Hershey Dark Chocolate Kisses
Who would think of munching on Hersheys kisses while quaffing an ice-cold brew? Then again, was it just a coincidence that the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee was only a short walk from the Ambrosia Chocolate Company?
Food of the Gods
By definition, chocolate is a preparation of the seeds of cacao tree, a small evergreen sterculiaceous tree (Theobroma Cacao- theobroma meaning "food of the gods"). These are grown primarily in tropical America, and are cultivated for their seeds which are the source of cocoa. The indigenous Indians used cocoa to make a pungent, bitter drink they called “chocolatl”.
Cocoa was first seen on the European continent when the explorer Cortez introduced Spain to a similar beverage made more palatable with the addition of sugar. It was the English who were first to add milk to the concoction, thereby making it softer in texture and less expensive to produce.
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