Ingredients

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 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro 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

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