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Chocolate Scrabble

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Chocolate Scrabble

Keeping the kids occupied with a brain stimulating board game is always a good idea, but couple that with the prospect of getting chocolate everywhere and you've got a recipe for disaster. The next problem is that when the players have devoured all of the pieces, they'll have a tricky time playing the next round.

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