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All About Chocolate: Eating Chocolate







The Lure and Lore of Chocolate

For centuries, legends from many cultures have claimed that consuming chocolate instilled strength, health, faith, and passion in those who drank it. These legends attributed magical properties to chocolate and endowed it with powerful symbolic value.

Chocolate is still revered as an icon of love and devotion today, and eating chocolate remains a part of many enduring holiday traditions.


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“The divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.”

Hernán Cortés, 1519


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