Schokolade om nom nom....

First of all, I have to explain that chocolate here is just not the same as at home. I can't really explain it... but it's just BETTER. The cheapo stuff you get at the grocery store is pretty much unbelievable. Hershey's just doesn't hold a candle to my beloved Milka bars... Plus the flavors are totally different. My absolute favorite is the milk chocolate with yogurt filling. Ach. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Anyway, the point is that Ritter Sport chocolate (very famous here in Europe... I'm not so sure about the US but it's delicious) is manufactured right in Berlin, and has a very large factory for tourists to visit. There are exhibits to show how the chocolate is made, and of course I very very large selection of chocolate bars. Everything from bite sized samples to larger-than-life honkin' mega bars! And pretty much every flavor you could imagine.

Now here's the cool part. This chocolate factory lets you design your own chocolate bar!! They have a huge bar of all sorts of fillings... cookies and candies, fruits and nuts... you name it. So you pick your fillings and then fill up your "mold" from a never ending fountain of either dark or milk chocolate. You then wait while it sets (and of course shop for more chocolate) and voila! You have your very own creation. And OH MY.... was it delicious. Please excuse me if I start to drool...

The other decadent treat we found at this place was the hot chocolate... mmm.... They literally take an entire bar of their dark chocolate and melt it down, and then mix it with hot milk. Period. Hands down the most delicious hot cocoa I've ever tasted :)

Alright. My chocolate rant is done. Now go! Eat some chocolate!