Chocolate Challenge

While all of the girls began the chocolate challenge, Liesel was the only one to go the distance. Even though she could have chocolate as of January 1, she held off because she was determined to do the challenge for a second year in a row. Liesel wanted to make sure she wasn't in any way disqualified. Finally I grabbed a slice of the insanely good chocolate cake from Portillo's. 

Brent felt like that was enough, but if Liesel really was going to go a full 2 years without any chocolate, I wanted her to pick out a decadent chocolate dessert of her own. We snuck away to the Cheesecake Factory where she ordered the s'mores cheesecake.

An excellent choice!

We had our chocolate party the Sunday evening before Martin Luther King Jr Day so we wouldn't feel too guilty about sugaring up kids who have school the next day. Just like last year, I was so busy hosting, I couldn't snap photos. This is the only one I have! We borrowed this adorable peg board donut holder from a friend and you can see the chocolate fountain station getting set up in the background. 

The party was ok- I think everyone had a good time- but I was a little frustrated with it as well. We didn't have bowls for the ice cream so no one really ate that. Brent didn't pick up mini candy bars because last year we had so many leftovers. No one really ate the cupcakes and I was frantically making BYU mint brownies and forgot they are meant to be thin, so I cooked them in a pan rather than a cookie sheet. They were so thick, they were like a sugar bomb and well, those weren't super popular either. It seemed like we had 3 different kinds of chocolate cake. 

 Again, I think everyone had a good time- Liesel definitely did, which is the important thing. Once success is that months ago a dear friend gave me his punch bowl and tiny cups, which I was finally able to pull out and use. Some punch was a nice change from all the chocolate, for sure.

Ireland has already declared she is taking a break from the challenge for a year but Liesel is determined to make some more money and Brigitta really seems interested as well. We will see who goes the distance!