Back in NY, it would have to be a pretty dire situation for me to turn to a vending machine for sustenance. I would have to be at a point of mission critical hunger. Not that I haven't always given myself a healthy dose of chocolate, but not, oh no, not chocolate sourced from a...a vending machine (shock! horror!).

But here I am now, in Paris, and my new favorite snack is a Kit Kat Chunky, which I purchase almost each day at work from a vending machine upstairs. In fact, see that one up there? I just ate it. These Chunkys are so good...with a thick layer of chocolate coating and crispy, crunchy interior...they are much more satisfying than those skinny little guys we have back in the US (also available here as well). And for some reason, in Paris, the vending machine stigma (shock! horror!) has ceased to exist.