The Season for Hot Drinks

I LOVE HOT DRINKS!

If I was not a mormon and knew that we need to follow the Word of Wisdom, I believe that I would be a true coffee drinker!! I love the smell of the coffee aisles at the grocery stores, I love to walk by the coffee spots in the airport and smell their fresh coffees. When I served my mission in Chile, they drink coffee ALOT. We would be offered coffee all the time and for breakfast we would drink something that is similar to what we have here called Postum, a coffee made from wheat and not a coffee bean. At first, I didn't like it at all. Then I became accustomed to it and LOVE it. That is probably where I first came to love the coffee flavors!

At this time of year, I like to have a good variety of hot chocolates in my cupboard. Little side note, Stephens has a GREAT new flavor, Cherry Chocolate hot chocolate. I am in love with this one! Their marshmallow flavors are excellent too. I was a little skeptical about the marshmallows. How many of you have been satisfied with the amount of marshmallows in the little packets with marshmallows. They just never teem to have enough of the shrinky dink marshmallows. Well, Stephens has a TON of marshmallows. In every spoonful of chocolate, you get lots and lots of marshmallows.

I love to stop by the coffee spots and get myself a good hot chocolate. I believe they have the BEST hot chocolates ever. I used to go to this local spot and get hot chocolate, but I believe that I won't be stopping there anymore. A couple weeks ago, on my way to work, I had to stop and get my "Cup O Joe" and asked for a chocolate hazelnut hot chocolate (my very very very favorite). When I got to work, I took a sip and realized that it wasn't hot chocolate, but coffee! The next time I went to work I decided to try the spot one more time and see if they could get it right. Well, they did, but there was a slight hint of coffee. I was not impressed. So, no more for there I believe.

This morning I have was craving a nice cup of hot chocolate and they have built a new Starbucks down here and I decided to try it out. OOOOLALA! They have some yummy hot chocolate. I have been hesitant to even try it out because I like to support the local shops. But, when I get coffee instead, I am just not a satisfied customer! So, on with the story. Starbucks has their regular hot chocolate, a hazelnut cream, and a salty caramel. I got the hazelnut and it was divine!! At this time of year, they also have a peppermint hot chocolate. I am dying to try that. I have to limit myself to ONE hot chocolate a day or I believe I would have a sugar rush and when I am trying to lose 5 pounds BEFORE the New Year instead of AFTER, it isn't really much of a help.

Moral of this post: For those of you that are out and about early in the morning, stop by a Starbucks and try one of their hot chocolates. It will warm your soul and be good to your body!