General knowledge
What are the four holidays that feature a lot of chocolate treats and chocolate given as gifts?
This popular milk chocolate candy bar has peanut butter inside, is circular, and has ridges on the outside.
What is: REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Chocolate is derived from a bean that grows on a tree called a Cacao tree. The bean is called a....
What is a COCOA BEAN?
MYTH OR FACT: White chocolate is real, actual chocolate.
What is: MYTH!! White chocolate is only made from cocoa butter. Real chocolate is made from both cocoa butter and cocoa SOLIDS.
This type of chocolate is thought to be healthier than milk chocolate, as it has less sugar and contains anti-oxidants, which help protect your cells.
What is...DARK CHOCOLATE?
This chocolate bar currently has the most sales worldwide. Is it a Hershey bar, Snickers, Kit Kat, or Milky Way?
What is SNICKERS
TRUE OR FALSE: in World War II, American soldiers were given Hershey bars for energy.
What is...TRUE?
This ingredient is what made chocolate go from tasting bitter to tasting sweet.
What is SUGAR??
MYTH or FACT: giving a dog chocolate could actually kill it.
What is....FACT! Dark chocolate would be worse than milk chocolate, but dogs get very sick when eating chocolate because they can't metabolize caffeine or theobromine, two key components of chocolate.
The area of the world where cacao trees, which need a lot of heat and humidity, grow best-
What is....CLOSE TO THE EQUATOR. Also acceptable: AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO
This candy bar has a nougat filling topped with caramel and chopped peanuts, and is rectangular.
What is SNICKERS??
4000 years ago cacao was worth more than this precious metal-
What is gold?
TRUE OR FALSE: to create chocolate bars, melted chocolate must be poured into molds, where it then cools into its final shape.
What is TRUE?
MYTH or FACT: chocolate causes acne / pimples.
What is...MYTH!! There is no scientific evidence that eating chocolate leads to acne. Acne is caused mostly by hormonal changes.
Chocolate has this substance which causes people to be more alert. Dark chocolate has more of it-
What is....CAFFEINE?
This chili-chocolate sauce is used to top chicken in a popular Mexican delicacy.
What is MOLE POBLANO??
This civilization invented chocolate before the Spanish brought it to Europe. Choices: Ancient Greece, Ancient China, Mayans/Aztecs
What is: MAYANS / AZTECS
Chocolate really took off when people were able to stop making it by hand, and mass-produce it using...
What is....MACHINES, FACTORIES, INVENTIONS
MYTH or FACT: it takes about 400 cocoa beans to make 1 pound of chocolate.
What is...FACT! That seems like an awful lot of beans but not every part of a cocoa bean can be used to make chocolate.
This powder is the dry remains of roasted cocoa beans and is used in brownies, chocolate milk, and hot chocolate.
What is...COCOA POWDER?
This chocolate bar is made with milk chocolate and its texture comes from crisped rice. It has a blue, white and red wrapper.
What is....NESTLE CRUNCH??
Cocoa beans were once so valuable that they were actually used as...
What is CURRENCY or MONEY?
To make chocolate bars melted chocolate has to be poured into a mold or shape. What needs to happen after it is poured into a mold so that it will hold its shape?
What is....it needs to be cooled so that it can harden!
MYTH OR FACT: it is legal for chocolate companies to have 50 insect fragments per 100 grams of chocolate.
What is: FACT!!!