Aztecs and Mayan civilizations knew chocolate thousands of years ago. They used to consume it as a drink, as a currency for fighters, and they used to add spices to it instead of sugar.
“Cacao” means “Cocoa” in Spanish and the two words have the exact same meaning
You need about 800 cocoa beans to make only one kilogram of chocolate.
Chocolate has more than 600 flavor compounds.
In 1930, chocolate chip cookie was accidently discovered by a lady called Ruth Wakefield who sold the idea to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
There was a river of chocolate made in 1971 for a movie for the British Willy Wonka Company. The main character Augustus Gloop almost drowned in it and the producers of the movie had to remove the ‘chocolate river’ for its smell!
Brussels Airport in Belgium is the biggest chocolate seller in the world selling 800 tons of chocolate per year.
Most chocolate of the world is imported from African countries such as Ivory Coast, but people there find it too expensive to buy!
Cacao trees live up to 200 years but farmers need about 5 years for the first beans.
More than 35 million heart-shaped chocolate boxes are sold every year on Valentine’s Day around the world.
