Feb

Fun Chocolate Facts For Kids

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Did you know that by the time chocolate is actually processed into chocolate it is already three to five years old? Did you know that chocolate grows on trees? Did you know that to make 7 chocolate candy bars you only need one pod from the tree where chocolate grows?

That is right! These are just some of the most amazing, fun chocolate facts that you can astound and amaze your family and friends with. Too, it is really exciting to learn all of these interesting facts. So, the answers to the questions above are, yes, chocolate grows in the Rainforest on a tree called the Cacao (pronounced kah Kow). This tree produces pods that contain the seeds used to make chocolate, however, it takes them three to five years to grow these pods and once grown, each pod contains enough seeds to make those 7 chocolate candy bars.

So now that you have, through these fun chocolate facts, learned a little bit about where chocolate comes from, keep reading to find out some more interesting things about the number one flavor, as chosen by the people, in the United States.

For example, did you know that chocolate is used in more consumable products than any other flavor? It is, of course, the primary ingredient in almost 90% of our candies and sweets from candy bars to candy coated chocolate candies. It is also used in cookies, cereal, beverages — such as hot chocolate, chocolate milk, chocolate flavored coffee; it is used in ice cream and many other deserts such as cakes and pies; it is used in sauces and it is also being introduced into the menus of main dishes in restaurants across the country.

So now that you know that there are many uses for chocolate in the culinary world, can you think of any other things chocolate may be used for? Well, one of the other uses for chocolate so many years ago, was in medicine. Could you imagine being sick and having to take chocolate as part of your cure?

It is true, there have been many, many uses of chocolate over the last several hundred years, and now you know just a little bit more about this wonderful delicacy by way of these fun chocolate facts, see if you can find other facts that are just as interesting.