Many of you must have misunderstood Happy Chocolate Day with World Chocolate Day and would believe that they both are the same dates and same celebrations, while it is not true.
Interesting, Yeah?
World chocolate day, also known as Internation Chocolate Day happens to be on July 7 every year and was first celebrated in 2009. It is believed to be celebrated as the making of first chocolate in Europe in 1550 while Happy Chocolate Day, a day which comes on February 9, every year, was first introduced in 2008 and is being celebrated as a day during Valentines Week.
With Different Dates, they have different significance and different purpose of celebration. Happy Chocolate Day is known to be introduced in 2008, just to make Valentine's Day, a grand celebration for lovers and was accomadated along with other Valentines Week days like Rose Day (Feb 7), Propose Day (Feb 8), Promise Day (Feb 10), Teddy Day (Feb 11), Hug Day (Feb 12), Kiss Day (Feb 13) and Valentine's Day (Feb 14). Happy Chocolate Day is meant for gifting your partner with chocolates. On the other side, World Chocolate Day is known for eating chocolates guilt free. On World Chocolates Day, Chocolate lovers from around the world grab the bite of different chocolates like Dark Chocolates, Milk Chocolates, White Chocolates, Ruby Chocolates.
Although, Dark Chocolates rule on both dates and is most widely eaten form of chocolate but this is not all. People love consuming chocolates in many ways like Chocolate Cakes, Chocolate Shakes, Brownies, Pastries, icecreams, cookies, doughnuts, choco lava cake, choco chip muffins, choco chip icecreams, Hot Chocolates, Chocolate Puddings, Choco Breads and many more recipes which offer the sweetness of chocolates for your tastebuds.
Dark Chocolates are not just known to be a great stress-buster but also improves blood flow, helps people with High Blood Pressure. It is also a powerful source of antioxidant and helps in reducing the risk of Cholestrol Problems, particularly in men. Not only this, Dark Chocolates also help reducing the risk of heart diseases.
It may also surprise you that not just Dark Chocolates, all other types of Chocolates too have similar ingredients and characteristics to overcome these major health issues like Cholestrol, Blood Pressure and Heart Diseases.
Just like it's taste, Chocolates have a sweet history behind them. First used in 450 BC in the form of Fermented Beverages, Chocolates are made with Cacao Seeds which is believed to be the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, by the Mexicans. Until 1815, when a Dutch chemist Coenraad van Houten introduced alkaline salts to chocolate, they used to be very bitter in taste and had a very small market. With this evolution followed by invention of a press to remove about half the natural fat (cacao butter) from chocolate liquor, by the same Dutch chemist Coenraad van Houten, Chocolate not just became much tasteful and consistent in quality but also became much affordable for the chocolate lovers. With this change, Companies like Cadbury and Nestle started manufacturing boxed chocolates and made it available globally.
Now, as you know much about chocolates and these 2 different Chocolate Days i.e. World Chocolate Day and Happy Chocolate Day, Here are some of the interesting quotes and memes, we found online for Happy Chocolate Day 2022:
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