Sweet Facts About Chocolate

Today is World Chocolate Day! Now here is a day we can all get behind. Is there anyone who doesn’t enjoy this velvety treat in one way or another? Indulge yourself today and entertain your friends and family with these fun facts about yummy chocolate goodness.

1.  The average serving of milk chocolate has about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaf coffee.

2.  It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of chocolate.

3.  Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease by one-third.

4. Hot chocolate was the first chocolate treat and was as brewed in both Mexican and Aztec culture, though the result was nothing like today’s hot chocolate. It was very bitter.

5.  A lethal dosage of chocolate for a human being is about 22 pounds.

6.  Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and protects against tooth decay.

7.  German chocolate cake was named for Sam German, who developed a sweet bar for Baker’s Chocolate–and was not from Germany.

8.  White chocolate is not technically chocolate as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor. But it does contain parts of the cacao bean—mainly cocoa butter.

9.  Americans consume 100 pounds of chocolate every second.

10. Chocolate is the only edible substance to melt around 93° F, just below the human body temperature. That’s why chocolate just melts in your mouth and your hands.