Sunday Brunchies and
Crunchies: 'You don't know the power of the dark
chocolate!'
3 June 2012
Rumble-rumble-grumble-I sense a
disturbance in the force. It quakes, it shakes,
it cries in terror. It's a Jedi. Many Jedi's. No
one can mistake this sound the sound of hunger.
Balance can easily return to the force by ways
of the limited edition intergalactic goodie of
this week's Sunday Brunch.
A few weeks ago, the Walt Disney
World resort saw the return of the popular Star
Wars Weekends, an annual festival of sorts at
Disney's Hollywood Studios for Star Wars fans to
celebrate the popular science fiction fantasy
cinematic series. With exclusive character and
celebrity meet and greets, special events, a
Star Wars motorcade parade, and exclusive
merchandise, there is plenty for Star Wars fans
to immerse themselves in. This year, they had
Darth's Mall, where exclusive Star Wars related
merchandise could be found. Like any mall,
Darth's also had a 'food court' where Jedis and
padawans could purchase R2D2 snack buckets and
the Darth Vader cupcake!

The Darth Vader Chocolate Peanut
Butter Cupcake is a dark and powerful gift from
the Sith. This dark treat is made of a chocolate
cupcake, topped with a thick swirl of peanut
butter frosting, then dipped in a chocolate
coating and rolled in chocolate jimmies. If you
didn't think that was enough, dark chocolate
shavings, a white chocolate light saber, and a
finely detailed dark chocolate Darth Vader mask
finish the cupcake, making it to be not only a
delicious treat, but an elegantly designed and
executed cupcake.

With an event as popular as Star
Wars weekend, some may fear that Disney may fall
victim to the loss of quality due to mass
production to keep up with demand. Though this
year's cupcake actually looks like its picture
in advertisements and exceptionally satisfies
hungry guests as far as flavor, taste, and
overall quality. Some cupcakes at Walt Disney
World are a bit dry, but still good, though the
Darth Vader cupcake was incredibly moist and
exceptionally chocolately. The peanut butter
frosting was not overly sweet nor salty, nor
overwhelmingly peanut butter. Some peanut butter
snacks make you so thirsty because of the salt
content, but the balance was just right for this
frosting.

For those of you who remember my
White
Chocolate Elephant Cupcake review, then you
can understand my caution when biting into the
Darth Vader decoration. I was actually with my
constant food adventure companion Hidden Mickey
Alex for both cupcake encounters, and we were
both worried about the quality of this
chocolate. We were delightfully surprised that
this time, the chocolate decoration was actually
quality chocolate.
The Darth Vader cupcake is
definitely a worthy treat and is a must while
celebrating Star Wars weekends. Until the
weekends final run in Mid-June, the force will
lead you to find the Darth cupcake at the Darth
Mall's food court, ABC Commissary, Backlot
Express, Studio Catering Company, Pizza Planet,
and Starring Rolls. My favorite part about this
cupcake was not only did it please in aesthetics
and high quality, but dark chocolate for one of
the darkest characters in the Star Wars series
was quite an appropriate flavor to match the
theme.