Do You Realize Chocolate Bars Have Been Around For Over Two Hundred Years?

[Micheal Jorden]

I am aware of no body that has eaten chocolate and not just absolutely loved it. You will find probably some exceptions, but I'm not alert to them. That is especially true of chocolate bars which come in so many varieties these days there is surely something for everyone. If you think about that you may get chocolate bars with fruit Matrix chocolate bars, marshmallows, nuts, caramel and more there is hardly another confection that has so many diverse choices.

In the early 1800s the chocolate bar was introduced to the masses and by the early 1900s it exploded in popularity with worldwide appeal that continues to improve and never slowed down. Many of the chocolate bars in the marketplace now are still created using the exact same recipe as those of over 100 years ago. It's almost impossible to trust that until right after the Second World War these could be bought for just five cents.

Although there is a nearly endless selection of several types of chocolate bars manufactured now you will find a small number of large companies which have a monopoly on the making and distribution of the confectionary delight. These larger companies are known for buying the smaller companies and then repackaging the products that they know are popular under their very own name. The popularity of chocolate bars has generated some companies even adding protein in their mind to make them more attractive to medical conscious.

The chocolate bar that's probably most familiar to nearly all people is the Hershey's chocolate bar that was brought to the market in the early 1900s by Milton Hershey of Pennsylvania. His recipe, though a carefully guarded secret still includes the method of picking a dozen top quality beans which are then roasted according to which kind of bean it is. This process is accompanied by winnowing, grinding, conching, tempering, and then molding and packaging for shipment.

As a result of undeniable fact that a few of the companies have been in partnership together you will find most of them that usually use the same recipe to manufacture the chocolate with the only real difference coming from the selection of cacao plant that they choose or from what part of the planet they are in. Others have specific factories in various countries that handle certain areas of the process.

A few of the needed substances that get into building a chocolate bar include cacao paste, cocoa butter, and sugar, as well as some optional ingredients such as vanilla, and lecithin. Regardless of brand you go with you are sure to discover a chocolate bar you will love.