Thursday, March 5, 2009

I love chocolates....


My most favorite appetizer! Nothing beats chocolate for me! I love chocolates especially dark. They are so yummy and sweet! Everyday, every night, and every time I eat chocolates. It makes me energetic. Everyone loves chocolate because it is sweet. Every valentine guys give chocolate to girls and everywhere chocolates are available. Chocolates are also used as flavors and toppings to our favorite deserts usually in cakes. They are really great and awesome!



................. Fun Facts ..................


Did you Know.........?

  • Chocolate was introduced into the United States in 1765 when cocoa beans were brought from the West Indies to Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  • Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

  • In Hershey, Pennsylvania, the streetlights along "Chocolate Avenue" are in the shape of Hershey Kisses.
  • The world's first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. Van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce cocoa butter, to which he added cocoa powder and sugar.

  • The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means "Food of the Gods."

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