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After an expedition to the Americas, Columbus brings back cocoa beans to Europe.
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After bringing cocoa beans to Spain, the Europeans now have a high demand for chocolate and like to drink it either hot or cold.
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Dutch chemist, Coenraad Van Houten added salt to the mixture of chocolate to reduce its bitterness.
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Josesph Fry adds cocoa butter back to chocolate to make it moldable and delicious. Thank the lord.
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Fry made the first ever chocolate easter eggs which were decorated by hand and would have been an absolute luxury that I would have sold my left arm for.
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Daniel Peters revolutionalised the recipe of chocolate by adding powdering milk into the mix. This was the moment that the milk chocolate that we know and love was born. Thank you Daniel Peters!
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Cadbury follows Fry's lead and starts making chcolate easter eggs, these too are made from bitter dark chocolate.
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Milton S Hershey purchased chocolate processing equipment for the Worlds Columbian Exposition to later use for his own chocolate factory.
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During the War, cadbury was redeveloped to withstand the hot conditions of the tropics so that when sent to the troops chocolate would not melt.
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As their first overseas factory Cadbury came to Hobart, Tasmania.
reference:</a>http://www.moolollybar.com.au/blog/chocolate/short-history-cadbury-chocolate/
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On average, Australians consume 5-6kg of chcolate per person, per year.
