A few more things...

My sis-in-law, Viola Diva, brought up an important concern in her comment on the last post. She asked, "What about Milk duds? Do they count?"

You'll have to decide in your family if things like Milk Duds, Whoppers, Junior Mints, etc. count (since the ratio of chocolate to nasty stuff is not high enough) and then teach your children accordingly. In our house, there is a debate. Milk Duds are NOT acceptable to me, but they ARE to Todd. In this case, we let our children be the deciding vote, since they are the ones doing most of the work anyway. One could argue that anything other than a plain Hershey's bar is "polluted" with nuts, peanut butter, or caramel, but when forced to choose between polluted chocolate, or a dum dum, the choice my friends, is obvious. You may also wish to discuss tootsie rolls, since they are merely chocolate FLAVORED.

Another important thing to teach, is what the BACKSIDE of the candy bar wrapper looks like. They are usually very plain, but should never be judged by their cover. This is where the flash cards would again come in handy.

The last thing that I need to cover, is chocolate skittles. These are an abomination, and should not under any circumstances be considered chocolate.