As I posted previously, I pay my son for every useful chocolate site he finds on the Internet. This goes for my daughter also. But today, Timmy came across a website about the origins of chocolate.

I read the article, and thought it was very informative. Since we are using the article in the blog, and the article is quality, my son got paid.

According to the article, the Aztecs didn’t invent chocolate to use it like how we use it today. The Aztecs invented chocolate as a beverage similar to our modern day beer. The drink caused a craze. Originally the drink was produced from fermenting sweet pulp surrounding the seeds.

The chocolate drink was a status symbol. It was for the elite.

What I found interesting is that the Aztecs who lived in Puerto Escondido, Honduras did not drink the chocolate beverage for the sweetness. They drank it to get drunk, or get high. This actually makes sense, because consuming chocolate, or chocolate drink does produce a high. Except today we have other beverages that produce a “higher high”.

Love Ya

Theresa Lisenby
Duchess of Chocolate

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Hello Girlfriends,

I was chatting with one our bookclub members, who is also a chocoholic like me. We were chatting about unusual chocolate products. She brought up Greek chocolates. It’s not a surprise that every culture, and every type of cuisine has its form of chocolate.

Well, in Greek Cuisine, there is Ion Chocolate. Ion is a chocolate brand. Ion makes other confectionery products.

ION Amigdalou is a quality milk chocolate with almonds and is the favorite of Greeks. For 50 years ION Amigdalou has been the leading brand in the Greek chocolate bars market, which is a chocolate bar with nuts.

Its success can be attributed to the combination of a very particular and characteristic taste of chocolate with the fresh/ well roasted almonds.

Greek chocolate is unusual which you wouldn’t think about normally. I tried it, and it’s fantastic, and delicious.

Love Ya,

Theresa Lisenby
Duchess of Chocolate

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I’ve had my share of cereal over the years. Both as a kid, and even now as an adult. Back in the day the only healthy cereals were ones that didn’t taste as sweet, i.e Cheerios, Total etc. The cereal was low in fat, low in cholesterol, but wasn’t very sweet. So, I would add chocolate milk to get my chocoholic fix. Over the years, cereal companies such as General Mills have come up with healthy cereals that taste good. The latest one is the Chocolate Chex . Check out the video. It’s cool promotion General Mills is throwing for 7/7/7 chocolate day in Chicago.

Chicagoans enjoyed free rides on Chicago Transit Authority’s Chocolate Chex-Pres bus, of course, it’s paid for by General Mill’s Chocolate Chex campaign.

I would definitely have this cereal for breakfast; it’s the latest chocolate cereal craze.

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