Cuckoo for Cocoa

One of the ways that I knew I was pregnant last year was the fact that chocolate- my usual obsession, actually made me nauseous.  I mean, seriously, why did we even move here if not to drink the beer or eat the chocolate?!  Ok, so that's easy, just don't go down that aisle at the grocery store, right? Welllll that wasn't exactly an option, because as it turns out, every aisle is the chocolate aisle in Belgium :)

But I'm not pregnant anymore, and back on the (chocolate covered) wagon.  Instead of racing through the store gagging, I can now fully enjoy the deliciousness of a cocoa crazy shopping trip!

Lets start with the cereal aisle.  No exaggeration, but 90% of the cereals are chocolate. We've got your basic puffs, pebbles, and chocolate granola.  "Fitness" brand cereal is sort of like a "Just Right" but with chocolate.  Special K has a whole line of dark, milk, white and even stracciatella (fancy, right!) flavored cereals.

In the refrigerated aisle they have dozens of different chocolate yogurts and puddings but most bizarre, here we find chocolate Philadelphia cream cheese and chocolate butter spread!

Two different flavors!

                                                          

Ok, im not 100% sure this is chocolate butter, but its in the refridge aisle and "Balade" is a brand of margarine

Speaking of spreads, lets take a little look at what I call  the "nutella" aisle.  It has so many shapes, sizes and flavors of spreadable chocolate!


Fun fact: This aisle is also where they hide the chocolate sprinkles... you know, in case you want a sprinkle sandwich!


Chocolate for Belgian babies?  Of course! Baby aisle includes a wide variety of chocolate baby formulas and biscuits.

Going the healthy route? The health food aisle has a ridiculous amount of chocolate options, including my favorite, chocolate covered rice cakes!


And then there is the actual chocolate chocolate aisles.  My usual grocery store has two full aisles, separated into boxed, block, bar and more candy types. Although there are tons of fabulous "fancy" chocolate shops in Brussels, there's nothing wrong with a little grocery store chocolate :)