One Scrumptious Bite To Euphoria

When heaven descended down to the earth, ages ago, they left a bit of human’s delightful craving, chocolate. Chocolate is considered to be a favorite of billions of people. This brown block deliciousness has stolen many hearts over the time.

This beauty of a thing is made out of cacao seeds, which have a bitter taste and are known to be fermented to create the flavors. According to the Wikipedia, the majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs. The word “chocolate” is derived from the Classical Nahuatl word chocolatl. The world of now has many food stuffs that are made out of chocolate. From chocolate cakes to chocolate chip cookies, candy bars to even the savory dishes like the beef and chocolate stew, everything you eat could consist of this ingredient with a little thought and imagination.

When it comes to the ‘Land of chocolates’, it is Switzerland you must go, to savor some of the best chocolate that is made in the world. Though different people have different tastes, so does chocolate. They are three prominent ones, the milk chocolate, the dark chocolate and the white chocolate. They look similar but are widely contrasting from each other in accordance to flavor. There’s the milk chocolate, that’s really sweet, the dark one that’s slightly bitter and the white one which doesn’t contain cacao solids at all. For this reason, in some countries they do not consider white chocolate to be a chocolate at all. The ruby chocolate is the latest addition made to the list by Barry Callebaut in 2017. It gets its name from 'ruby cocoa beans' , out of which it is made of and tends to taste both sweet and sour.

Though many people consider that eating chocolate could lead to health risks but let me tell you they’re many benefits that are backed up by science. Dark chocolate is considered to be a very good source of antioxidants and is said to reduce any cardiovascular diseases. Researchers over the years have found that it could also bring a decline in your cholesterol levels and also improve the flow of blood throughout the required brain parts. Eating chocolate can elevate your mood too, as it said to contain a chemical called serotonin, which makes you feel pleasant and good.

As the times flies by, the competition among these chocolate companies to please their customers have increased too. We’ve got some of everyone’s favorite like Snickers, Hershey’s bar, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Ferrero and Kit Kat. Though these all are of different brands, the love for chocolate is one and the same. Chocolate is like an addiction, with its sweet smell which is quite welcoming to the tummy and scrumptious to the palette. And there’s one thing that’s for sure is that there’s never too much chocolate. So anyone craving for some right now?