The older I get, the more chocolate I want. No, let me rephrase that: the older I get, the more chocolate I NEED.

At some point, a switch was flipped, and I went from a casual chocolate consumer to an all out GIVE ME CHOCOLATE NOW OR DIE kinda girl.

I know that there’s science backing up the fact that chocolate is beneficial to our health and mental well being, but I’m not in the mood to look it up and quote it. Frankly, I doubt you mind. I’m fairly confident that you’ve at least skimmed one of those articles and therefore know that I’m not full of shit and would rather I not quote to you some science, that neither of us fully understand, yet are happy to take it at its word as we munch on some sweet cocoa while thinking I know you’d never do me wrong my sweet and silky friend.

So, lets consider a possible scenario…Imagine it: You’ve been on the move for several days, looking for a safe place. You’ve been chased, had to fight and kill, lost some friends in the process, and now are about to start your period. You have cramps, both menstrual and muscle. You’re back hurts, your head aches, and your pants are feeling tight because you’re bloated. You’re moody and weepy and you’re not sure if it’s the hormones or the zombies killing your friends. You have two Tylenol left and you’re really hoping that this months flow is light because your tampon stock is running low. Life is pretty fucking shitty. You begin to dig through your pack, praying for an extra Tylenol or tampon when your fingers light upon a lone square piece of heaven. No… it couldn’t be! But it is! CHOCOLATE! Sent to you by the gods of whatever goodness is left in the world, you have found in the bottom of your pack a Dove Miniature!

Or, lets say you have some little ones with you. They’re cold, tired, irritable, and about to go into a full tilt freak out complete with screaming and crying, a sure fire zombie attractant for any undead walking corpse within a two mile radius. The lower lip is trembling and the eyes are growing weepier by the second. You plunge your hands into one of the many bags you’re carrying (because even when the worlds has gone to shit you still have to nut up and carry five times your own weight in supplies for your kids) hoping to come across some sort of small trinket that will stop the countdown to launch on the atomic bomb your child is about to unleash. Your fingers scrabble across item after item until you feel it. A Hershey’s Krackel Miniature. Quickly, you pull it out with the quickness of a ninja, unwrapping the candy in one fluid movement, and displaying it front of the babes eyes as if it were the One Ring to Rule them All. Crisis averted, all thanks to chocolate.

It’s also super delicious. Beyond that, I don’t know how many other reasons you need before you stuff some random chocolate bits into your Oh Sh!t Bag. Who cares if it might melt, warm melty chocolate is extra yummy! Though you might want to wrap it in a zip lock so it doesn’t get all over everything, because while chocolate covered peanuts are awesome, chocolate covered bandages and bullets are not. We do have to draw the line somewhere.

These recipes below were included because I came across them and they looked too yummy not to share with you!