dubai style chocolate muffin

ahlaan bik

whereas every now and then i get accused of being one of them "social media influencer" types, i would suggest that i am not really such. usually i am quite behind the times, look you see, what with me stuck in my ways, hankering for a past that shall not return. none of my fingers are taking the pulse of anything current or new, which is (somewhat) evidenced by me doing a post on this dubai "style" chocolate a fairly decent amount of time after all the fuss. 

it was a trend that i only became aware of via a bombardment of adverts and what have you from various preferred retailers assuring me that they were now selling it. with it being this "dubai style chocolate". so far as i can tell (and this is fair) it is only that which is the "original" what can call it self dubai chocolate without any further qualification. to be even further fair, it's quite interesting, and generous, that the people (or person) what would (or could) claim proprietary over the name (if you can do such when it features a place name) seem to have no quibble with others using it. could be mistaken, but it looks like for whatever reason they are happy to let the name, or if you will branding, be more or less freely used. a quick check suggests that any and all search for the term "dubai chocolate" just delivers results for this confectionary, and a lot of them.

rather a fair, reasonable and appropriate question here is that of whether or not i should be trying out anything at all to do with this dubai chocolate phenomenon. mindful of my recent medical plight, the first instance of which is here and the most recent update here (with ones in between), i would suggest, or outright state, the answer is not really, not really, no. but, hey, i did anyway. the curiosity, and a discount voucher, got the better of my common sense. also the odd treat is surely not that criminal. oh yes, as you can see (or worked out from the title) i elected to go with a dubai "style" chocolate muffin rather than the bar (or slab), not that this would make it healthier. 

exactly what is dubai chocolate? or dubai style chocolate? there's a rather lovely story behind it, if one that does not make immediate sense. apparently, from what i can ascertain, it was made by someone, and i shall suggest a lady, to help "deal" with cravings during pregnancy. this is quite a lovely origin tale, but the lack of "immediate sense" here is that my (basic) understanding is pregnant ladies should generally avoid nuts in case the child (or children) pregnant with have a nut allergy. since pistachio seems to be the "big" addition here, well. famously i am not really to be consulted on anything to do with positive or productive medical matters. maybe the world has moved on and now nut items are just fine for ladies expecting, although i would think not. 

how was it? not too bad. bit rich, really, but that may well be because i am no longer used to eating things like this, what with me mostly sticking to a diet directed towards keeping me alive. as i had no actual expectations there was no disappointment, yet still i think if i had paid around £10 for a bar of it, which i believe is the usual price, i would have been asking myself why. yes, the answer to that is a blend of the cost of ingredients and the economic laws of supply and demand. 

am i likely to try any variation of dubai style chocolate again? no. this has more to do, and apologies for showcasing this once more, with my medical odyssey than any grumbles about the product. but, at the least, i can say i was "down" on what was likely the biggest fad or trend of this year, going off of what them internet types all say. 

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