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The Chocolate Milk Fallacy

Posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021

Dave!I don't buy chocolate milk very often. The sugar content is too big a hit, so on the occasion that I happen to have milk in the house and want choccy milk I just use a heaping tablespoon of Nesquik and call it a day.

But last time I was at the grocery store, they had an entire gallon of choccy milk for some ridiculously low price... like $1.69 or something like that. Half the price of a half-gallon. I thought it might be because the expiry date was two days away or something, but it wasn't. I had two whole weeks to get through it!

SOLD!

Because surely I could drink a gallon in two weeks, right?

Yeah. Not so much.

I am barely half-way through it and the expiry date is tomorrow.

Now, I know that you can drink it past the expiry date, and I will probably try and have a glass for the rest of the week so I can get the most for my money... but it will likely not be because I've wanting a glass of choccy milk. And I will likely be dumping out a lot of it.

Oh well. I wish I could say that this was the first time I've been suckered into a "too good to be true" deal that didn't end up being that great. Though since it was cheaper than a half-gallon and I managed to get through half of the jug, I guess it kinda is?

Stuff like this messes with your head. In a day-and-age when groceries are just so darn expensive, I need to remember the chocolate milk fallacy... and that I am a single guy living alone who doesn't eat a lot.

That will save me from crying over spilt milk... as it goes down the drain.

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  1. Lora says:

    You could just freeze the rest of your chocolate milk. My late grandma froze milk all the time. As a widow she wanted to save money so she’d buy milk when it was on sale and then just freeze it until she was ready to use it.

    • Dave2 says:

      I had tried that the last time I bought excess. I did it into ice cube tray cubes, then put the cubes in a bag. But when I thawed them in the refrigerator, it tasted way off… so I don’t know what I did wrong.

  2. Speaking of sugar and chocolate milk. FWIW, my daughter has a seizure condition, and is on a neurologist suggested low carb diet. As such, the “chocolate milk” she’s allowed to drink are the Atkins Chocolate Shakes. Not strictly “milk”, _but_ they’re actually a bit tasty without the sugar. I actually like them myself.

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