As Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts cartoons once said, "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." Most of use certainly would agree that chocolate can make our lives a bit better, and this delectable sweet is one of the most popular foods on earth. Here are a few fun facts about chocolate that you might not know.
Dark chocolate has been shown to produce many benefits to our health. Because dark chocolate contains a high concentration of antioxidants, eating a bit of this chocolate each day can lower one's blood pressure, improve your overall heart health and perhaps even ward off Type 2 diabetes. In addition, scientists have shown that a bit of chocolate can be an excellent mood booster and even the scent of chocolate can improve one's mood.
Chocolate in some ways is similar to coffee. This food is produced using the seed of the cacao tree. The seeds by themselves are quite bitter, and they must be fermented in order to develop a richer flavor. After the fermentation process is complete, the beans are dried and roasted. Then the shells are removed and the remaining part is known as a cacao nib. This is the part that is ground up to make cocoa and chocolate.
Although, it was first produced in Central America and Mexico, most of the world's cocoa now is grown in Africa. Aztecs and Mayans drank chocolate but without any sugar or fat, and it was a fairly strong and bitter drink. Europeans were the first to add the sweet stuff and turn it into a confection. John Cadbury, of the famous Cadbury company, created the world's first chocolate bar around 1842, and the Cadbury brand still is going strong today.
Most of the world's chocolate bars and candies are produced by American companies, and Mars, Nestle, Mondelez International are the three top chocolate producers, while Hershey is also one of the world's Top Ten chocolate producers. Cadbury, still a hugely popular brand is part of Mondelez International. Candy bars such as Snickers, Kit Kat and Milky Way are some of the most popular chocolate treats sold each year, but many people prefer a more gourmet approach to their chocolate and opt for more upscale chocolatiers for their chocolate fix.
If you are searching for some of the world's most amazing specialty chocolates, consider browsing the offerings from Chocolate Pizza Company. Handmade chocolate pizzas are their main specialty, and each of these pizzas is handmade and packaged in a real pizza box. The pizzas come in dark, milk and white chocolate varieties, and Chocolate Pizza Company also offers a myriad of other sweet treats such as truffles, chocolate-dipped potato chips, almond bark, pecan clusters, Peanut Butter Wings and much more. The wings are a special Chocolate Pizza Company invention, a mix of creamy peanut butter and crispy potato chips dipped in melted dark or milk chocolate.
Dark chocolate has been shown to produce many benefits to our health. Because dark chocolate contains a high concentration of antioxidants, eating a bit of this chocolate each day can lower one's blood pressure, improve your overall heart health and perhaps even ward off Type 2 diabetes. In addition, scientists have shown that a bit of chocolate can be an excellent mood booster and even the scent of chocolate can improve one's mood.
Chocolate in some ways is similar to coffee. This food is produced using the seed of the cacao tree. The seeds by themselves are quite bitter, and they must be fermented in order to develop a richer flavor. After the fermentation process is complete, the beans are dried and roasted. Then the shells are removed and the remaining part is known as a cacao nib. This is the part that is ground up to make cocoa and chocolate.
Although, it was first produced in Central America and Mexico, most of the world's cocoa now is grown in Africa. Aztecs and Mayans drank chocolate but without any sugar or fat, and it was a fairly strong and bitter drink. Europeans were the first to add the sweet stuff and turn it into a confection. John Cadbury, of the famous Cadbury company, created the world's first chocolate bar around 1842, and the Cadbury brand still is going strong today.
Most of the world's chocolate bars and candies are produced by American companies, and Mars, Nestle, Mondelez International are the three top chocolate producers, while Hershey is also one of the world's Top Ten chocolate producers. Cadbury, still a hugely popular brand is part of Mondelez International. Candy bars such as Snickers, Kit Kat and Milky Way are some of the most popular chocolate treats sold each year, but many people prefer a more gourmet approach to their chocolate and opt for more upscale chocolatiers for their chocolate fix.
If you are searching for some of the world's most amazing specialty chocolates, consider browsing the offerings from Chocolate Pizza Company. Handmade chocolate pizzas are their main specialty, and each of these pizzas is handmade and packaged in a real pizza box. The pizzas come in dark, milk and white chocolate varieties, and Chocolate Pizza Company also offers a myriad of other sweet treats such as truffles, chocolate-dipped potato chips, almond bark, pecan clusters, Peanut Butter Wings and much more. The wings are a special Chocolate Pizza Company invention, a mix of creamy peanut butter and crispy potato chips dipped in melted dark or milk chocolate.
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