Do you love chocolate? We have some fun and interesting facts about chocolate that you might not know.
Test your knowledge now:
Chocolate facts:
1. Hershey’s produces over 80 million chocolate Kisses--every day
2. The English chocolate company Cadbury made the first chocolate bar in the world in 1842
3. Champagne and sparkling wine are too acidic to go well with dark chocolate. Red wine typically compliments it the best
4. Reports predict that the global chocolate market will grow to $98.3 billion in 2016 from $83.2 billion in 2010
5. U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make milk chocolate
6. It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate
7. Approximately 71 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold during the week leading up to Easter. Only 48 million pounds of chocolate is sold during Valentine's week. In contrast, over 90 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold in the last week of October leading up to Halloween
8. The first chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1937 by Ruth Wakefield who ran the “Toll House Inn
9. Over 50% of adults in America prefer chocolate to other flavors
10. The largest and oldest chocolate company in the U.S. is Hershey’s. Hershey’s produces over one billion pounds of chocolate product annually
Enjoy this delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe
Test your knowledge now:
Chocolate facts:
1. Hershey’s produces over 80 million chocolate Kisses--every day
2. The English chocolate company Cadbury made the first chocolate bar in the world in 1842
3. Champagne and sparkling wine are too acidic to go well with dark chocolate. Red wine typically compliments it the best
4. Reports predict that the global chocolate market will grow to $98.3 billion in 2016 from $83.2 billion in 2010
5. U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make milk chocolate
6. It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate
7. Approximately 71 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold during the week leading up to Easter. Only 48 million pounds of chocolate is sold during Valentine's week. In contrast, over 90 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold in the last week of October leading up to Halloween
8. The first chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1937 by Ruth Wakefield who ran the “Toll House Inn
9. Over 50% of adults in America prefer chocolate to other flavors
10. The largest and oldest chocolate company in the U.S. is Hershey’s. Hershey’s produces over one billion pounds of chocolate product annually
Enjoy this delicious chocolate chip cookie recipe
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