Chocolate News
The Delicious, Ancient History of Chocolate and Vanilla
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE Archaeologists are discovering that two of the world’s most prized flavors have a much richer history than we thought. Of all the great debates—Coke versus Pepsi, boxers versus briefs, shaken versus stirred—few have been more polarizing than chocolate versus vanilla.Hot chocolate: 17 tons of cocoa burns on German highway
German authorities say a busy stretch of highway had to be shut down after a truck carrying 17 tons of cocoa caught fire.
Worker rescued after falling into 20,000-pound tank of chocolate in New York
A worker at a New York chocolate and candy factory jokes he’s never going to eat chocolate again after falling into a 20,000-pound tank of the sweet stuff and injuring his arm.
How Hershey became America’s iconic chocolate brand
In 1900, Milton Hershey sold his caramel company and started experimenting with milk chocolate. Over the next 100 years, Hershey’s Chocolate grew into an iconic global brand.