Ten on Tuesday: Treats Edition

Happy Valentine’s Day! Last year I mused on the meaning of Valentine’s Day. This year, I brought candy to my classes, made a valentine for my love, and wore pink Fluevogs. I’m also creating a list of Ten (Some of Which May Be) Chocolate Treats.

Carole, readers, don’t shun me. I’m really not such a fan of chocolate. Oh, there was that bar Spring gave me on my birthday that I gobbled up, and maybe the ocasional brownie or pain au chocolat makes me swoon just a little, but usually chocolate makes me feel all twitchy, so I avoid it.

Can I still be in the Lady Club?

Anyway, here’s a list of my favorite treats.

1. Pain au chocolat. There’s a patisserie in Auvers where Sara, Neal, and I stopped on a misty walk, and I haven’t forgotten the taste of the chocolate melting in my mouth.

2. Ladurée macaroons. Was it salted caramel, Sara? Whatever flavors were in the darling little boxes, they made heavenly treats!

3. Pineapple. A good corer makes it easier to enjoy fresh pineapple. What a treat!

4. A long soak in the tub. Preferably with…

5. A good book.

6. Freshly inked fountain pen and lovely paper on which to write.

7. Fruit from July in the freezer. Because of the October-November power outage, I’ve lost my summer fruit. Usually, though, I have cherries to make a Valentine’s clafoutis.

8. A perfect blood orange. There’s no way to tell until you pop a wedge in your mouth, but when a blood orange is perfectly ripe, it can’t be beat as a sweet treat.

9. Whoopie pies. Even though I no longer identify myself as a New Englander, I still cherish this very-New-England treat.

10. Chocolate dipped apricots. Nice plump fruit and good dark chocolate=treat.

What’s your favorite (maybe chocolate, maybe not) treat?