Chocaholic Alert

There's a new, serious temptation on the market. I'm talking taste and cost, both perfect. Yep, I'm thinkin' Arbys.

They offer a chocolate turnover now for a buck, plus tax. At first I didn't bother to order it. I've had so-called chocolate turnovers. Ick. And it's hard to say that about chocolate for me. I love the stuff and am seldom fussy. But one day I got curious, and decided to throw away a buck just to check it out.

OMG! WOW!

Now the chocolate frosting drizzled over the top is nothing super special, and that's going to be your first bite, regardless of which corner you start at. But the pastry is always fresh and flaky. So flaky that it might be handy to have one of those hard plastic baby bibs with the catch-tray built into the bottom, especially when the flake that lands on your pastel shirt is one coated with chocolate frosting. Also especially since, like the proverbial slice of peanut butter toast, it lands gooey side down.

The real treat is the filling, a deep, creamy, generous slathering of semi-sweet chocolate, almost as rich as a truffle at a fraction of the price. Bite carefully, because if you apply too much pressure in one spot, the filling will ooze out elsewhere and rob you of another delicious bite. Not to mention coating fingers, face, and if you're really careless, that pastel shirt you were trying to ruin earlier.

But in spite of the hazards, this is one treat well worth trying. And just in case you didn't get the full effect the first time, trying again. And again. In fact, institute your own personal study as to whether Tuesday is a better day to buy one than Friday, say, or if Monday is better than Wednesday, or whether the flavor diminishes at all after eating two in a row. Just don't forget to wipe the smears off the paper with your carefully tabulated results before you turn it in.

Slurp!