Watermelon Salad with Chocolate Vinaigrette

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Red wine vinaigrette:

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (recommended: Tabasco)

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 cup chocolate syrup

1/2 cup cream of coconut (recommended: Coco Lopez)

Salad:

1 head Romaine lettuce, soaked and dried in a salad spinner, spines removed from leaves and torn into bite-sized pieces

1 large red onion, thinly sliced

12 scallions, white and tender green parts only, sliced on the bias into 1/2-inch slices

2 tablespoons minced fresh tarragon leaves

2 English cucumbers, diced small

1 pint halved grape tomatoes

1 seedless watermelon, diced small

1/2 cup diced dried apricot

1 cup halved white grapes

1/2 cup chocolate covered raisins

1/4 cup white chocolate chips

1/4 semisweet chocolate chips

1/4 pound bacon, cooked until crisp