It had to be sweet.
And it had to be chocolate.
When selecting my last post-lunch dessert prior to Lent, See’s Scotchmallow Bar seemed an obvious choice. While I was somewhat dismayed that the 190-calorie-bar only comes in milk chocolate – not the dark chocolate that is reserved for the confectioner’s smaller Scotchmallow pieces – I still felt it would be a worthy indulgence. The one-and-a-half-inch wide, four-inch long bar is a behemoth compared to my usual post-lunch dessert – a couple sections of a dark chocolate bar. Plus, with the weighty milk chocolate layer, it was sure to induce a state of sugar overload, which is exactly what I was hoping my second-to-last-dessert-dance would do.
In my mind, the best way to prepare myself for another 46-day dessert hiatus was by overdosing on something so sweet and so chocolaty that I wouldn’t be able to even look at a piece of chocolate the next day without feeling nauseated. I was priming the pump, so to speak. Priming the pump for deprivation. Or, perhaps more accurately, gorging before a long dark period of hibernation.
As I suspected, See’s Scotchmallow Bar was the perfect choice for the gorge. It’s almost toxically sweet with its thick robe of milk chocolate and hearty interior layers of fluffy marshmallow and buttery caramel. I was ready to stop half-way through, but pushed on – cognizant that the next day I would be drinking green tea for “dessert.” My head and stomach ached by the time I took my last bite.
“How does this only have 190 calories?” I thought.
Suspicious nutrition information aside, See’s Scotchmallow Bar is the perfect way to prepare for a 46-day abstinence from dessert. But for everyday indulgences, I think I’ll stick to the dark chocolate Scotchmallow pieces in the future… approximately 38 days from now.
12 comments:
Maybe it's 190 calories an OUNCE?
That would make more sense. And they would list an ounce as a serving? And the average bar is maybe two servings?
I've never eaten a Scotchmallow before! Milk chocolate + marshmallow + caramel = totally up my alley!
Good luck with the deprivation thing.
So will this be the first thing you have when you're back on sugar?
Oddly Me - I kept checking the label and the serving size was for the entire bar! When I was at the store the clerk did make the comment that Scotchmallows have the lowest number of calories and fat grams of all See's chocolates. Strange, huh?
Cathy - It's a must! One of the best treats in the See's counter!
Esi - Haha, no. I think I'd like a salted caramel from Huckleberry, please. ;)
190 for that WHOLE BAR?
I have to get to See's NOW!
I have to make up for your deprivation...!
Oddly Me - Please do. I bid you well on your journey while I suffer the pain alone with a cup of tea. Sigh.
Wow, giving up dessert for lent. That is tough.My hat is off to you! The Scotchmallow bar is too decadent for words. I must try one!
Googling closest See's Candy shop to the finish of the marathon.
Love, love, love See's scotchmallow. LOVE.
And I never knew it came in a bar. I am in trouble.
Alexandra - It's crazy decadent! Totally worth the indulgence!
Lubrano - Thanks so much for the kind words!
Ashley - Consider it the marshallowy light at the end of the marathon tunnel. ;) (BTW... closest location is Wilshire and 14th, I believe - right near Huckleberry)
Pam - See's is basically my kryptonite. It's the reason I need to eat so much quinoa. ;)
Very Welcome!
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