I was at work today enjoying some fun sized candy bars when I came across this perfect little Milky Way. Why was is perfect? Not because it had the exact right amount of caramel, or chocolate, or malt-nougat (FYI: Milky Ways are named after the wildy popular milkshake, not the Earth's galaxy as I used to always think) It was perfect because of the perfect squiggly lines on the bottom. Not only do they look awesome, they taste awesome. Sure, you might say that a little "chocolate printing" doesn't change the actual taste of chocolate, but I disagree. It's the experience of imagining where those little lines came from, appreciating the work that went into making them, and I just swear those lines add a little extra chocolate crunch when you eat them.
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| Milky Way Chocolate Printing |
When I was younger, I remember thinking that these lines held some kind of importance, like they were the chocolate bar's heartbeat, or if you pieced 100 candy bars together so the lines matched up it would reveal a secret message, or that I had gotten a special candy bar off the batch that somebody "bumped" into during the production line. Now that I'm older and wiser, I know that those lines come from machines similar to this:
but it's still fun to imagine right?
These next two were a little more beat up and the printing wasn't so much defined. They still tasted pretty good, but they didn't have my "chocolate printing" so they weren't perfect.
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| 3 Musketeers |
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| Snickers |
Some candy bars don't have the squiggle lines, they have dots. These are still pretty good, and I can appreciate the texture, but honestly--nothing beats the squiggles.
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| Heath |
So next time you open up a chocolate candy bar, check out the bottom and appreciate the chocolate printing. :)
