“Forget love—I’d rather fall in chocolate”

“Forget love—I’d rather fall in chocolate” (or “Forget love—I want to fall in chocolate”) is a popular saying around Valentine’s Day. The saying is usually given as “anonymous” or “author unknown,” but has been attributed since 2007 to “Sandra J. Dykes” or comedienne “Sandra Dyke.”
 
The saying appears to have started as a bumper sticker in 1994: “Forget love. I want to fall in Chocolate.”
   
   
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Forget Love
I want to fall in Chocolate
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (John Fereira)
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 1994 15:47:03 GMT
Local: Sat, Jul 9 1994 9:47 am
Subject: Re: Good Places to Meet People? 
 
Saw a license plate holder yesterday that said:
 
Forget Love
I want to fall in chocolate
 
John Fereira
Viacom Cable
Pleasanton, CA
   
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From: “Michale M. Murphy”
Date: 1996/07/16
Subject: Re: Copyright Clearance Center
 
Forget love—I’d rather fall into chocolate!
   
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From: J Wendel
Date: 1996/12/27
Subject: The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery
 
Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate. (stolen from food list)
     
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Jackie)
Date: 2000/01/16
Subject: Re: chocolate quiz
 
~~Forget love, I rather fall in chocolate~~
   
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Fire Chief)
Date: 2000/04/15
Subject: More chocolate
 
Forget love—- I’d rather fall in chocolate!
   
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Joe Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:03:17 GMT
Local: Mon, Oct 30 2000 2:03 pm
Subject: Re: BROKE MY FOOT !!! 

Forget love—- I’d rather fall in chocolate!
     
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (\(Phyllis\))
Date: 2000/11/06
Subject: WHY WE ALL NEED CHOCOLATE 😊)))
 
Forget love—I’d rather fall in chocolate!!!
   
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Luneseven)
Date: 31 Jan 2001 17:35:23 GMT
Local: Wed, Jan 31 2001 11:35 am
Subject: Chocolate Espiritual
 
De la coleccion “Fall in Chocolate” por Victoria Smith
 
Dark and sweet
I run my tongue
across its satin surface,
slippery and smooth.
It yields to my kiss
an exquisite taste on my lips.
Slowly, so slowly
I savor the moment
as it melts in my mouth,
a creamy surrender
to forbidden passion.
Forget love ...
fall in chocolate.
   
Google Books

Smoothies for Any Time, Reason Or Season
By Ruth Cullen and Kerren Barbas
Edition: illustrated
Published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
2003
Pg. 72:
Forget love…I’d rather fall in chocolate!
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
   
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Cooking for Company:
All the Recipes You Need for Simple, Elegant Entertaining at Home
By Nicole Aloni
Published by HPBooks
2003
Pg. 154:
Forget love…I’d rather fall in chocolate.
—Anonymous
 
Google Books
Shrink Yourself:
Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever
By Roger Gould
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons
2008
Pg. 65:
You’ve probably seen those bumper stickers that say, “Forget love. I want to fall in chocolate.”
   
14 February 2008, Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review, “Love—It Does a Body Good”:
“Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate!” from comedienne Sandra Dyke.
   
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Word Mark FORGET LOVE I’D RATHER FALL IN CHOCOLATE
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