We all seem to have a food that is our comfort food, you know the food that gives you comfort, when you are down, when you are under the weather or when you are bored. Me, I seem to have developed a strong craving for chocolate and for French fries. No, not at the same time, most definitely not chocolate-covered French fries, that sounds so gross actually.

When I’m having an off day and things are not feeling good, I start to have cravings for French fries. My all-time favorite is skin on homemade deep fried in olive oil, with the fries from Five Guys coming in a very close second place. I would say that my next favorite would be the steak fries from Red Robin. I love the fact that they are also endless fries at Red Robin. If I’m in a hurry and have a fry craving then it is a quick, well quick is really a relative term here, stop to McDonald’s drive-thru.

Enough about French fries, it is time for chocolate. I’m not a connoisseur of chocolate, but I do know that I like it. I like my M&M’s frozen and I love Dark Chocolate. I do like Ghirardelli very much, they are probably my favorite brand, I like the Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate squares the best. Then I would say Hershey’s Milk Chocolate and Special Dark are next on the list. I can stomach a Lindt every now and then, but not all the time.

I have to confess that I have a few comfort drinks as well. I crave a good strong Classic Coke as my first and foremost favorite comfort drink. I know it isn’t good for me, but regardless I like it. My next go-to drink would be a very rich homemade chocolate milk. With chocolate milk being my second choice, then my third favorite would be a nice bourbon and Coke. And then there are always Ice Cream and Milk Shakes.

Yeah, I know I shouldn’t drink anything alcoholic in nature with some of the medications that I’m taking. And to be 100% honest, I very rarely (maybe one single drink every few months) have a stiff drink, but it is nice to curl up at the end of a night and sip on a nice glass of bourbon and Coke. Currently, my favorite bourbon is Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage.