Hot Chocolate Vine

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<option weight="8">Hot Chocolate Vine</option>
<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose> is a plant that can be obtained in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, available for 100 gems during the Feastivus event. Hot Chocolate Vines can toss either singeing hot chocolate, marshmallows, or normal chocolate. When a Hot Chocolate Vine hits a zombie with hot chocolate, all zombies in that 3x3 radius start burning and a hot chocolate puddle will appear in front of the zombie originally hit. When a Hot Chocolate Vine hits a zombie with a marshmallow, the marshmallow will act as a defensive grid object with 2000 toughness.
==Origins==
 
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<option weight="8">Hot Chocolate Vine</option>
<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose> is based off of the Akebia Quinata, more commonly known as the Chocolate Vine, a species of Akebia native to Japan, China, and Korea, it is also an invasive species in America. Hot Chocolate Vine's name is a portmanteau of Chocolate Vine and Hot Chocolate, a delicacy most commonly enjoyed during December. It's appearance is based off of marshmallows, chocolate, and mugs that contain hot chocolate.
==Strategies ==
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<option weight="8">Hot Chocolate Vine</option>
<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose> can be really useful in many situations due to it being able to lob a wide variety of projectiles. 
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<option weight="8">Hot Chocolate Vine</option>
<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose> can be very useful in many strategies because of it's versatility and ability. TBA.
==Upgrades==
===Power-mint===
When boosted by Arma-mint, 
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<option weight="8">Hot Chocolate Vine</option>
<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose>'s marshmallows will gain an extra 4000 toughness, it's chocolate will stun for an additional 4 seconds, and it's hot chocolate will do 70 more dps.
===Plant Food===
When powered with Plant Food, 
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<option>Hot Chocolate Vibes</option>
</choose> will launch all 3 of it's projectiles at every zombie on the lawn.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge(Mediocre)	Toughness(Typical)	Special(Hot Chocolate damage*)	Special(Marshmallow toughness**)	Special(Solid Chocolate stun***)
1 	0 	0 	225 	20 seconds 	300 dps 	25 dps 	2000 dps 	3 seconds
2 	10 	1,000 	225 	19 seconds 	350 dps 	30 dps 	2200 dps 	3 seconds
3 	25 	2,500 	200 	18 seconds 	400 dps 	35 dps 	2400 dps 	4 seconds
4 	50 	5,000 	200 	17 seconds 	450 dps 	40 dps 	2600 dps 	4 seconds
5 	100 	10,000 	175 	17 seconds 	500 dps 	45 dps 	2800 dps 	5 seconds
6 	200 	20,000 	175 	16 seconds 	550 dps 	50 dps 	3000 dps 	5 seconds
7 	400 	30,000 	175 	15 seconds 	600 dps 	55 dps 	3200 dps 	6 seconds
8 	800 	50,000 	150 	14 seconds 	650 dps 	60 dps 	3400 dps 	6 seconds
9 	1,200 	75,000 	150 	13 seconds 	700 dps 	65 dps 	3600 dps 	7 seconds
10 	1,600 	100,000	125 	12 seconds 	750 dps 	70 dps 	4000 dps 	8 seconds
==Almanac Statistics==
==Gallery==
ChocolateVine.png|Hot Chocolate Vine HD
HCVLawn.png|Hot Chocolate Vine on a Premium lawn
HotMug.png|Hot Chocolate projectile
StunningChocolate.png|Chocolate projectile
ToughMarshmallow.png|Marshmallow projectile
Chocolate.png|Chocolate HD
HotChocolatePuddle.png|Hot chocolate puddle left behind by the Hot Chocolate projectile
MarshmallowDegrade1.png|Marshmallow projectile's first degrade
MarshmallowDegrade2.png|Marshmallow projectile's second degrade
MarshmallowDegrade3.png|Marshmallow projectile's final degrade
==Trivia==
*This is my first time ever making levels for one of my plants.
*This originally an entry for the Feastivus contest of 2020 but sadly it was disqualified due to being worked on in my sandbox starting on November 3rd.
*This is my second ever verified article!
*Hot Chocolate Vine will soon become a part of a new mint class called "Puzzle-mint".
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