Miscellaneously Yours

Chocolate may very well be one of the most amazing foods on the planet. Literally, considering it is a product of nature, made from cacao beans. But what truly makes this wonder food a wonder food is that fact that you can do just about anything with it.

from timeinc.net

There’s chocolate bars, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate cake, brownies, hot chocolate, chocolate ice cream, candy bars that mix chocolate with other things, nutella, chocolate cereal, the list goes on.

Chocolate has been used as far back as ancient Mayan culture. Some older cultures believed that chocolate (consumed as a drink) was a source of power was something that only the rich could consume. Nowadays, chocolate is more used for pleasure and occasions such as Valentine’s Day, Easter,  and Christmas.

There are three main types of chocolate: dark, milk, and white. Dark  chocolate is the best type of chocolate nutritionally, because it has less sugar and more antioxidants then other chocolates. Milk chocolate seems to be the most widely used in candies. White chocolate is actually not technically chocolate. When chocolate is made, the cocoa solids are separated from the cocoa butter. Dark and milk chocolates contain both, whereas white chocolate only contains the cocoa butter.

With this many different ways to consume chocolate, you can choose a new one for each day of the year!