Finally! Choc-ola is back!
So, as you probably guessed if this isn't your first visit here, this blog is pretty much dead. Sorry, but, you know, not having a life got in the way. Or maybe I'm just not quite as egotistical as I once was. Or maybe a bunch of other things. I guess if something totally mindblowing in my life happens, I can update and it just so happens that something totally mindblowing did happen.
Now, I want to give you, the reader, a little bit of credit. So, guess what that mindblowing information is. Go back. Read the title again and maybe another time if necessary. If you still don't get it, read on.
CHOC-OLA IS BACK!
It is back under its real name. It isn't Chocolate Soldier. It's Choc-ola and oh my goodness this is the best, least anticipated news of my life. This is righting a social injustice of the highest degree.
So, not only is it back. It is available in only one place (for now) and it happens to be Indianapolis. I would have gone wherever I needed to go to get Choc-ola and I only need to go about 25 minutes from home. Providence. Serendipity. Sheer good luck. I don't know what I did to earn this but there is no way I earned this.
So, what happened? Right now, I don't know much. The gist is that a Choc-ola superfan bought the rights and formula to make Choc-ola. He's doing it because he is apparently the greatest person alive. So, I feel I owe it to the guy to get the word out as much as I can (this blog is part of it). He deserves to get paid for this and I want to keep Choc-ola alive. It's a win-win for everyone.
So, how to you get it? The place to go is the Rock-Cola Café for either a glass or one gallon jug (the current website doesn't mention Choc-ola but this site ties the two together). A warning note: one gallon jugs ($8.99; $9.80 including tax) must apparently be ordered in advance. I don't know if a glass (size unknown as of this writing) needs to be ordered in advance. I assume the production volume is relatively low right now.
So, how does it taste? Naturally, I drank just a bit as soon as I got to my car and it was 100% exactly how I remembered the final bottle of Chocolate Soldier. I've obviously had some since and it is slightly darker and richer in flavor like adding an extra scoop of NesQuik to a glass of milk. I've made sure to shake the jug every time. So, I'm not sure why it's darker later.
I don't know if there is a variance in the batches. I'm not sure if the formula changed slightly over the years and this is based on a slightly different recipe I suspect the original formula didn't use high fructose corn syrup which modern Choc-ola and Chocolate Soldier used resulting in a drink exactly like the original but different than modern incarnations (like modern sodas are not the same meaning we have to resort to Throwback sodas).
It's not a complaint but it is something that must be noted. The flavor is still the same but the one jug I have has has more flavor (and the aroma is stronger). So, take that however you want. Make sure to buy some though. Maybe my taste buds are wrong (not bloody likely).
Make sure to buy some though. It's important.
Now, I want to give you, the reader, a little bit of credit. So, guess what that mindblowing information is. Go back. Read the title again and maybe another time if necessary. If you still don't get it, read on.
CHOC-OLA IS BACK!
It is back under its real name. It isn't Chocolate Soldier. It's Choc-ola and oh my goodness this is the best, least anticipated news of my life. This is righting a social injustice of the highest degree.
So, not only is it back. It is available in only one place (for now) and it happens to be Indianapolis. I would have gone wherever I needed to go to get Choc-ola and I only need to go about 25 minutes from home. Providence. Serendipity. Sheer good luck. I don't know what I did to earn this but there is no way I earned this.
So, what happened? Right now, I don't know much. The gist is that a Choc-ola superfan bought the rights and formula to make Choc-ola. He's doing it because he is apparently the greatest person alive. So, I feel I owe it to the guy to get the word out as much as I can (this blog is part of it). He deserves to get paid for this and I want to keep Choc-ola alive. It's a win-win for everyone.
So, how to you get it? The place to go is the Rock-Cola Café for either a glass or one gallon jug (the current website doesn't mention Choc-ola but this site ties the two together). A warning note: one gallon jugs ($8.99; $9.80 including tax) must apparently be ordered in advance. I don't know if a glass (size unknown as of this writing) needs to be ordered in advance. I assume the production volume is relatively low right now.
So, how does it taste? Naturally, I drank just a bit as soon as I got to my car and it was 100% exactly how I remembered the final bottle of Chocolate Soldier. I've obviously had some since and it is slightly darker and richer in flavor like adding an extra scoop of NesQuik to a glass of milk. I've made sure to shake the jug every time. So, I'm not sure why it's darker later.
I don't know if there is a variance in the batches. I'm not sure if the formula changed slightly over the years and this is based on a slightly different recipe I suspect the original formula didn't use high fructose corn syrup which modern Choc-ola and Chocolate Soldier used resulting in a drink exactly like the original but different than modern incarnations (like modern sodas are not the same meaning we have to resort to Throwback sodas).
It's not a complaint but it is something that must be noted. The flavor is still the same but the one jug I have has has more flavor (and the aroma is stronger). So, take that however you want. Make sure to buy some though. Maybe my taste buds are wrong (not bloody likely).
Make sure to buy some though. It's important.
posted by Dave at 8:18 PM
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