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The cocoa bean is the basic ingridient of chocolate, it is the heart of chocolate. It is the seed of the fruit of the cocoa tree
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The earliest record in either 1400 to 1100 BC where the tropical mix of high rain fall combined with high year round temperatures and humidity provide the ideal climate for cultivation of the plant from which chocolate is derived, the Cacao Tree.
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A spicy, chili-laced concoction drunk by the Mayans for its invigorating, health-promoting qualities.
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Dark chocolate can either be sweet, semi-sweet, bittersweet or unsweetened.
Used as a for ceremonial and medicinal purposes, and also as a luxury for the elite. -
Also called baking, plain or bitter chocolate. This is chocolate in its rawest form
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Joseph Fry & Son creates a paste. The paste could be pressed into a mold, resulting in bar candy
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Daniel Peter was the creator of milk choclate. He figured out how to combine milk and cocoa power to create milk chocolate
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German Chocolate is similar to semisweet chocolate, but has a higher sugar content in it. German chocolate cake is named after Samuel German
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In 1907, a small teardrop-shaped piece of milk chocolate was created. Fun Fact : Kisses candies were named for the “kiss-like” sound that the machinery made when the Kisses were in production.
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Chocolate made with cocoa butter, sugar, milk, emulsifier, vanilla and sometimes other flavorings. It does not contain any non-fat ingredients from the cacao bean and has therefore an off-white color.
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The Chunky Bar is filled with nuts and raisins. The Chunky Bar was invented by Philip Silverstein at his candy company on Delancey Street in New York.
