Hi friends!
You all should know by now that I have an inordinate love of food. So I thought I´d take a moment to share with you the wonder of choco fruta (cho-ko froo-tah).
The general idea of this Central American delicacy is that you freeze fruit with a stick in it, and then dip it in melted chocolate (and nuts, if you like). Not so complicated, right? Indeed, you might have had a similar treat with chocolate dipped bananas. But don´t go so quickly!
1) The wonder of chocofruta as a student at Celas Maya is that the nearest vendor is literally across the street! I could be at the door to the family-run business in all of two steps. (It helps the streets are narrow.)
2) It costs 2.5Quetzales, about $.25, for a piece of chocolate-dipped loveliness! Cost effectiveness/joy= check plus plus!
3) And perhaps the best part of it all is that there is a far superior variety of chocofruta than our american chocolate-dipped bananas. Here in Guatemala you can indulge in refreshing choco pineapple, delightful choco papaya, lucious choco strawberries, and perhaps best of all --it needs no descriptors--choco mango! (Where have you been all my life?!) But if this exotic collection of delectible treats doesn´t suit your fancy, if what you´re looking for is a bit of home, then you can even go with the American classic...choco bananas.
¡Buen Provecho!
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