Ladies, you ever have one of those days where you're cravin' so bad you wanna bite the head off a Chocolottie doll? Of course you do, we all do. I'm having one of those days right now, and 3 days ahead of schedule, as usual. Of all the days to start WeightWatchers. Sheesh!



In 1989 Mattel came out with the Cherry Merry Muffin line, and now nearly 20 years later we still can't get that jingle out of our heads! Of all the Cherry Merry Muffin dolls, Chocolottie has always been my favorite. Chocolate muffins are the best because really, they're a swipe of frosting away from being cupcakes. She wasn't the forerunner of the toy line, but she should have been! For one, she smelled like chocolate. Not as chocolately as the wrapper of a Hershey bar, but the best chocolate scented plastic I've ever whiffed! Also her coordinating kitchen helper was a little chocolate chip that looked just like a dookie with a green bow.



It was two years into the line before Cherry Merry got to hop onto the real food bandwagon. While Barbie was running rampant with her own Ice Cream Shoppe, poor Miss Muffin was stuck with plastic baked goods. In '91 we finally saw the Magic Milkshake Blender which had absolutely nothing to do with muffins, but it came with a packet of hut fudge and a coupon for Baskin Robbins, so all was not lost. Note that I said it came with CHOCOLATE and not CHERRIES. We all know who the real star of the line is. Chocolottie, your day will come!