Which Flavour Reigns Supreme?

So it has come to my attention that people take their food very seriously. VERY SERIOUSLY. I myself dont think I could ever be with some one who didn't like the taste of garlic. I dont know if I could even BE FRIENDS with some one who didn't like the taste of garlic. Everyone has their thing that they dont like to eat, BUT what about when propositioned with TWO AWESOME things. Where do the chips fall if you had to pick between two of the worlds great bean flavours. Vanilla VS. Chocolate. A fight to the death really. Everyone has a preference. and the battles that go down between these two groups have been EPIC, like Voldermort vs. Harry, or Good vs. Evil to say the least. Perhaps its a gender thing? or an age thing? Perhaps those people with a more refined palette choose one over the other, no one knows.

So as I sit here with NOTHING to do on a wednesday nightshift at work I decided to do a little brain
storm .

Chocolate would seem to be be the more versatile flavour at first glance. Why, it already comes in three different types. White chocolate, Milk chocolate and Dark chocolate. On top of that you get varying degrees of cocoa concentrations. What variety!

But Then you delve into the complex nature of vanilla, the basis for oh so many great recipes. Even recipes for chocolate cake and cookies and doughs of many sorts call for vanilla extract. Vanilla is almost the building block of other flavours. Think of all the delicious combinations of things when you mix vanilla with other flavours such as Vanilla Mint. It coexists with so many other flavours without overpowering them. It doesn't scream at you, it just lets you enjoy the wonderful flavour that is vanilla, in all its natural sweetness.  Vanilla works as a base for many more flavours, you can make an entirely new flavour out of a base of vanilla ice cream, you could make pineapple, or strawberry or really anything! but with chocolate you become limited to the realm of chocolate. You cant make strawberry ice cream out of strawberries and chocolate ice cream....thats just strawberry chocolate ice cream.

But then again, chocolate has all its wonderful pairings as well. No one can forget Chocolate Strawberries, Mint chocolate, caramel and chocolate, chocolate fondue...

I go back and forth on a regular basis as to which flavour truly reigns supreme. I guess it is simply a matter of personal preference. A Tie you might say...(which is almost worse than losing). It is now 2:00 in the morning and my brain can no longer process the deep complexities of the flavour world.

Are you Chocolate or are you Vanilla...just some food for thought.