Real Cravings – Chocolates

Chocolate day? Yeahhhh! Today is Chocolate day! Everyone loves chocolate. Have you ever heard someone saying they don’t like chocolates? Of course not, how can someone hate chocolate! It’s like hating heaven! Chocolate are nothing but mood fixers. They can easily make us happy, full of joy. They are surely magical. Chocolate can make every other beverage more better and tasty! Chocolate chips in cold cold chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup all over it, oh my god! Chocolate can enhance and help to create the most luxurious desserts and can even be enjoyed and indulged on its own. It’s one of the best invention by mankind must say!

But  these delicious stuffs have come from where? The history of chocolate goes back around 2,500 years. The Aztecs loved their newly discovered liquid chocolate to the extent that they believed the god of wisdom, Quetzalcoatl, literally bestowed it upon them. Cocoa seeds back then even acted as a form of currency. Could you imagine going shopping or buying a house will a huge pile of Cocoa seeds? It would be wonderful, no? These days, the chocolate was bitter, as it was long before sugar was added. Once chocolate took a turn and went sweet in a 16th Century Europe, chocolate caught on to the masses and became one of many households favourite treats. Whatever happened back then surely was awesome! What can happen better than chocolate!

Oh you are thinking how is chocolate made? Many people are unaware that chocolate is a fermented food. You heard that right, once the cacao pods are picked, and then cleaned of pithy white material from the fruit, they are dried and then the cacao beans are fermented. The cacao nibs are revealed once the papery shell is removed. This is where the fun and creativity come in. 
Chocolatiers then grind the nibs into cocoa mass, separating them into cocoa solids and cocoa butter, they then combine them with milk and sugar. If they’re creating white chocolate then it’s just the chocolate butter with milk and sugar. It’s definitely worth celebrating this process, especially considering how much thought goes into getting it just right. Which chocolate u love? White? No? Oh we know its kinda tough! It’s okay we’ll have both 😉 and of course truffles are love!

Chocolate is certainly of the world’s favorite ! Often referred to as the magic bean, it definitely deserves to be celebrated. When we have moments of joy and happiness we cherish those moments by sharing chocolates, and they increase our happiness for sure.Everyone loves it, and the recipes that come with it are nothing less than amazing! A choclate shake? Or a chocolate cake? And what about pancakes!?Again impossible to choose!

Some Benefits of Chocolate are:

High nutritional value
Advantageous for fetal development and growth
Rich source of antioxidants
Lowers risk of heart disease
Improves blood pressure and blood flow!

When consumed in moderation, chocolates may not harm the body. So go have a piece because just like everyone else, you deserve good things too. You deserve chocolates.
On this Chocolate Day, we the paradox team are  sharing this article as an epitome of my immense love to you all. Keep smiling always. Happy World Chocolate Day 2020.