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It's Chocolate Week! How do you like your chocolate?

Happy Friday everybody, hope you're having a lovely day.
If you're anything like me, you probably love chocolate and can't help but pick some up every time you do the weekly shop.
Luckily for us all, this week is chocolate week, which gives us a great excuse to chat about how much we love the stuff.
That show taught me some super interesting chocolate facts, some of which I wanted to share today.
You can listen to the podcast here.
Happy Chocolate Week! Let's show our appreciation for it
If you're anything like me, you probably love chocolate and can't help but pick some up every time you do the weekly shop.
Luckily for us all, this week is chocolate week, which gives us a great excuse to chat about how much we love the stuff.
Fast facts on chocolate
I recently listened to an episode of the You're Dead to Me podcast, which is a BBC Sounds show that focuses on a certain subject each episode and takes a fun deep dive into it's history. The subjects can be people, historical events or in this instance chocolate!That show taught me some super interesting chocolate facts, some of which I wanted to share today.
- The Aztecs loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their civilisation.
- The origin of the cacao plant, the beans of which are used to make chocolate, dates back to 3300 BC.
- In it's very early form, chocolate was consumed as a bitter drink, which was often flavoured with chili or honey. It wasn't thought of as a food.
- The only time that coco has been successfully grown in England was in York in 1932 by Rowntree's. They only managed to grow one pod, which they took the beans from and made one small chocolate bar, which was given to the now Queen Elizabeth II, who was then Princess Elizabeth.
- The scientific name for the tree that chocolate comes from, Theobroma cacao, translates as food of the gods.
- In the 18th century, the Italians used to put chocolate in lasagne.
- Solid chocolate bars, as we know them today, weren't a thing until 1847 and were first made by Fry's. The first milk chocolate bar was made in 1875.
You can listen to the podcast here.
Your chocolate preferences
- If you could only eat one chocolatey snack for the rest of time, what would it be?
- Which do you prefer, dark, milk, or white chocolate?
- Do you share your chocolate with others or keep it for yourself?
- How do you like your hot chocolate when you are at a cafe? I like it with cream and marshmallows.
Happy Chocolate Week! Let's show our appreciation for it

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If not then I also like fruit and nut very much.
i try not to share my chocolate, I’d rather buy another bar and give it to someone as well.
i prefer dark chocolate as in the fry’s bar but I also like milk chocolate and Belgian chocolate.
i rarely drink hot chocolate but if I do I don’t have it with marshmallows.
i just realised, I have no chocolate in the house! 😨
I don't particularly like sharing my chocolate either, I prefer to eat it while nobody is around so that I can use the excuse that there wasn't anyone to share it with
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Which do you prefer, dark, milk, or white chocolate? Milk
Do you share your chocolate with others or keep it for yourself? Always myself, no-one shares Cher's chocolate
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oMy go to chocolate treat would have to be maltesers
I only like milk chocolate and yes I dont share but will buy extra so I dont have to, we have a strict rule and if I buy chocolate it is put in separate cupboard one for me and one for my son
I would have hot choc with cream a flake and marshmallows
Close second would be maltesers.
I would happily share my chocs but only because I always make sure I have loads in...
I love a hot chocolate with marshmallows squirty cream and a dusting of chocolate powder on top...
Would you not even share one little square @Cher_Scope?
I like that rule @janer1967, we have something similar. My partner has her own cupboard where her snacks go, I'm not allowed anywhere near it
I love Ripples as well @cress and the sound is also a big factor for me, that first bite is always so glorious.
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If you had to estimate, how long would you say it's been since you had a chocolate?
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I used to eat too much chocolate. I don’t seem to be able to just eat a reasonable amount when I do eat it, so I decided the only thing to do was to cut it out completely which seems to have worked!
And ah I see @chiarieds, to be fair I prefer savoury food as well, if you ultimately gave me the choice.
I feel like we should have a poll on that ! Yeah, let's, why not, here it is.
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It's also better to have dark chocolate in a drink.
What's your favourite make of dark chocolate?
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I've learned a new saying, thank you @Tori_Scope
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What about this new flavour. Ruby chocolate. Or is just that the colour?
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Hopefully we will see bars of it soon as it is nice, a bit tart if that makes sense.
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I think I'm just greedy
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And thanks for the tip about the hot chocolate, I'll try that.
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Heat some milk until it’s almost boiling (but not boiling, as this will spoil it) and then pop in 50g of regular eating chocolate. Let it melt into the milk and stir it together.
Very unhealthy and I haven’t had it for several years but delicious
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