It's ON CHOCOLATES....

Why is it till now we just can't stop our self from giving it a try whenever we see chocolates...?
Something I have thought of from little...The urge to try chocolate will somehow bring us to get at least one small cube of the whole bar even when mum tries her very best hiding the chocolate bars from us...Whenever whoever buys us chocolate we tend to relax and cool off ...We even feel so happy as the chocolate melts in our mouth...hmm...I have no reason why..There are many chocolates of various brands available in markets namely, Toblerone, Ferrero Rocher, Cadbury, Hershey and etc.

Everything starts from cocoa seed...With some basic knowledge on chocolate production from agriculture class I'm going to give some further details on this chocolate production.

The ripe cocoa pods which are normally yellow, orange or red in color are harvested and split open to get their seeds. The seeds are then fermented for about 7 days in a wooden container and then sun dried for 2-3 days to reduce the moisture content. The dried seeds are now called cocoa beans. The dried seeds are ground to get the cocoa powder which is an ingredient in making chocolate bars, pastries or drinks.

For chocolate making the requirements are cocoa paste (a mixture of cocoa powder and water), cocoa butter, milk and sugar. These components are thoroughly mixed to get a dark, thick and creamy mixture.From the processing of this mixture, we get our chocolates. To diversify the taste and flavor of chocolate bars fruits and nuts namely almond, raisins, cashew nut and macadamia nuts.

Although chocolate are said to be bad for health, there are researches to say that they do bring health benefits too...and yeah so that's it on chocolates...