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Hot chocolate is poured directly on the vanilla ice cream square, then immediately put in a freezer for 30 seconds so the chocolate can set.

Winnowing removes the meat (also known as the nib) of the bean from its shell.

They were listed for sale in the Sears, Roebuck, and Company catalog.

Chocolate syrup, of course!

Chocolate ice cream was one of the first ice cream flavors since common drinks such as hot chocolate, coffee, and tea were the first food items to be turned into frozen desserts.

Dr. Filippo Baldini wrote a treatise entitled, De sorbetti, in which he recommended chocolate ice cream as a remedy for various medical conditions, including gout and scurvy.

Although vanilla is considered the most popular flavor of ice cream, ever since the Italians froze hot chocolate in 1692, chocolate has been a close second.

They were published in Naples, Italy, in Antonio Latini’s, The Modern Steward.

Forrest Mars is the genius behind the Mars bar, M&M’s, and the Milky Way.

False. Making one ounce of chocolate requires up to 35 beans.

Switzerland leads the world in chocolate consumption with 22.36 pounds per person, according to a survey by Chocolate Manufacturers Association.

The United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium

No, it was invented by a Dallas housewife in the 1950’s. She used Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate, named for 19th-century American chocolate maker, Sam German.

The Mayans are most often credited with inventing drinking chocolate in 500 B.C., though recent evidence suggests the brew could date back even further (2,500 – 3,000 years!)

Cocoa butter (main source of fat in chocolate) contains oleic acid, the monounsaturated fat in olive oil, and stearic acid, a type of saturated fat that doesn’t raise “bad” LDL cholesterol.

M&M’s – “melts in your mouth, not in your hands!”

Because cacao trees are so delicate, farmers lose, on average, 30 percent of their crop each year.