Chocolate Sunday on um… Tuesday?

Posted Jun 21 2011, 11:11 pm in Miscellany

As promised, today’s the end of my first ever blog contest!

Thank you for commenting. I hope you had fun!

The answers are:

1) Chocolate was introduced in the U.S. in 1765 according to http://www.masterstech-home.com/the_kitchen/articles/choco-history.html

2) Hershey’s slogan was “The great American chocolate bar” according to http://enchocolat.com/chocolate-bar-slogans/

3) The Ivory Coast is the biggest producer of cocoa beans on the planet according to http://www.spectrumcommodities.com/education/commodity/cc.html

4) Joseph Fry is credited with the world’s first chocolate bar: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/candybar.htm

5) According to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia, the blood in the infamous Psycho shower scene was chocolate syrup. Bosco’s!

And the bonus question: No one’s really sure how Hershey’s Kisses got their name, though Nancy’s theory is generally believed: http://candyprofessor.com/2010/03/03/hersheys-why-a-kiss-is-just-a-kiss/

 

And the winner is:

NANCY KELLEY!

My son pulled your name out of the hat (okay, it was a Tupperware bowl). Send me your snail mail address and I’ll get your gift out to you.

Tuere and Amber, email me your addresses too. You should get a prize just for playing!

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