Chocolaty Good Facts

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With the holidays coming I know many of you are thinking about different candy and sweets. Here are some facts about chocolate. • Just the smell of chocolate increases brain waves which trigger relaxation. • White chocolate cannot really be counted as chocolate because it has no cacao solids or cacao liquor. • To make one pound of chocolate you need around 400 cacao beans. • The person who invented the chocolate chip cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate. • M&M’s were created in 1941 so that soldiers could enjoy chocolate without having the problem of melting chocolate. • Every second Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate. • The world’s largest chocolate bar weighed in at 12,770 pounds. • Milton Hershey the chocolate magnate was lucky to have last-minute business matters because they caused him to cancel out on this reservation aboard the Titanic. • Lay’s sells potato chips dipped in milk chocolate. • Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease by one third. • Chocolate has an anti-bacterial effect on the mouth and protects against tooth decay.