The Chocolate Ceremony
Meaning - This ceremony is fun for couples that enjoy chocolate. It represents that chocolate nourishes the soul and that life can be bitter and sweet – both like a marriage can be.
Time - About 2 to 3 minutes in length
Supplies - A small portion of both dark and milk chocolate
Placement - This ceremony enhancement can be place anywhere in the ceremony but many couple elect to put it just before their wedding vows
Example of the wording for this Enhancement:
Spoken by the Officiant
_____ and _____ share a love of chocolate. Today they are going to feed each other small bites of chocolate which are being used as a representation of what they expect out of their marriage.
Chocolate, in any of its forms, provides our bodies with nourishment. Chocolate not only feeds our bodies, it also can nourish our souls. For _____ and _____, chocolate is a special treat that they indulge in every once in a while to bring them joy or nourish their souls. Today, _____ and _____ recognize that their marriage is also a sweet treat that will bring joy to their lives and nourish their souls.
Throughout your lives together you will have times that are like eating your favorite chocolates; sweet and filled with a favorite flavor: raspberry, cream, or caramel. At other times you will experience the dark and bitter-sweet side of life, like the darkest of chocolates.
_____ please take a piece of the dark chocolate and feed it to _____. Now _____, please feed _____ a bite of the Dark chocolate.
Right now you both are experiencing the more bitter side of chocolate together. Just as in life you will have to experience those more bitter times together.
_____ now take a piece of the milk chocolate and feed it to _____.
And _____, please feed _____ a bite of the Milk Chocolate.At this moment you are both experiencing the sweet side of chocolate together. These bites of chocolate represent the wonderful sweet life that you two will have together.
Nothing is truer than the statement made in the movie “Forrest Gump”. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get, but by sharing these chocolates together today _____ and _____ acknowledge this fact and proceed forward into their marriage prepared to deal with it all together.