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The Connection Between Love and Chocolate

ADvTECH Group • Feb 10, 2020

The Connection Between Love and Chocolate  By Chef Hayley Sutherland

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and our go to gift is always something sweet for our loved ones. Have you ever asked the question why? Why is chocolate and candy our first choice and why do retailers fill the shelves with heart shaped chocolates and sweetie pies?

Not many will know but chocolate is considered to be an aphrodisiac food, releasing brain soothing chemicals which increase energy and desire levels. Chocolate is proven to produce a natural high which elevates a person’s mood and this is often equated to feeling in love.

Chocolate comes from the cocoa tree which is also known as ‘Theobroma cacao’ which is the Greek way of saying “food for the gods”. It is safe to say that if chocolate is fit for a God, I can certainly give it to my significant other to show my love and appreciate for them.

In times gone by chocolate was considered to be highly prized luxury item (this was among the Mayan and Aztec periods). Cacao was so precious that chocolate was reserved to be enjoyed by the wealthy and important. Chocolate also became an important commodity that was used to trade for other items of value.

It is also believed that the Mayans had a specific cacao god or goddess named Ek Chuah, and the seeds are thought to have been used for ceremonies like marriages.

As time went on the production of chocolate was commercialized and companies like Cadbury jumped on the band wagon and began producing many different types of chocolates in beautifully decorated boxes all ready for you to hand to your loved one on the international day of love which is valentine’s day. 

In today’s time chocolatiers are sort after and they produce beautifully decorated and filled chocolates a true art to be admired and definitely something that you can gift you special person on valentine’s day and know that they will love you all the more for it!

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