Perfect chocolate treats for National Chocolate Day

One of our dreams is to enter the chocolate world of pure imagination à la Willy Wonka – nibbling on chocolate while floating on a chocolate lake. While we won’t be touring Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory on National Chocolate Day, we have the golden ticket to make your – and our – chocolate dreams come true.

Whether it’s chocolate bars, creamy hot chocolate, or sweet chocolate covered strawberries, we love all kinds of chocolate. Here’s everything you need to know to celebrate chocolate.

When is National Chocolate Day?

Mexico may be the birthplace of chocolate, but America created a holiday that celebrates everything to do with roasted cocoa beans. National Chocolate Day is celebrated on October 28. The industry organization the National Confectioners’ Association created the food festival to promote the chocolate industry.

Mark your calendar. Additional chocolate holidays include:

• January 31: National Hot Chocolate Day

• June 7: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

• July 7: World Chocolate Day

• September 13: International Chocolate Day

• December 28: National Chocolate Candy Day

How to celebrate National Chocolate Day

There are many ways to celebrate National Chocolate Day. The most obvious way to celebrate is to eat chocolate. Many of the world’s most popular foods and drinks are made from chocolate, including:

You can also use National Chocolate Day as motivation to visit your local chocolatier, play games like Candy Crush Saga and Candy Land, or try making your own chocolate.

Use this sweet day as an opportunity to try something new, whether it’s nibbling on a piece of ruby ​​chocolate or adding chocolate to a savory dish like ), Brazilian fudge candy.

Chocolate Covered Company

Steve Asbaty founded The Chocolate Covered Co. in 2009 in Totowa, New Jersey. Soon he covered almost everything in chocolate.

Whatever you want, it’s probably The Chocolate Covered Co. cover it, smother it, or drizzle it with rich Belgian chocolate. The team dips everything from fresh fruit like strawberries and bananas to crunchy nuts and pretzels to classic sandwich cookies in milk, dark and white chocolate.

Guelaguetza Mole sauce + Mexican hot chocolate set

Chocolate isn’t just for dessert or when you crave sweets. Founded by husband and wife Fernando Lopez and Maria Monterrubio in 1994, Guelaguetza Mexican restaurant in Oaxacan will satisfy all your chocolate needs.

Guelaguetza’s Mooe Sauce + Mexican Hot Chocolate set includes 1 jar of the award-winning Los Angeles restaurant’s signature mole negro, made with Mulato Chile, Mexican Pasilla Chile, Black Chilhuacle Chile, bananas, garlic, onion, spices and seasonings such as clove, thyme , cinnamon, cumin, oregano and black pepper. plus nuts such as peanuts, almonds and walnuts. This chocolate set also includes Oaxacan chocolate and an artisan molinillo (traditional wooden whisk) to make authentic Mexican hot chocolate.

Knipschildt Chocolatier The most exquisite chocolate truffle in the world: La Madeline au Truffe

If you’re going to enjoy National Chocolate Day, why not go for the world’s most expensive chocolate? Danish-born chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt has been using European craftsmanship to handcraft his artisan chocolate products in Norwalk, Connecticut since 1999.

La Madeline au Truffe by Knipschildt Chocolatier is a rare French Perigord truffle covered in ganache and coated in cocoa powder. Ganache consists of 70% Valrhona dark chocolate, heavy cream, sugar, truffle oil and vanilla. This special 4-in. chocolate truffle appears on a bed of sugar pearls in a gold box.

This article originally appeared on Goldbelly.com and was distributed by MediaFeed.org.

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