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International Chocolate Day: what is celebrated?

Ah the chocolate. that delicious ingredient that we all like and that looks good in any dessert. we owe a lot to this sweet, which brightens the mornings and snacks of many people throughout the planet. For this reason, yesterday we celebrated the international chocolate day. ¡Descúbrelo!

Today is international chocolate day

This Tuesday, September 13, the International Chocolate Day. It's a celebration in which the nacimiento of two of the most important people in the history of this highly acclaimed dessert. One of them is Roald Dahl, a famous British writer author of the work "Charly and the Chocolate Factory". The other is Milton Hershey founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company, famous for producing chocolate on a large scale.

The date chosen for this celebration has been located in polemics. For the Academy of Chocolate and Confectionery French, the date should be the 7 of July. This day would refer to the arrival of cocoa from America to Europe in 1550. In this way, would give credit  Maya, who were the first to cultivate this food, and the aztecs, who perfected it.

A delicious chocolate bar for International Chocolate Day
A delicious chocolate bar for the international day of chocolate | Source: Pixabay

If it has ended up being established on the 13th of September such as international chocolate day, it is because it coincides that the aforementioned personalities were born on this day. Both played a key role in the merchandising of chocolate, being Roald Dahl who based his work on his passion for the cocoa and Milton Hershey who sold it at a price affordable for everyone.

the history of chocolate

El the origin of chocolate dates back to the period pre-Columbian. It was the Aztecs who gave this sweet its name, and also who began to make it from cocoa. xocolatl It is what the ancestors of today's Mexicans called it, and this name meant “bitter water”. Your arrival at Spain dates back to the arrival of Christopher Columbus, who was the first to receive some cocoa beans as a gift.

Melted chocolate ready to be spread or for a melt
Melted chocolate ready for spreading or melting | Source: Pixabay

The Explorer Hernan Cortes tried that one too chocolate after the Aztec emperor Moctezuma offered it to him. Cortés liked it so much that he favored the cultivation of cacao in Mexico, the Antilles, Venezuela and Brazil. However, and despite popular belief, it was not any of these men who they introduced in Spain. In the peninsula we met him through some monks who traveled on these expeditions.

The most curious is that after his import it became the official drink of kings and the Spanish court. This was also facilitated by the Church, since it considered that its consumption did not break the periods of fast required. At present we also take it as a drink and consume it as chocolate to the cup represents 21,8%. Its subsequent transformation into Tablets it came to us in the XNUMXth century.

Different types for international chocolate day

One of the best things the chocolate is immense variety of flavors and forms that it has. It is true that it is a very caloric, but it also has We take care of your rental property in Valencia. interesting determined by its composition. In this way, this delicious food adapts to the tastes of all people, varying in its percentage of milk, its bitterness or its filling.

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Assorted Tony's Chocolonely Chocolate Bars | Source: instagram user @cibapvakschool

He has popular is undoubtedly the chocolate negro. The more “pure” the chocolate, the more fat, fiber and energy it provides. The main benefit is that it also increases the amount of protein. in his version solid academic approach, flavonoids are also present, which are known to have a antirust. However, many of the effects centered on the well-being of the heart that are attributed to him have not yet been able to be demonstrated.

What do you think? Are you going to enjoy a delicious chocolate on this important day? We are going to have an ounce or two of this delicious dessert right now. Everything is to respect this great celebration.

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