Fun Chocolate Facts

Mexican Emperor Montezuma drank Chocolate before entering his harem. This gave chocolate it's aphrodisiac notion.

Napoleon supposedly carried Chocolate on his military campaigns, and ate it to restore energy.

The word "Chocolate" comes from the Aztec word, "cacahuatl" or "xocolatl" They mean "bitter water".

Cocoa was originally spelled cacao, but became cocoa from a misspelling.

Cocoa trees require warm moist climates. thus these trees are mostly found in West Africa-Ghana, the Ivory Coast, and Nigeria.

Chocolate syrup was used in Hitchcock's famous shower scene in "Psycho". The 45 second scene took 7 days to shoot.

The first chocolate brownie recipe was in The Fannie Farmer Cookbook in 1896.

Chocolate chips were introduced by Nestle in 1939.

Chocolate is made to melt in your mouth because cocoa butter has a melting point just below the average human temperature.

Chocolate can be deadly for dogs because of an ingredient called Theobromine which can be toxic to their central nervous system and cardiac muscles and can cause death.

Cocoa beans were first brought to Europe by the Spanish Conquistadors in 1528.

Henri Nestle of Switzerland was the first to create milk chocolate by adding condensed milk when making chocolate bars.

To make one pound of chocolate it takes about 400 cacao beans.

Rudolph Lindt of Switzerland was the first to develop a method to give Chocolate a smooth consistency in 1879.

The oldest known Americans, The Olmecs from 1500-400 B.C., were probably the first users of cacao.

The first recorded "Death by Chocolate" occurred in the 17th century.

Chocolate has great health benefits. It helps depression, high blood pressure, tumors and premenstrual syndromes.

Aztec Indians believed chocolate to be an aphrodisiac to increase sexual desire.

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