Wednesday
Feb112009
Cake Poll: Love and Chocolate!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 
How time flies! It's been a while since our last Cake Poll, so we're making up for it by offering a very sweet treat: an original (not a print!) Cakespy watercolor! The watercolor (shown top) will come in a 4x5 inch frame and will go to just one lucky winner. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your responses to the below poll, centered around the star of all February sweetness: chocolate! Here goes:
- Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché?
- The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others?
- Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen?
- Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful?
- Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows?
- Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww?
- What's your favorite chocolate dessert?
The poll is open for anyone (US and international!) to enter; the deadline is 12 p.m. PST on Saturday, February 14. The winner will be announced shortly after!
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Reader Comments (249)
Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cliche but oh so delicious!!
The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Coconut-- yuck!!
Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? Respectable citizen-- and a delicious one at that!
Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? AwEsOmE!
Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? With, please!
Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? Eww :-(
What's your favorite chocolate dessert? I love them all, but I think its a tie between brownies and chocolate chip cookies!
1. Cute
2. Coconut
3. 2nd class citizen
4. Awful
5. Marshmallows ( little ones)
6. Ewww ( especially in the heat)
7. Molten Lava cake... oh man.
1. Cute
2. Anything not caramel
3. Respectable
4. awful
5. with
6. eww
7. brownies!
1. If your sweetie likes chocolate then it's good any day of the year.
2. Coconut - gak!
3. I don't care if it's not sophisticate - I love it.
4. I prefer savory in my chocolate.
5. With!
6. It can go either way, but I pretty much love any of the Jaqua products (mmm, chocolate marshmallow body cream).
7. If I'm out, molten chocolate cake. If I'm making it, s'mores.
1. Boxed chocolates are Cute. You can always find fun styles.
2. I'll pass on the Maple or Coconut Creme candies - Yuck!
3. Milk chocolate: Whichever... I like it a lot!
4. Chocolate in savory foods is questionable.
5. Hot chocolate without marshmallows
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products could be seductive, but I prefer the vanilla
7. My favorite chocolate dessert is chocolate covered cherries! delish!
Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cute!!
The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Coconut - I can't stand coconut
Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? respectable, there is always a place for milk!
Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? awful...
Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? with TONS of mallows!
Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? eww
What's your favorite chocolate dessert? cupcakes of course!
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute - but only if they're good chocolates
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others?
maple-type flavored nougat
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen?
Definitely respectable - have you had Cadbury milk chocolate???
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful?
I haven't ever had any that I liked
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? With - even better if they are homemade or the ones from Williams-Sonoma
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww?
Gross
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert?
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
1. Cute!
2. Anything coconut--yuck!
3. Definitely a respectable citizen if done right.
4. How can anything chocolate be awful (except when it's corrupted by coconut)?
5. Without please. I'm a whipped cream kinda girl myself.
6. Hmm...I'm going to have to go with ooh.
7. Reisen chocolate chews. They're just perfection. Oh, and the Chocolate Graham Cracker cupcake from Trophy. Best cupcake in the world.
1.Chocolates for Valentine's Day: Always cute, always appreciated.
2.The chocolate box: Forget about the hard ones, like the toffee.
3.Milk chocolate: Definitely a respectable citizen. Always there when you need it.
4.Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): Totally awful. Sweet and meat don't mix (I mean, they *do*...but they shouldn't).
5.Hot chocolate: With heaps of marshmallows.
6.Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: Delightful!
7.What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Tiramisu.
Chocolates= cute
Chocolat box= maple flavored
Milk= respectable
Choco/sauce=in amything-thumbs up!
Hot=W/marshmallows
Choco scented=EWW!!!
Choco dessert=Really anything
Chocolate on Valentines Day - CUTE
Leave behind = caramel
Milk chocolate is respectable
Chocolate as savory = Could be but not always!
Hot Chocolate WITH marshmallows
Scented body products= eww
Favorite Chocolate Dessert= cheesecake.
Thanks for the give away
Be blessed today
Gayle
# Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? --- can be cute
# The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? --- those icky flavored creme ones
# Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? ---respectable. sometimes dark just doesn't do it for me.
# Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? --- awful. i just can't do it
# Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? -- with. tons and tons of marshmallows!
# Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? -- ew. it never smells quite "right"
# What's your favorite chocolate dessert? --- easily, molten lava cakes. mmm.
Chocolates for Valentine's Day:
Deliciously appreciated.
The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others?
The hard chewy caramels that stick your teeth together
Milk chocolate:
Welcome in my world anytime (as long as it has good qualifications!)
Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc):
Awesome.
Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows?
With a good old New Zealand Chocolate Fish (pink marshmallow fish covered in dark choc. Good for dipping!)
Chocolate-flavored or scented body products:
Chocolate body paint I appreciate more on icecream than husband...
Wouldn't you worry someone would think you marked the sheets with something else if caught????
I also had a traumatic experience where I decided to lick a particularly chocolatey smelling soap bar once...just to check. Yep, it was definitely soap.
What's your favorite chocolate dessert?
Molten lava cakes.
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cute!
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Im not very fond of liquer..
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? Amateuur!
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): Nah, awful.
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? Without.
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: Yaaay, oooh!
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Oh I cant even decide!
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cliche.
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Any type of cream.
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? Definitely amateur hour.
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? Ehhh...on the fence.
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? Vegan marshmallows, please?
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? Eww - no one can recreate that scent.
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? French silk pie.
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cliche.
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Any type of cream.
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? Definitely amateur hour.
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? Ehhh...on the fence.
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? Vegan marshmallows, please?
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? Eww - no one can recreate that scent.
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? French silk pie.
#1 Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? cliche but who would accept a box of chocolates anyway?!
#2 The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? I'm not so fond of the maple actually
#3 Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? Depends on how you're using it =)
#4 Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? It is a little out of the ordinary but I'm not opposed to it!
#5 Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? I prefer whipped cream!
#6 Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? Yeah eww, I'm a bit grossed out by that
#7 What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Death by Chocolate cake, or Guinness Brownies!!
Hurray!
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute. Although I don't like the assorted boxes.
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? Whatever that weird pink stuff is.
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? LOVE it!!! Very respectable.
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? I'll have to say awful.
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? WITH! Unless there's whipped cream around, then I'll take that instead.
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? I've never smelt one that was good... so eww!
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Easy, chocolate cake.
# Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Cute
# The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? rock hard caramel
# Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? respectable citizen
# Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? good
# Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? homemade only!
# Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? ooooh
# What's your favorite chocolate dessert? anything chocolate!
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: A little cliché but honestly, who can resist chocolates? :)
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others?
White Chocolate, it's my sister's favourite!
3. Milk chocolate: Respectable citizen.
4. Chocolate in savoury foods (mole sauce, etc): Quite so awesome if done correctly!
5. Hot chocolate: Admission granted to big and fat ones only (no small and odd pink ones please!).
6. Chocolate-flavoured or scented body products: Ew~~ they all smell strange and destroy the real smell of chocolate!
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Chocolate hazelnut cake. Like, nutella heaven.
1. Cute
2. The chocolate box: Orange cream
3. Milk chocolate: Respectable citizen
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): Awesome!
5. Hot chocolate: With out
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: only acceptable around v-day.
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? chocolate molten cake
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: Cute! As long as they weren't bought at Wal-Mart...
2. The chocolate box: Anything with fake cherry filling.
3. Milk chocolate: I like a little bit of milk, a little bit of dark. It's so sweet and melt-in-your mouth.
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): Awful. Chocolate = dessert.
5. Hot chocolate: With!
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: Mmm.
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert?: Chocolate mousse with strawberries and whipped cream on top.
# Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? cliché, then again so are flowers
# The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? anything with coconut. ewww
# Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? respectable. I just used it to make chocolate covered cherries last night, so I can't hate
# Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? don't flog me, what's mole sauce?
# Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? without. I'm not supposed to eat marshmallows because of the gelatin. I slip up sometimes, though
# Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? depends. some are well made and some smell like... well not nice things
# What's your favorite chocolate dessert? white chocolate chip/cranberry cookies. I adapted a Paula Deen recipe. I think the bf loves them more than me!
# Chocolates for Valentine's Day: Cliche
# The chocolate box: Mint and fruity flavours
# Milk chocolate: respectable citizen
# Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awful
# Hot chocolate: without
# Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: eww?
# What's your favorite chocolate dessert? Nutella Icecream!!
1. Chocolates for Valentine's Day: cute or cliché? Since I love chocolate, definitely not cliche. I'll take it any day of the year.
2. The chocolate box: which flavor would you rather leave for others? anything with coconut...
3. Milk chocolate: amateur hour or respectable citizen? respectable citizen
4. Chocolate in savory foods (mole sauce, etc): awesome, or awful? eh, should be what it's intended for. dessert
5. Hot chocolate: with or without marshmallows? Well with mint is great, and marshmallows are amazing
6. Chocolate-flavored or scented body products: ooh, or eww? eww
7. What's your favorite chocolate dessert? FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKES!