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For many years, Chocnut has been very popular among Filipinos here in the Philippines and abroad. Balikbayans are sure to bring boxes of these back to their foreign land and cherish it until their supply runs out. It has been popular for generations and it is obvious that this chocolate-peanut butter treat never fails to melt the hearts of the Filipinos. Chocnut is definitely on of the best “pasalubongs” Filipinos can offer. Although it is just a mixture of cocoa powder, milk, sugar, and ground peanuts, it is unique and unpredictable just like the personality of Filipinos.

Upon seeing Chocnut on the counters of supermarkets, it wouldn’t get much attention as the other brands. It’s packaging doesn’t have that classy and expensive completion, giving it a less attractive look compared to the other products. Although the company didn’t put much effort in its appearance they surely turned the heat up when it came to the actual treat. It gives us a better understanding of the quote, “looks can be deceiving”. The same quote could be altered and say, “tastes can be deceiving”. Chocnut may be very delicious and extraordinary but it could be bought at a very affordable price. It is true that greatness comes in small and maybe cheap packages.

Chocnut may bring us surprises but so is its maker: the Filipinos. They may have that bad reputation of being stupid, low-class, and poor. Supposing some of it may be true, Filipinos have more to offer than pinoy-jokes and debt receipts. They live a simple life and though they do not have the luxury on everything, they still find happiness in what they already have. This is where they are well known for, their optimistic personality, their hospitality, and their courteousness. Filipinos have their way of having fun in the middle of a crisis and are nurses and flight attendant all over the world for they can give others the hospitality everyone wants to have. Their close family ties reflect this personality where the furthest relationship to a person will feel like the closest. Lifestyles do not define the goodness in people.

Though Filipinos have all these strengths, they also have their own weaknesses. One of these is being fickle-minded. They can be very indecisive often times and they cannot seem to commit to their own decisions. They are easily distracted and next thing you know, their plan has completely changed. Filipinos are also into gossips most of the time. They tend to slow down and check out a scandalous scene even if it might put them to danger or slowing down beside a car crash scene even if it will cause more traffic. Their curiosity takes over them so easily that sometimes it leads them into dilemmas. Maybe this is why they fit so well with Chocnut. The chocolate-peanut butter treat will certainly leave you wondering if its chocolate or peanut butter. Eating Chocnut will put you into the shoes of the Filipinos, and experience their fickle-mindedness with just a small candy. You will be debating with yourself on what tastes more distinct, chocolate or peanut butter. The curiosity of what it is more of will lead to smelling it, just to prove the theory. However, this will fail you even more because its smell is nothing like its ingredients. You will end up in defeat and declare to yourself that Chocnut is unique; it is neither chocolate nor peanut butter, but rather Chocnut. It has a flavor of its own, and shall be called with its own name.

Filipinos, among other races, is unique. No matter where they are, they are sure to stand out from the crowd. No other nation can compare to with the way they keep their relationships close, and the way they are hospitable and optimistic than others. Filipinos too are talented for they can be very creative and resourceful in terms of making handicrafts and other products. No wonder they were able to make such unique chocolate. Chocnut has the edge over the other brands like Hershey’s, Cadbury, and Meiji for they cannot give the same chocolaty and creamy goodness Chocnut can give. From Its inexpensive wrappers and mysterious taste and smell, to the Filipino’s simplicity and complexity of their personality and character, it is safe to say that the uniqueness of Chocnut reflects the uniqueness of the Filipinos.

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