The Fry's chocolate factory sold the first ever chocolate bar in 1847.
In 2011, Thorntons made a giant chocolate bar weighing almost six tonnes and measuring four metres wide and long!
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown in Africa.
The leaves on a cocoa tree are roughly the size of a human hand.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock The first milk chocolate bar was made in 1875 when Daniel Peter added milk to the recipe.
During World War II, the government banned companies from using fresh milk, so Ration Chocolate was made using dried skimmed milk powder.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 66,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs are made every hour and Cadbury sell over 200 million of them in the UK every year!
People in Switzerland eat more chocolate than anyone else. They consume about 22 pounds of chocolate per person per year.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock One chocolate chip provides enough food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet.
In 1909, Toblerone patented their chocolate bar to stop others trying to copy it!
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock Each cocoa tree produces between 20 and 50 fruits, which each hold from 25 to 50 beans.
When cocoa pods are ripe, they turn red, yellow or orange.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock The Latin name for the cocoa tree means ‘Food of the Gods’.
The Mayans were the first people to really enjoy chocolate. They roasted and ground the cocoa beans and used them to make a cold bitter drink.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock Chocolate contains dopamine which is a natural painkiller.
One fifth of all chocolate is eaten between 8pm and midnight!
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock It is said that Victorian people couldn't pronounce ‘cacao’ so they renamed it ‘cocoa’.
The Aztec and Mayan people used cocoa beans as money. They swapped them to 'pay' for things.
www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock The world is facing a shortage of chocolate because of diseases that affect cocoa trees.
Every American and Russian space voyage has included chocolate bars.
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