September's COCOA CLUB MEETING

SEPTEMBER COCOA CLUB

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 - 7 PM

HOSTED BY: APRIL OPPLIGER

THEME: CHOCOLATE SPA

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Jenny Z - Co-Founder

Campbell Z - Jr. Member

April O - Member (Her boys - Aaron, Holden and UMA the dog)

Autumn S - Co-Founder (Her boy Doug)

Betty S - Guest

MEETING NOTES: CHOCOLATE SPA was a wonderful treat for our bodies as well as our taste buds! In addition to some great edible treats, we had other indulgences based on CHOCOLATE.

So...what kind of SPA things did we share?

April made a chocolate mud mask for our hands and faces. It was made from yogurt, cocoa, and raspberries. We treated our hands and faces to some decadent moisture, and YES, it tasted good too! She also provided CHOCOLATE themed nail polishes to paint our nails. Campbell loved the polishes and tried all the colors...Chocolate Soufflé, ..., & ...

Autumn brought CHOCOLATE tea bath salts for everyone! The salts were made from CHOCOLATE tea leaves, Epsom salts and cocoa butter oil.

What about edible treats?

As the hostess, April out did herself! She made an amazing CHOCOLATE pizza topped with strawberries, CHOCOLATE covered potato chips, and CHOCOLATE dipped pretzel sticks. She also had banana Oreos, mixed nuts, chips and salsa, and covered apricots, blueberries, cherries, and strawberries! A FANTASTIC array to tempt us!

Jenny and Campbell gave our taste buds a treat with a salty sweet mixture of popcorn and CHOCOLATE. YUM!

Autumn made puffs - CHOCOLATE cream and chicken salad and brought chocolate martinis!

QUOTES AND PRIZES:

Can you figure out who said: "CHOCOLATE is the greatest gift to women ever created, next to the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Kelly!"

Jenny and Autumn guessed correctly - Sandra Bullock - and won the prizes!

 

SPECIAL GUESTS:

We had some special attendees this time. Our pet hostess was Uma. She was quite gracious and since CHOCOLATE isn't good for dogs, she had plenty of her own treats!

Autumn's mother-in-law, Betty also attended since she was visiting from Denver.

And this time, some of the guys were included. Of course they loved all the treats! Aaron, Holden and Doug were busy in the basement playing "rock band" for most of the evening, but after our spa experience, we all joined "the band."

A fun time was had by all! If you missed it....you missed out on a great evening!

We hope to see you next time!