These days, chocolate-covered bacon has lost its novelty as bacon has already managed to infiltrate every other food by now, so why not chocolate? On the other hand, there are still plenty of bizarre things to cover in chocolate in this big wide world of ours…and here are a few of the strangest.
Onions
Most of us would never want to eat a raw onion in the first place, so why someone would think that dunking the onion in chocolate would change that fact is beyond me. The flavor seems to be exactly what you would expect too, one reviewer said that if you’re curious, just bite into a raw onion and then bite into a chocolate bar. Strangely, these seem to be a regular item in certain Philadelphia candy shops.
Pickles
It sounds like a joke about pregnancy cravings, but chocolate-covered pickles are all too real. In fact, there are ample Instructables telling you how to make your own, including this one, which uses only two ingredients: pickles and Magic Shell.
Carrots
If you’re trying to get your kids to enjoy healthy snacks, getting them to eat chocolate-covered carrots will probably work –but at that point, the veggies aren’t really healthy anymore, so you might as well just give them chocolate-dipped gummy vitamins at that point.
Potato Eggs
While chocolate-covered eggs sound pretty bad, so do mashed potatoes loaded with powdered sugar and shaped like eggs like the ones in this Paula Deen recipe. According to the reader reviews though, the biggest problem with this recipe is that it has four times as much potato as it should include –leaving the mixture as a soupy disaster that can’t even be shaped into eggs.
Roses
Sure, you could give your love a dozen roses and a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day, or you could combine the two by making chocolate-covered roses. Roses are edible –in fact, I think they have a delightful taste that would undoubtedly go great with chocolate. Even so, as a woman, I can tell you gents that there’s a reason a bouquet and a box of chocolates are a standard and combing the two into chocolate-dipped flowers is not, by any means, greater than the sum of its parts.
Slim Jims
If you’re looking for a chocolate treat that’s a little manlier, then perhaps you should try snapping into a chocolate Slim Jim. While I personally prefer real beef jerky over the processed beef sticks, I could see how these might at least be good with the salty, savory flavor flowing well with the sweet chocolate taste.
Beef Jerky
Squid
Is chocolate-covered beef too boring for you? Well then, perhaps you might enjoy the fruits of the sea doused in some spicy chocolate. I honestly can’t even guess how these would taste other than adding a bit of chewy saltiness to the chocolate and a touch of spicy sweetness to the calamari.
Seaweed
This chocolate seaweed would probably have a similar flavor –albeit with a much different texture. Or maybe even a bit…. disgusting.
Peppers
From habaneros to jalapenos to sweet peppers, one of the biggest trends in chocolate-covered foods these days is sweet peppers and it makes sense –chocolate with chilies has been one of the biggest flavor trends of the last few years. For those who like to combine spicy and sweet together, chocolate-covered peppers are certainly a flavor adventure.
Bugs
There are plenty of cultures out there that regularly enjoy munching on creepy crawlers, but to most Westerners, the idea of eating chocolate-covered scorpions or crickets still sounds pretty darn disgusting.
Which of these mad creations would you guys be most likely to try?