The idea to celebrate the Day of chocolate belongs to the French, who in relatively recent 1995 organized the first large-scale celebration in honor of everyone's favorite sweets. And if at first the celebration was intra-national, then in due course the neighbors of France adopted the tradition, and it spread throughout the world, taking shape of a grandiose event.
When is the World Chocolate Day celebrated?
To all those who are eager to join the list of those glorifying this delicacy, one must know the number of World Chocolate Day in the world. So, this date falls on July 11th. Although some people celebrate it on September 4, they are not able to be satisfied with just one day of the year.
The date of World Chocolate Day brings together all the fervently tied to the joy of sweet tooth. Sweet master classes, tasting of chocolate desserts, presentations of novelties, fairs, festivals, competitions, sweet body-art are held all over the world this day. And if you sit on a diet and limit yourself to sweet, on this day you will have to forget about all the prohibitions and plunge into the sweet world of chocolate delicacies.
From the history of chocolate
When Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered America, he, among other things, brought this to the rest of the world the amazing fruits of the cocoa-bean tree. After several attempts to improve the recipe on their basis, the Spaniards guessed to add to the bitter substance the sweetness of sugar cane. Such a dessert fell to the taste of the king, and soon the chocolate became the "food of the gods" for the aristocratic elite of the society of Europe.
Only with time, when the mass production of chocolate on an industrial scale was mastered, this delicacy became available to all other members of society.
The shape of chocolate bars was obtained in the 19th century, when workers of a confectionery industry first invented a hydraulic press for the manufacture of cocoa butter, and then learned to produce a three-component mixture of cocoa powder, cocoa butter and sugar. A little later, milk was added to improve the quality of chocolate.
Tiled chocolate has gained wide popularity. And today, walking around the supermarket, we see a huge variety of chocolate with different fillers and additives - with raisins, nuts, yogurt, airy rice, etc.
In addition, modern manufacturers have learned to produce, in addition to bitter and dairy, white chocolate, which contains no cocoa powder. Instead, it includes vanilla and dry milk milk.
How to celebrate World Chocolate Day?
Wishing to join the worldwide movement of chocolate-worshiping, it is possible to arrange a party at the World Chocolate Day, inviting all friends and relatives. And that everything on this day reminded of the holiday theme, discuss in advance the dress code - clothes and accessories in a tone of black white and milk chocolate with all sorts of attributes of this sweetness.
Decorate the room for the holiday, respectively: hang out garlands of sweets, make out huge paper breadcrumbs of chocolate, here and there, place vases with chocolate treats.
Of course, on the occasion of World Chocolate Day, the menu should contain a maximum of sweets with his participation - ice cream in glaze, chocolate cocktails , fruit with chocolate chips, chocolate cakes, etc.
On top of that, watch the whole movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". A more suitable movie for such a day is not to be found.
We are sure that this day will be remembered to you and your friends for a long time, and maybe even become a tradition. And, it must be said, it is these traditions that make our life a little sweeter and more fun.