Serving Size: 4 extremely yummy pieces

I'm in lab on a Sunday evening (again), attempting to get some good reading in while things are quiet (and to get away from my comfy bed and tv!). It's always a little freaky being here alone...especially when it's dark outside. St. Michael's hospital has certain hallways that remind me of the movie 'The Shining' - it looks like it was built in the 70's and it is generally deserted with low ceilings, long hallways, doors on either side, weird noises...etc, etc. I haven't encountered any men with axes or freakish twin ghosts (yet), but I think it is a comparable environment.

During my readings, I have gone on a little tangent analyzing the messages that can be found within food packaging. Don't you find that the nutritional information on the side of food packages is often misleading? I.e.) The serving size might be 10g, whereas the actual granola bar is 50g???? I've been sitting here munching away at these scandalously yummy Mauna Loa chocolates that a co-worker brought in for her last day. I think it is all part of an evil plot to fatten us up in her absence (a la Hansel & Gretel*). But regardless, these Mauna Loa guys are more realistic then most...serving size = 4 pieces. Yup, a whole 230 Calories (it even says "Fat Calories 140"...just in case you were thinking positive and hoping it was something else). So of course, I had to listen to the writing on the box (they know best)....yum, yum.

*On a completely different note, I'm slightly disturbed by the morbidity of the Grimm children's stories - all this people eating and blood. My european informant recently told me how in the Grimm Brother's version of Cinderella, the step-sisters were told by their mother to cut off their toes, so they could fit into the glass slipper...sure enough, he doesn't lie. Check out the story here.