Chocolate!Chocolate!

By Abby CutterBy Abby Cutter

What comes to mind when you hear the word

chocolate?

You’re normal if you are thinking of the color

chocolate

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Where in the world does

Chocolate come from?Chocolate comes from a small

tropical tree called “Theobroma cacao”

Cacao is native to Central and South America, but it is grown commercially throughout the tropics.

About 70% of the world’s cacao is grown in Africa

Hershey is the largest chocolate creator in North America.

Founded by Milton S. Hershey, Hershey’s products are sold in sixty countries in the world.

Long time...

Hershey is one of the oldest chocolate companies in America.

Here’s how a cup of cocoa arrived on your breakfast

table...

1528“Chocolate arrives in Spain. Cortés presented the Spanish King, with cocoa beans from the Americas and the tools to prepare it.”

1569

Declared drinking chocolate on Friday does not break the fast for Catholics.

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1677

Brazil achieved an important position in the world market, it establishes its first cocoa plantations.

1765The first chocolate factory in America.

Chocolate manufacture was faster in the US

than anywhere else in the world.

In 1819

Cocoa plantation production increased because it spread to the tropics in both hemispheres by the 19th century. The price of the cocoa beans went down and chocolate became an affordable beverage.

In 1951Bonbons, chocolate creams, hard candies, and carmels were first introduced to U.S. citizens in 1851.

Today we love and eat chocolate because every bite is mouthwatering and you want to eat more and more.

Enjoy your chocolate!Chocolate can come in different ways

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Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chocolatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolatehttp://www.google.com/

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