--- title: "20 Interesting Facts About Chocolate" url: https://www.kickassfacts.com/choclate-facts/ date: 2021-11-07 modified: 2021-11-07 lang: en author: "Admin" description: "Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Chocolate. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Chocolate 1. The chocolate river in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was made by adding chocolate cream mix..." categories: - "Fact List" - "Food" - "Lifestyle" tags: - "Chocolate" - "Food" - "Incredible" image: https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Chocolate.jpg word_count: 647 --- # 20 Interesting Facts About Chocolate Here are 20 Interesting Facts About Chocolate. ## 1-5 Interesting Facts About Chocolate [![Chocolate river-Interesting Facts About Chocolate](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Chocolateriver_thumb.jpg)](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Chocolateriver.jpg) 1. The chocolate river in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was made by adding chocolate cream mix to 150,000 US gallons of water, which eventually turned rancid and created a foul odor that permeated the entire soundstage. - [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_And_The_Chocolate_Factory#Filming) 2. The inventor of the chocolate chip cookie sold the idea to Nestle Toll House in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate. - [Source](http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/Chocolate_Chip.htm) 3. White chocolate isn't technically chocolate, as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor. - [Source](http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-white-chocolate.htm) 4. The world's oldest person attributed her ripe old age (122) to a diet of olive oil, port wine and 1kg of chocolate per week. - [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_lifestyle) 5. Some holocaust survivors died within their first week of freedom due to overeating chocolates and sweets that was given to them by friendly soldiers – [Source](http://facts.randomhistory.com/holocaust-facts.html) ## 6-10 Interesting Facts About Chocolate [![Japanese Valentine-Interesting Facts About Chocolate](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/JapaneseValentine_thumb.jpg)](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/JapaneseValentine.jpg) 6. In Japan, women give chocolates on Valentine's day. Men are supposed to return the favor a month later on White Day, March 14. - [Source](http://www.stvalentinesday.org/valentines-dayin-japan.html) 7. In 1945, a radar engineer named Percy Spencer was working at Raytheon. He stepped in front of a magnetron, a device that powers radars. He noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Later that year, he filed a patent for the first microwave oven. - [Source](http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/inventors_spe.html) 8. 3 Musketeers chocolate bar originally came 3 pieces to a package, one chocolate, one strawberry, and one vanilla. This changed in 1945 when WWII caused the strawberry and vanilla flavors to be too expensive. - [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Musketeers_(chocolate_bar)) 9. The cookie monster from the Sesame Street rarely touched a cookie (the grease and chocolate was bad for the puppet) and gobbled rice crackers instead - [Source](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster) 10. Hershey milk chocolate uses partially lipolyzed milk to produce butyric acid in order to make production cheaper. The chocolate has a sour taste as a result, leading competitors to add butyric acid to their chocolate simply because the American public is accustomed to the taste. – [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_process#Classification) ## 11-15 Interesting Facts About Chocolate [![German Chocolate Cake-Interesting Facts About Chocolate](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GermanChocolateCake_thumb.jpg)](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GermanChocolateCake.jpg) 11. German Chocolate Cake is named after its creator, Sam German, and in fact has nothing to do with Germany. - [Source](http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/Desserts/GermanChocolateCake/index.htm) 12. An old man gained the trust of a Belgian bank by bringing the workers chocolate. He was given VIP access to the bank vault and in 2007, he stole $28 million worth of diamonds. - [Source](http://www.howstuffworks.com/five-largest-diamond-heists.htm#page=7) 13. The world's first batch of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream was made by Ben & Jerry's, inspired by an anonymous note left on their flavor suggestion board. - [Source](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_chip_cookie_dough_ice_cream) 14. In 1947, a group of kids in Canada sparked a series of protests against candy manufacturers, who raised the price of chocolate bars from 5 cents to 8 cents. - [Source](http://bobbea.com/treasure/vancouver/chocolatewar/chocolatewar.html) 15. In 1943, the Nazis plotted to kill Winston Churchill with an exploding bar of chocolate. – [Source](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9405919/Death-by-chocolate-plot-to-kill-Sir-Winston-Churchill.html) ## 16-20 Interesting Facts About Chocolate [![Nutella-Interesting Facts About Chocolate](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nutella_thumb.jpg)](https://kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nutella.jpg) 16. Nutella was invented in World War II because chocolates were heavily rationed after cocoa supply began to fall. - [Source](http://www.nutellausa.com/history.htm) 17. Most of the edible plants in The Chocolate Room in Willy Wonka actually were edible, and the actors didn't see the set until they were shooting the actual scene. - [Source](http://books.google.com/books?id=7wAK9Dr5uxYC&pg=PA45&dq=we+deliberately+prevented+the+children+and+their+parents&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7jxDT4_sC9TViALd0sjNAQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=we%20deliberately%20prevented%20the%20children%20and%20their%20parents&f=true) 18. Soil degradation and unsustainable growing techniques may cause the production of chocolate to decline dramatically within the next 20 years. - [Source](http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/eco.chocolate/index.html) 19. Scientists at Harvard Medical School suggest drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may keep the brain healthy and prevent memory decline in older people by preserving blood flow in working areas of the brain. - [Source](http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/264551.php) 20. Roald Dahl's inspiration to write 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' came from his personal desire to create a new chocolate bar that would earn praise from Mr. Cadbury himself. - [Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl#Screenplays)