And why not?

Pictured above is a delightful bowl of chocolate pudding. Coconut chocolate pudding to be exact. It looks yummy. It probably is. This morning, however, I did not eat a bowl of chocolate pudding like that one. Instead, I walked down to the employee kitchen and quickly grabbed a little plastic container from the fridge. I had been eyeing these containers for about two weeks now, contemplating if I would ever get desperate enough to eat one. Inside the kindergarten sized cup held three spoonfuls of Publix Fat Free Chocolate Pudding. I hadn't grabbed one until today for several reasons. First, I wasn't sure if they were for the taking. Although they didn't have a name on them and most things in the employee fridge with no name are open season, I thought maybe someone forgot to label them and so I dismissed them. But as the days went by and they didn't diminish I figured it would be okay. I secondly did not jump at the chance to take them because frankly anything that it fat free usually makes me wince. The idea makes me wince and the taste even more. Fat free chocolate seems like a sin. Yes, in the "ooh these are sinful" sort of way but reverse. I digress. I thirdly did not take one because they were from Publix, and while I like Publix as much as any grocery store I usually don't eat generic chocolate.

But today I was hungry and fiending for choco-treat (remember me, St. Chocolate?). I walked right down there and grabbed one. I scurried back to my office and ate the three spoonfuls. And it was good. Damn good. I was surprised how much it tasted like real chocolate pudding and how satisfied I was while eating it. Pudding has a distinctly pudding taste. Must be the egg yolks. I don't know. It's the same way with Lemon Curd, Custard and Mayonaise. Yep, egg yolk and in this case, most likely egg yolk substitute. But who cares, it was super yum. And I'm thinking about getting another one.