February 19

How I Celebrated

There could have been more today, but I had no capability to even force a smile or spark of life in my expression when I got home. You will have to be content with a thin mint girl scout cookie. Today was not much of a celebration.

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Mint flavor is sugar free, adding it to some sugar free chocolate dish is the easy choice. Try out these chocolate mint thins

• Gluten Free

  Chocolate and mint by themselves are gluten free. Watch out for those baked goods.

• Vegetarian

  Yup

Recipes

• Here is an extensive list from Huffpost Taste
• And the list from something swanky
• These no bake mint bars look fantastic
• Sorry not sorry another list! Crazy for crust

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History

Punchbowl
I did not know there was a chocolate mint herb. I gotta grow me some of that. It is no wonder that choco mint ice cream is one of my top top tops. I also had grasshoppers before girl scout cookies. My favorite hot chocolate for a long time was the Stephen's hot cocoa.

Merchandise

Chocolate mint is a pretty common combo for clothing I feel like. That was basically my cousin's color scheme for her wedding.
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Restaurants

• You can probably find chocolate mint at any ice cream shop or grocery store. Too bad this isnt in march because I think that is when all the mint shakes are out for St. Patty's day.
• If you are one of those classic Utah couples getting engaged at temple square, you are probably also going to eat at The Roof restaurant. There are way too many people on my newsfeed taking pictures here haha. It is okay, just know you are a bad friend for not taking me. But there is some kind of mint chocolate cake that is all the rage on the internet recipe boards (I mean, one site I found).
• Check out this artsy chocolate mint dessert at the Restaurant August in New Orleans

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Cherry Month
• Celebration of Chocolate Month
• National Hot Breakfast Month
• National Snack Food Month
• Potato Lover's Month
• Berry Fresh Month
• Canned Food Month
• Great American Pies Month
• Fiber Focus Month
• National Grapefruit Month
• Sweet Potato Month
• National Fondue Month
• National Heart Healthy Month
• Return Carts to the Supermarket Month
• Bake for Family Fun Month
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
• International Flirting Week
• Lent
• Love a Mensch Week
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
• NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week
• Random Acts of Kindness Week
• Women in Blue Jeans
• Coast Guard Reserves Birthday 
• Iwo Jima Day
• National Lashes Day
• Single Tasking Day