When it comes toChocolate Delight, this beloved Southern dessert has as many names as it does admirers.
Besides the dreamy layers of absolute deliciousness, we cant really know for sure why Southerners adore this dessert.
However, I do have two hypotheses that I dare you challenge.
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Why Does Chocolate Delight Have So Many Names?
I think Chocolate Delight has a multitude of names because its the perfect recipe.
Weve had many readers share their favorite names and variationshere are just a few of our favorites.
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One reader from Mississippi shared this funny story: “I served it at a Christmas Party years ago.
Girdle Buster
I can’t read that without giggling.
Hold on; let me pull myself together.
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Okay, so its no secret that this dessert is on the indulgent side.
because it’s possible for you to make this dessert with sugar-free pudding and zero-sugar whipped topping).
We also heard from many readers who know this dessert as the devilish Chocolate Sin.
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And if youre thinking, “Wait, isnt he like, 90?”
Nohes like 86, and still pretty darn good looking!
A little Millennial, sure, but pretty funny if you ask me.
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What If You Don’t Like Chocolate?
To all thenon-chocolate loversout there, we see you.
We know its hard to not love something nearly everyone else does.
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Its titled Fantastic Dessert but we always called it Goo.
Okay, so maybe noteveryoneshould be in the recipe naming business.
In this case, I’d say that grandmother knows best.
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