It seems as though the prediction that we will experience bizarre food mash-ups in 2014 is coming true.

The word is on the street about a new ChocoChicken restaurant from Umami Burger founder Adam Fleischman.  You read right, ChocoChicken!

Yes, that’s right, ChocoChicken, as in chocolate and chicken.

Fleischman emphasized right then and there, though, that it’s not gonna be chicken with a mole sauce, or chicken dipped in chocolate. It’s chicken taken to a whole new level. The batter has chocolate infused into it. The world has yet to experience this novelty!

“I think a lot of people think we’re going to just be spraying Hershey’s syrup on a chicken wing,” Fleischman told TODAY.com. “It tastes nothing like you think it does.”

Suffice it to say, the recipe remains a secret. However, Fleischman told TODAY.com that what he does is marinate the chicken for 12 to 24 hours. After which, a secret breading is added, and then a final rub. Chocolate happens to be part of every step to the recipe, he added.

The first ChocoChicken is expected to grace the people of Los Angeles this March. But fret not if you’re nowhere near L.A. Fleischman is confident there will one day be 1,000 to 2,000 ChocoChickens nationwide. The restaurant will also introduce house-made biscuits and ground-breaking sides.

He founded the first Umami Burger back in 2009, and Los Angelenos went bonkers over it. Will chocolate-infused fried chicken be just as revolutionary? They claim that it’s gonna have that “crack factor,” which will be to-die-for. The chocolate taste is not as subtle as you might assume.

“From the first bite, you think, ‘Why has nobody done this before?’ ” he said. “It isn’t sweet, but it is definitely chocolate, and it is just delicious. It’s not what people think, and they are going to have to try it to believe it.”

Initially I was kind of put off by the thought of chocolate and chicken together, but I sure as heck will try it if given the chance. How 'bout you?

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Joanna Maligaya

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Ever since she can remember, Joanna has always considered chocolate as the ultimate food for her soul. She believes in the saying, “9 out of 10 people love chocolate, and the 10th always lies.”

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