Chocolate lovers rejoice! Today is National Chocolate Day. Because chocolate is so well-loved in the United States and world-wide, it is celebrated several times during the year, and there are many variations on the theme like American Chocolate Day, or National Fudge Day, too.
Chocolate can be healthy. Jacques Torres, "Mr. Chocolate" himself recently sent out this tweet "Could chocolate prevent malaria? The Bill & Melinda foundation thinks it might!"
Find out lots more chocolate nutrition and fun facts, and get chocolate recipes and dessert trends with the chocolinks in the sidebar and below:
* Easy, delicious nutty chocolate fudge recipe
* Nut-free chocolate fudge recipe
* Hawaiian chocolate haupia pie recipe
* Formula 3 racing car powered by chocolate
* Chocolate -- Ingredient of the Week
* Secret recipe to the best chocolate chip cookies
* King Arthur Flour guaranteed chocolate chip cookies
* Top 10 dessert trends for 2009
* Magic chocolate cookies transform into cake!
* "Chocolate Pilot" honored for WWII candy drops
* The Sweet Lure of Chocolate, SF Exploratorium Online Exhibit
* Chocolate cupcakes vintage recipe
* Easy Philadelphia double chocolate cheesecake recipe
* Fast, easy chocolate, brownies, fudge, sundaes recipes from Mary Engelbreight