think it was four-forty-five before all the votes were tallied and announced. The vendors had packed up all their chocolate. The crowd (but for us) had dispersed. Gary had read all the email on his Blackberry, that’s how long it took.
Evidently recounts were required. If you were there, I was the person who cheered when Lindt won by two votes. TWO! That would be me and Gary. If we hadn’t been there, the Supreme Court would have had to get involved and where would we be now?
9 responses to “No Dove Chocolate? Seriously? At West County Mall?”
Lindt is awesome. For the longest time, the only place I saw their chocolate was hospital gift shops.
American chocolate is crap. The best chocolate I ever ate was in Belgium.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
You were there!!! Awesome! I hated that as much as I wanted to vote for a local chocolate place (I’m talking about you, Crown Candy), I just couldn’t do it. Godiva was far and away better. I voted the opposite of you! Lindt for dark, and Godiva for milk chocolate. I felt awful for NOT being able to finish the samples they gave out. A failure!
And why am I hearing about this when it is too late to partake? Hmmmm?
Whoa dang! I totally need to find one of these chocolate-tasting contest things to attend! In fact, they need to become a weekly tradition in my life. I’m totally jealous.
(Totally.)
There is an entire Lindt store in Chesterfield Mall near the Cheesecake Factory.Lindt ROCKS! I first tasted it in Germany and that’s when I realized Hershey’s, while not the worst chocolate, just doesn’t cut it.Except when it’s nearing time for Sasquatch and, well, any port in a storm.
Kathy – Lindt is chocolate flavored butter.Zayrina – Theres the internet now. Chocolate knows no borders.SH – I wondered who had left that tray of unfinished chocolate at my table. Each piece had one bite taken out.Caroline – Because you didn’t read Sugared Harpy’s blog, even though she is right there on my blogroll.Rachelskirts – It was for a charity, $5 a person. I think they said 500 people attended. I think you should institute the Rachelskirts Foundation and raise money with chocolate taste-offs.Friend #3 – Why don’t I know about your trip to Germany?
Mmmm…chocolate.