pete: yes! abby: because we need more junk food on the show don t we, pete? pete: you recently said you ate a lot of junk food. abby: i was pregnant, of course. usually you get off that diet when you have the child. i just kept it going. pete: exactly. abby: how can you not when you anchor the show every weekend. pete: email us your favorite junk food be a what about is yours? pete: cheetoes once i eat one i got to go through the bag. griff: i will wait to reveal. i didn t realize the question was which was your one favorite and my daughter s which rides in the back of the car with me when i got asked the question stephanie rattled off a long litany of junk food. pete: yes, she did. griff: i can t eat chocolate i have to make up with things like cheetoes. abby: anything chocolate. send us your favorite junk food friends@foxnews.com. a lot of news to get. to say something that s being talked a lot about for a 2020 run against president
cocoa prices, 70% of the global s cocoa production in surplus, 9-year low, chocolate, anything chocolate, any day, not just today is actually going to be just a little bit cheaper. also we are looking at spending for valentine s day, that s the other big story, dinner or a show, maybe you ll buy jewelry which the popular guest average spent right now around 500 bucks. so the chocolate is cheaper but you re going to be spending average $500. overall spending for valentine s, 7.6% drop this year over last year for valentine s spending in general. maybe it s because we are all thinking about the 500 dollar evening that we are about to have. are people crazy? heather: i was thinking the same thing. cheryl: dinner, show, a lot of people go all out. [laughter] heather: let s talk about
welcome back. earlier in the show we asked what single food you could survive on. natalie is back from feeling under the weather. i m feeling better. colleen said, aunt mary s scotch diet. she lost 30 pounds in a few weeks. tough to drive and go to work though. she really leaned out the thighs, but that belly doesn t look so good. gotta be the american hamburger, has all food groups if it s stacked right. that s very true. and then gary said anything chocolate. that s a good one. especially all the ben and jerry s stuff, those new flavors. it s fantastic. we have to say welcome back to a len. he brought me gloves back from sochi. morning joe starts right now.
of the 30 states, 26 in the midwest and south. much of the healthy states are here on the east coast including new york, massachusetts and the district of columbia. on that note, one more reason to eat a little chocolate, everybody. you are going to love this. a dose of chocolate, caramel, new nugat. what is that? i digress. let s get to the nuts and bolts in the chocolate of the story. new study out. it tested about 90 folks, 70 years and older. gave them a high, medium. low dose of chocolate. and those that were given a high or a medium dose tested better. so actually a little bit of cocoa, little bit of chocolate, little bit of nugget. good for you every day. is there anything chocolate cannot cure? in moderation of course. with the bag of potato chips will help, absorb into the body. next one. you know expression you can die of a broken heart?