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By: Autumn C. Branch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Snickers, Twix, Hershey bars/kisses, Kit-Kats, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, and Reeses....Who doesn't love chocolate? However, chocolate as we know it today is not how it was known and/or used centuries ago. Over 2000 years ago, thats when chocolate, also known as cocao, was discovered. The ancient cultures of both Mexico & Central America are said to be the first groups of people to harvest & make this world-wide sensation, Chocolate. Their way of making chocolate was to ground the cocao seeds, mix them with numerous seasonings, making a spicy and foamy drink. As all things do, these cocao seeds spread to other places. One of them was Spain. While in Spain, new recipies and drinks were created. Word got out about this new chocolate drink and soon it became known to people all over Europe, then all over The World.

 

 

 

 

 

Milk Chocolate 

 

               Chocolate as we know it comes in many forms. Creamy Milk Chocolate happens to be one of the best known types. Its can be surprising to know that Milk Chocolate was created in Switzerland, 1887. Who was the marvelous mind behind such a delicacy.....Daniel Peter. Coincidentally, Mr. Peter just happened to be an employee of the well known Nestle chocolate company. Many people had been trying to invent milk chocolate, but most failed at the task. The problem was that adding liquid to chocolate would cause it to shrink, seperate, & after that the chocolate becomes unusable. After a visit with Mr. Nestle, Daniel Peter decided to experiment with adding sweetened condensed milk to the chocolate & WaaLaaH.....MILK CHOCOLATE. With the conversions of Nestle, Peter, Cailler, & Kohler, Milk Chocolate was the most preferred form of chocolate. Word spread about this new, tasty chocolate from Swizerland, England, America, and eventually basically everyone was eating/drinking milk chocolate.

                                                  

                                           MIlk chocolate dipped strawberries 

White Chocolate

 

                                            Is White Chocolate really chocolate?     

White Chocolate, like all other types, originated from the cacao plant. White Chocolate contains cocoa butter, milk solids, sugar, lecithin, & other flavorings. The FDA is trying to prove that white chocolate is actually not chocolate at all. Why? because all chocolate based foods have a chocolate liquor that white chocolate does not. Though Cocoa butter is a main ingredient to this chocolate & is also found in other chocolates, there is a chance that what we thought was chocolate....really isn't. I'm not saying that it tastes bad, I'm just saying its not REALLY chocolate.

                                                                       

                                                           White Chocolate Chips 

Dark Chocolate

 

     Dark Chocolate is the Original form of Chocolate, coming straight from the cacao plant. This plant is grown in many places, from Africa to Mexico, to Europe. It is best grown in warm, moist climates. Once fully grown, the tree begins to sprout fruits about the size of a pineapple, and inside those fruits is the ingredient that made such a delicacy possible, the cacao bean/seed. Once these beans are ripened, they are fermented, sun-dried, then shipped to places that process chocolate. Every year, 600,000-700,000 tons are consumed around the world. Surprised?......I doubt it. Over the years chocolate has become a household name, well actually, a WORLD-WIDE Name!

 

                              

                          Cocao Plant                                

 

 

 

Chocolate....First's 

 

 

           * Barcelona, Spain was the first place to create machine-made chocolate    

 

           *In 1756, the first chocolate factory in the US of A was made

 

           *Antoine Brutus Menier built the first industrial manufacturing facility for chocolate.

 

           *In 1875, Daniel Peter put milk chocolate on the market

 

 

Mmmmm....Chocolate

 

                                  Chocolate Ice Cream

Recipe:

2 cups (480 ml) half-and-half

1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 vanilla bean or 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 ounces (55 grams) semisweet chocolate, chopped

4 large egg yolks

1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar

Note:  Half and Half cream is a mixture of cream and whole milk and contains 10 ? - 12% butterfat.

Here is a link for more info on this dessert

http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolateIceCream.html 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

• 3/4 cup sugar

• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 2 large eggs,beaten

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

• if desired, 1 cup chopped pecans

 

Find out more At

http://www.popularcookierecipes.com/Chocolatechip.html

 

Chocolate Popo

 

Ingredients:

Two cups of peeled and roasted cacao beans

1 cup of cooked rice (white only)

2 cinnamon sticks

1 chupipi fruit

2 cups of granular sugar

2.5 quarts of water

 

Website: http://www.extremechocolate.com/chocolate-popo-a-tasty-traditional-drink-from-mexico.html#more 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

Kerr,Justin All about chocolate:History of Chocolate"2007,16 January 2009 http://www.fieldmuseum.org/Chocolate/history.html

 

Stradley, Linda Food History "Milk Chocolate" 2004-2009, 16 january 2009

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/MilkChocolate.htm

 

Chocolate-history.co.uk Chocolate History"The Story of Chocolate,Milk Chocolate" 16 January 2009

http://www.chocolate-history.co.uk/milk-chocolate.htm

 

Ehler, James T. "White Chocolate" 1990-2009, 22, January 2009

http://www.foodreference.com/html/artwhitechocolate.html

 

Stardley, Linda Food History "Dark Chocolate" 2004-2009. 22 January 2009

http://whatscookingamerica.net/chocolate.htm

 

 

demand MEDIA Network Essortment"The history of chocolate"2005, 23 January, 2009

http://www.essortment.com/all/historyofcho_rwax.htm

 

Max Vocab  ''chocolate" 2006, 23 January, 2009

www.english-to-go.com/english/samples/max_chocolate.pdf

 

The Gourmet Chocolate Of the Month Club "Chocolate History Timeline", February 5, 2009 http://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/chocolatehistory.htm