75% of the artificial vanilla produced in the world is used for ice cream and as a flavoring for chocolate.
Cacao plants are slated to disappear by as early as 2050 thanks to warmer temperatures and dryer weather conditions.
For most of its 4,000-year history, Chocolate was actually consumed as a bitter beverage rather than as a sweet edible treat.
When it Comes to Coughs, Chocolate Is More Effective than Codeine.
Before the Columbian Exchange, there were no oranges in Florida, no bananas in Ecuador, no potatoes in Ireland, no coffee in Colombia, no pineapples in Hawaii, no rubber trees in Africa, no tomatoes in Italy, and no chocolate in Switzerland.
How you serve food and drink matters in the perception of taste. Hot chocolate tastes better in orange cups, scientists found.
The average chocolate bar contains 8 insect parts.
Chocolate is the only edible substance to melt around 93° F, just below human body temperature. That's why chocolate melts in your mouth.
A lethal dose of chocolate for a human being is about 22 lbs., or 40 Hershey bars.
Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease by one-third.
There are Potato Chips Dipped in Milk Chocolate.
Chocolate can sicken and even kill dogs.
Scientists can reduce the fat in chocolate by 20% by passing it through an electric field.
Nutella was invented during WW2, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his cocoa supply.
The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which triggers relaxation.
White Chocolate isn't technically Chocolate, as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.
It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound (450 gr.) of chocolate.
Chocolate magnate Milton Hershey canceled his reservations for the Titanic due to last minute business matters.
The inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
M&Ms were created in 1941 as a means for soldiers to enjoy chocolate without it melting.
Belgium produces an amazing 220,000 tons of chocolate per year. Brussels International Airport is one of the world's largest selling points of chocolate.
German chocolate cake isn't German. It's named for Sam German, an American baker.
Cats can get sick or die from eating chocolate.
The World's Largest Chocolate Bar Weighed 5,792 kg (12,770 lb).
Every second, Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate.
Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and protects against tooth decay.
There's a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate.
In 2013, Belgium issued a limited edition of chocolate flavored stamps.
100 pounds of chocolate are eaten in the U.S. every second.
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