Happy Cocoa Day!
Yesterday was National Cocoa Day for 2025. . .It’s all so yummy and delicious! Cocoa really makes the world go ’round. . .
Happy National Cocoa Day ! ! !
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A Brief History:
Origination: National Cocoa Day celebrates the origin of cocoa. All modern chocolate contains at least a trace of pure cocoa before iti s mixed down. People celebrate every day with cocoa through modern chocolate, and special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays and a great day, to go alongside its prodege chocolate. The history of cocoa and its creation in tandem with chocolate bean can be traced from the Xocolatl-loving Olmec, Maya and Aztecs of Mexico dating back to the era of between 1900 BC to 1500 BC. The Maya considered cocoa (chocolate) to be food of the gods, with the cacao tree being held to be sacred. They also buried dignitaries with bowls of cocoa (chocolate).
Hot Cocoa Mug Cinnamon Swirls courtesy of Openverse
- 100% chocolate is made of 100% cocoa mass.
- Dark chocolate contains 65% to 99% cocoa mass and 1% to 40% sugar.
- Dark milk chocolate contains 50% to 70% cocoa mass, 20% to 30% milk powder, and 20% to 30% sugar.
More Recent Evolution: Since the Mayan period, the list of ingredients with the relation to most chocolate products has expanded vastly past simple cacao. Companies have reduced the cocoa content to decrease costs related to production and also to increase cOCOA AND chocolate’s shelf life, making the once very valuable delicacy to have varying and limitless variety.
The Last Few Centuries: In the late 17th century people began to mix cocoa (chocolate) drinks with milk to make them taste better. Cocoa has been around for several sets of centuries. The first chocolate factory in America opened in 1765.
More Recently: Today, cocoa (chocolate) is still the very delicious dessert that it has always attained from back in the old days every year. Every year, countless companies come out with a new variation, and present companies introduce different renditions and even “limited edition” variations of the recipes used to produce cocoa and /or cocoa (chocolate) products. More and more renditions and recipes have arisen in more recent years. The microwave had given more opportunities and different styles, especially after inventing the cup-shaped round and square microwavable light grey surfaces that refract the microwave to ensure more even cooking.
Turning Cocoa Beans into Chocolate courtesy of Openverse
Celebrated: December 13th every year!
A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .
Different Flavors of Cocoa:
- Milk Cocoa
- White Cocoa
- Dark Cocoa
- Semisweet Cocoa
- Bittersweet Cocoa
- Unsweetened Cocoa (or Baking Cocoa)
- Cocoa Powder
- Sweet German Cocoa
- Cocoa Truffle
- Cacao
- Brownie
- Fudge
- More. . .
Photo by Johanna84 courtesy of Pixabay
The Evolution of Cocoa:
| Cocoa (Inside Chocolate) History by Decade | |
| Year |
Candy |
| 1900 B.C. |
|
| 1900 B.C. | Dark Cocoa |
| 1820’s |
|
| 1824 |
Cadbury Cocoa Powder |
| 1840’s | |
| 1845 |
Lindt |
| 1850’s | |
| 1854 |
Whitman’s Cocoa Box |
| 1860’s | |
| 1868 |
Cadbury Valentine’s Box |
| 1870’s |
|
| 1875 |
Milk Cocoa |
| 1880’s | |
| 1880 |
Nestlé Milk Cocoa Liquid |
| 1890’s |
|
| 1893 |
Candy Bar (Columbian Expo Chicago) |
| 1900’s | |
| 1900 |
Hershey Bars |
| 1907 |
Hershey Kisses (Hiatus 1942-1947) |
| 1910’s | |
| 1917 |
Clark Bar |
| 1917 |
Moon Pie |
| 1918 |
Johnson’s/DeMet’s Caramel Turtles |
| 1920’s |
|
| 1920 |
Mounds |
| 1921 |
Baby Ruth |
| 1923 |
Mars Milky Way |
| 1925 |
Charleston Chew |
| 1925 | Goobers |
| 1925 |
Mr. Goodbar |
| 1926 |
Butterfinger |
| 1926 |
Sno-Caps |
| 1928 |
Heath Bar |
| 1928 |
Milk Duds |
| 1930’s |
|
| 1930 | Snickers |
| 1932 |
3 Musketeers |
| 1935 |
Kit Kat Bar |
| 1935 |
Sugar Babies |
| 1936 |
5th Avenue Bar |
| 1938 |
Krackel (Retired) |
| 1938 |
Nestlé Crunch |
| 1939 |
Whoppers |
| 1940’s |
|
| 1940 |
York Peppermint Patty |
| 1941 |
M&Ms |
| 1945 |
Nestlé White Cocoa |
| 1946 |
Almond Joy |
| 1949 |
Junior Mints |
| 1950’s |
|
| 1950 |
Look! Bar |
| 1950 |
Andes Mints |
| 1954 |
Peanut M&Ms |
| 1960’s |
|
| 1963 |
Cadbury Crème Egg |
| 1963 |
Reese’s |
| 1964 |
100 Grand Bar |
| 1967 |
Twix (UK) |
| 1970’s |
|
| 1971 |
Hershey Special Dark |
| 1978 |
Reese’s Pieces |
| 1978 |
Rolos |
| 1978 |
Whatchamacallit |
| 1979 |
Twix (US) |
| 1990’s |
|
| 1992 |
DOVE Dark Cocoa Bar |
| 1992 |
DOVE Milk Cocoa Bar |
| 2000’s |
|
| 2004 |
Take 5 |
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The Present:
People all over the world, including the U.S. are enjoying their cocoa, every day!
The Future:
Let’s give thanks and enjoy cocoa this great year and in the years to come. . .
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Harvesting the cocoa bean courtesy of Openverse
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