COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE: If you’re ever in need of a chocolate fix, try stopping into Honolulu Coffee Co. at Ala Moana Center. Beyond the counter and baristas is a shelf full of the house’s new artisan chocolate bars, a custom blend that includes Valrhona chocolate and other ingredients, whether you like it dark, extra dark or with milk. Flavors include Macadamia Sea Salt, with 63 percent cacao and red Hawaiian sea salt from Kauai. Each 3.5-ounce bar is $7.50. Call 949-1500 …

SUPER SACK MONDAYS: McDonald’s will contribute $500 to the University of Hawaii Athletics program for every defensive sack on an opposing quarterback made by the Warriors during the 2010 football season. Last year the Warriors recorded 19 sacks, raising $9,500 for UH athletics. Each restaurant will have a display board with the UH football schedule to track the number of sacks by the Warrior defense in each game. Then, every Monday after a UH Warriors game, regardless of the outcome, customers can purchase the Super Sack Big Mac Meal, which is a Big Mac Extra Value Meal with a second Big Mac added free …

$49 MENU AT THE COLONY: The Colony Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa is bringing back its $49 menu, featuring some of its most popular dishes at a discount. The new menu features a trio of starters (California roll sushi, casserole of prawns, and tomato and Maui onion salad); an entree choice of filet mignon, New York strip or macadamia nut chicken breast served with baked potato and steamed asparagus; and a dessert choice of Mango Tango or a chocolate crunch bar. The restaurant is on the second floor of the Hyatt and also features a martini menu of $7 selections until 7 p.m. Call 237-6140 …