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National history of chocolate

Breakfast of history and chocolate

Typically when I think of American history I don't really think about chocolate. This is not the case for the good people of the Historic...
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Cadbury Creme Eggs: How do you eat yours?

Every year about this time you start to see them, those colorful wrapped Easter eggs. They appear not only in the candy aisles but at the check out...
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Chocolate kisses

Who doesn't love kisses? Those delicious, sweet, melt in your mouth bites of milk chocolate brought to us by Hershey's for the last 103...
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Lindt Lindor Truffles: Go for the Gold!

In a small confectionery shop in Zurich's Old Town in 1845,David Sprungli-Schwarz and his son, Rudolf Sprungli-Ammann, decided to use a...
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Chocolate: The love drug?

While attending the Chocolate Show in New York today I overheard a man say to his wife “I have never seen so many happy women in one place!...
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S'mores: A childhood treat we never outgrow

Who would have thought something as simple as graham crackers, chocolate bars and marshmallows would make one of the best gooey chocolate treats...
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Some like it hot - chocolate and chiles

El Diablo - Roni-Sue's spicy creationMention chocolate to most anyone and the first thought is “sweet!”. Sure, chocolate is one of the...
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Milton Hershey, the man behind the chocolate

Not long ago, I drove cross country with my best friend starting in Seattle and ending in New York. At the end of the 11th day, weary from miles...
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