If you ask me what my favorite food is, you will always get the same answer: CHOCOLATE. In celebration of my favorite food/treat I’ve decided that every Wednesday here on the Saucy Scribe is going to be powered by chocolate. Because every week should have something sweet to enjoy.
Fun Fact:
The Aztecs used the Cacao Bean as currency.
With next week being Valentine’s Day, you gotta love any holiday devoted to love and chocolate – and all those KISSES!
In 1907 the Hershey’s Chocolate Company introduced the "Kiss." No one knows for sure why it was called the KISS but rumor has it the sweet treat was named for the "smooching" sound the warm chocolate makes being pressed onto the conveyor belt during the manufacturing process – these little delights are not made in a mold.
The Hershey Company has plants in Pennsylvania, Virginia and California and together they produce 1,300 Kisses every minute – YOWZA.
In 1962 the Kiss joined the techno-color revolution and started using colored wrappers for holidays. It’s now common to find one of my favorite treats in bright red for Valentine’s day, pretty pastels for Easter and even orange and black for Halloween.
In 1990 the little Kiss took another leap forward into flavors! First came the almond and that was only the start – now you can find them in everything from caramel (YUM!) to my holiday favorite this year, the white chocolate and peppermint…OMG heavenly!
Did you know you can order your own personalized bag of Hershey’s Kisses? Choose your own chocolate flavor, color wrapping and your own message!
I hope you enjoyed the visit today with one of my favorite treats – the Hershey’s Kiss. And while I don’t think I’d be overly excited if my boss handed me a bag a cacao beans at the end of the work week instead of my check – I still think it’s pretty cool to know that we aren’t the only civilization that recognizes the wonders of the cacao bean.
Happy Wednesday. (And don’t forget that everyday deserves a little Kiss!)
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