Fun Chocolate Facts for World Chocolate Day 7th July World Chocolate Day falls on the 7th July. Although, if we had it our way, every day would be World Chocolate Day! As history has it, in the year 1550, July 7th was the day that chocolate was first introduced to Europe.
If you ask us, it sounds like the perfect reason to treat yourself to a night of relaxation and recovery by enjoying some chocolate whilst you soak in a Chocolate Fudge Cake infused bubble bath… after all, it’s good for your health!
To celebrate World Chocolate Day, here are seven fun chocolate facts:
3. Chocolate is Mouth-Meltingly Tasty
1. Chocolate Money in Mayan Times
The Mayans are believed to be the first to discover chocolate and, in Mayan times, your favourite chocolate bar may have been worth it’s weight in gold! Like many early civilisations, ancient Maya would barter and trade goods instead of using coins as money. However, it’s recently been discovered that the Mayan civilisation started to use Cacao Beans as a form of currency.
2. Chocolate is Good for Your Health
Have you ever wondered why chocolate is so mouth-meltingly tasty? Chocolate melts at just below human blood temperature, which is why it is so mouth-meltingly satisfying. Milk chocolate has higher levels of cocoa butter so is more likely to melt in your hand whilst dark chocolate will melt in your mouth! Not a fan of messy, melting chocolate in the Summer? Get your chocolate fix with our Chocolate Fudge Cake bath & body care treats instead.
4. Say it with Chocolate
Hooray – chocolate can be good for your Belgium are famous for their delicious health! It is generally believed that the darker chocolates. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise to the chocolate, the greater the health benefits. find out that, in 2013, Belgium issued over 500,000 postage stamps which smelled of Recent studies have shown that dark cocoa and were coated in a varnish to look chocolate could prove to be good for helping like chocolate. boost our immune system, reducing inflammation and increasing brain activity! This is The stamps even had a special glue that all thanks to being full of antioxidants, such tasted like chocolate when licked! as flavonoids, catechins, and polyphenol antioxidants. 6
