"Chocolick"

Chocolate is known by many names: milk, dark, semi-sweet, bitter, German, Swiss, white, and unsweetened. But my favorite name for anything chocolate comes from my two young sons. To them chocolate is "Chocolick."

I've heard the word "chocolate" as long as I can remember, and it has always sent my taste buds tingling with excitement. Chocolate, they shout, where? And do we get some? But somehow, the word "chocolick" with its newness, and its combination of chocolate and lick, brings to mind far more than just taste, but images of chocolaty goodness. Every time one of my little boys says "chocolick" whether he's referring to a poptart, a gooey brownie, or M&M's my three-year old gets for going potty, I'm overwhelmed with the desire to raid the pantry and eat all of the "chocolick" in sight!

Hopefully they'll learn the proper pronunciation soon (preferably before their younger brother starts to speak, so he doesn't pick up on it) and my chocolate hormones can stop raging.