I have been spending a lot of my time at home as of late, not doing anything in particular. Waking up to Oprah on the box set, fixing a quick brunch after Rachel Ray’s, and mostly drifting away in my own dreams.

It is always beautiful to see the day taking a slower pace, where you can simply look out the window, and allow the ruffling leaves with each teasing breeze steal time from your thoughts. Yet it never fails to surprise me how time flies when you’re having fun, and by your next blink, the sun would be kissing the azure skies adieu, slipping into the arms of the moon.

Amidst my daydreams, I constantly find my thoughts drifting away to specific chocolate distractions. There were those moist and fluffy chocolate chip muffins for a Youth Day order, that I secretly wished I had baked more extras, simply because the testers, and myself alike, couldn’t stop at one. And then there was that large crumbly chocolate crinkle cookie at Coffee Bean (though it didn’t retail by that name) that was the perfect morning snack while waiting for my birthday movie treat to begin. Oh, the powdered sugar goodness.

But like all beautiful distractions, with those in mind, I ended up being distracted by yet another chocolate beauty around the corner.

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