Information all the time about what? CHOCOLATE!

By Fat Daddy Sweets

Chocolate truffles have been around for a long, long time, pleasing discerning palates the world over, and delighting adults with their tasty cocoa-infused goodness. The modern chocolate industry as we know it came to life back in 1828 when the invention of the cocoa press made it possible to extract the natural fat from cocoa beans. This fat is better known today as cocoa butter, and it is a tasty by-product of the cocoa bean's solid interior. The first solid chocolate was produced by combining cocoa powder and sugar with the newly developed cocoa butter and special flavorings like vanilla. Later, in 1879, the Swiss began producing their own unique brand of chocolate. Swiss entrepreneur Henri Nestle developed an exclusive recipe known as "milk chocolate" by combining the new solid chocolate with a powder made of dehydrated milk and sugar.

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