National Chocolate Day

 

National Chocolate Day!

If your like me and  love chocolate, every day  is Chocolate Day but today, October 28th is  National Chocolate Day!

 

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There is nothing better than a rich, dark, moist piece of chocolate cake!  I remember when I was young, my grandmother would serve me chocolate cake with a big glass of cold milk for breakfast.

 

Some Chocolate Facts:

Chocolate was first cultivated about 3,000 years ago by the Mayans and Incas.

Chocolate has nutrients called flavanols that help to increase blood flow to the heart

Dark chocolate can help raise good cholesterol levels while lowering the bad cholesterol.

It also has fiber and antioxidants.

Switerzland is one of the top countries for chocolate consumption.

White chocolate is not “chocolate” even though it originates from the cocoa plant.

 

 

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Chocolate is good for hot or cold days.  I love a chocolate ice cream sundae, drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream on the hot sunny day (but I can eat this ANY day)  and there is nothing better on a cold, chilly morning to start my day with a hot cup of cocoa, again topped high with whipped cream.

 

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Some of my favorite chocolate snacks are Lil Bites, the small brownies and are so delicious with milk and chocolate hazelnut cookie sticks.  Of course I must have chocolate pudding and when in a hurry, I always have pudding cups on hand but love making the Chocolate Mounds pudding.

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My “couch office” is never without some kind of chocolate to keep me going.  Whether it be Brownie Brittle, Hershey’s candy or delicious Brookside Goji & Raspberry flavored  covered with Dark chocolate, I’m set to keep my energy up while I’m blogging.

 

Check out the blog from  Foodimentary.com for National Food Holidays so you don’t miss your favorite!

 

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There are so many different kinds of chocolate treats from candy, truffles, brownies, fudge, ice cream, cakes, and hot chocolate just to name a few.  I can eat it everyday!  Do you like chocolate?  What is your favorite?

 

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

12 Discussion to this post

  1. I didn’t know this. I don’t have a massive sweet tooth, but I might have something a little later to celebrate!

  2. Well now… Here I sit, with my car gone so no way to get to the store to buy some chocolate! Had I known beforehand that it was National Chocolate Day things would be much different… lol Thanks for sharing the info and the scrumptious pictures. I’ll have to patiently wait for my son to return before I can pay homage to the mighty chocolate.

  3. Alice Gerard says:

    Mmmm, scrumptious. I’m starting to crave chocolate and to know that this is National Chocolate Celebration Day… well, what could be better than that? Your pictures are making my mouth water so, maybe, I will now eat a little chocolate, but I have nothing as decadent as those lovely photographs.

  4. doug says:

    My favorite halloween candy is chocolate. I wonder if there is any connection, why are the dates so close?

  5. Brenda Fluharty says:

    I had no idea and me without cake!

  6. Alexandra says:

    can’t forget about chocolate chip cookies! lol I love those and piroulines! 😁

    • Martha says:

      How could I forget chocolate chip cookies! My granddaughter makes the BEST CC cookies! LOL Oh, that’s you Alexandra, so you already now. Thanks for visiting, now get back to baking!! <3

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