Chocolate was introduced in Europe in 1519. Then chocolate was served as a bitter cacao-bean drink, known as xocoatl.
Chocolate is Americas favorite confection regardless of what form it is in – cakes, cocoa, candy bars, or a coating for various candies or fruits.
Cocoa trees first were present in South America’s river valley. The word “chocolate” and “cocoa” are derived from the Aztec language.
Today’s premium gourmet chocolates are available in many kinds and flavors. There are chocolate covered nuts, decadent flavored truffles, simply wonderful fudge, smooth creamy chocolates, chocolate covered crackers, cookies, pretzels, and pickles; yes even pickles!! Molded chocolate gifts, sugar free chocolates and healthy dark chocolates and delicious fruit cordials with whole berries.
With this many rich, sweet choices today it is hard to remember chocolates’ humble beginnings. 
Chocolate is an affordable luxury that can and should be enjoyed everyday!!
Nothing compares to the unbelievable taste of a fresh made caramel candy. Especially an irresistible, chewy Vanilla Caramel.
But add a sprinkling of sea salt and you will find yourself with a triumph of confectionary genius. A buttery, smooth, creamy caramel covered in gourmet chocolate and topped with sea salt.
Great for gift giving or sharing, if you are so inclined. Perfect for anyone since they are available in milk or dark chocolate.
Chocolate made sweet and made into a candy.
A small chocolate – covered candy with a hard or soft center.
Fermented, roasted, shelled and ground cacao seeds combined with sweetener or flavoring agent.
Food for the soul.
Candy made with chocolate.
A wonderful food made from ground cacao beans.
A sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate or nuts.
Food of the Gods!
Enjoy!!!
When you think of chocolate it can be an over whelming feeling that you have got to have some. The taste, texture and aroma of that rich, sweet wonderful chocolate.
Something you do not need to think about are the chocolate liquor, cacao beans, cocoa butter, conching, fermentation, polishing, roasting, tempering and winnowing. All these things are very important in order to have that end result of “chocolate,” but need not be thought about.
Again enjoy a rich delicious chocolate taste that is so seductive and makes you feel good. A true experience that provides complete pleasure. Having a piece of fresh gourmet chocolate is like having a glass of expensive fine wine. The irresistible textures and flavors of premium, fresh, gourmet chocolate will delight your palate.
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Has anyone ever told you that you are not allowed to eat chocolate because it is a candy? If you think chocolate is as bad as candy, think again. Chocolate is actually very different from candy despite the fact that is often called it. Chocolate is not a candy because it does not fit the definition, it is healthy, and it is natural.
Some people might ask, “Why is chocolate not a candy?”and first I would tell them, just look it up. First of all, the definition of candy does not include chocolate. This is because the definition of candy clearly includes “boiling down syrup,” which is not used in chocolate. Also, the definition of chocolate is entirely different from candy. According to Webster’s Dictionary, chocolate is, “a food prepared from ground, roasted cacao beans.”
Unlike candy, chocolate can be healthy and beneficial to the body. Chocolate can help you live longer. According to a Harvard University study, men who ate chocolate lived one year longer than those who didn’t. Candy can also give you cavities, but chocolate can actually prevent them. Cacao contains antibacterial agents that can even fight tooth decay.
While candy is an artificial food substance, chocolate is fabulously natural. Chocolate is so natural that you could even say it grows on trees. Chocolate is made from cacao beans that are taken from the cacao tree that grows in Central and South America. Additionally, how could chocolate possibly be considered artificial when people have been eating it for thousands of years? The Aztec people, an ancient civilization from Central America, ate and drank chocolate.
In summary, chocolate is not a candy for 3 different reasons: first, it does not fit the definition, second it is a healthy food, and third, it is natural. Some people might say that chocolate is a candy because it has sugar in it. However, fruit has sugar in it too, and no one would ever call fruit a candy. So next time someone tells you “No Candy,” just pull out some chocolate instead, and if they question you, just explain all the reasons why chocolate is, without a doubt, not candy.
