Chocolate: The Evil of The Season

Let's face it, American chocolate generally pretty nasty. There are exceptions of course (See's and Godiva spring to mind), but your average bar of Hershey's or box of Russell Stover tastes like waxy ass.

When I first moved to the States some 12+ years ago, I all but gave up chocolate after taste testing most of your basic store bought candy bars (even British brand Cadbury's here is licensed by Hershey's). With quite a sweet tooth, and an innate love of chocolate (my dad is a chocoholic), giving up the sweet was quite an ordeal. But I did it! I transformed from Picture A to B:

OK, so that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it did help me keep the weight off. But most importantly my skin cleared up (chocolate causes zits, no matter what your doctors says)! That is, until now!

See's Candies are the official chocolates of the Spago offices, or so it seemed this holiday season, as we were deluged with box upon box of these truly heavenly chocolate wrapped candies.

And out I broke!

And I mean all over! Some of the nastiest spots ever! Yeah, it's pretty gross. While there may be other contributing factors right now, it's mainly the chocolate I'm sure! How can something that tastes so good, make me break out so terribly? Luckily I'm done again for another year... no more chocolate for me and hopefully the skin will clear up soon!