Who Gives a Twitter About American Chocolate
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Tweets about American Chocolate
There can never be too many tweets about chocolate! Especially American Chocolate!
Join the fun. Even if it is too early in the morning or too late in the evening -- there is always time for thinking about chocolate.
This list is not about dark chocolate vs. milk chocolate.
It is simply about chocolate made in the United States of America.
Contents at a Glance
Did you know this about American Chocolate?
American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk-only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.
A List of Random Chocolate Trivia:
- Milton Hershey, inventor of the Hershey Bar and Hershey Kisses was a Mennonite looking for an alternative to alcohol.
- Until 1900, Ghiradelli Chocolate used to sell liquor, mustard, coffee and spices.
- Chocolate was used to cure stomach aches in the 18th century.
- Cacao beans were used as currency by the Aztecs.
- Chocolate is toxic to dogs because of their inability to process theobromine. Horses too.
- Deep fried chocolate bars contain about 850 calories per bar.
American Chocolate, SOUTH America, that is--
Specifically Brazil
The claim is made that Chocolate made in the USA is pumped full of chemicals. Not sure how I feel about this statement.
American Chocolate Tweets
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Need Some Good USA Chocolate?
Before you eat a milk chocolate bar, you need to read the nutrition:
Nutritional Analysis Of a Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar:
Good points:
* Low in cholesterol
* Very low in sodium
Bad points:
* High in saturated fat
* Very high in sugar
Nutrition Facts about the Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar
Serving Size 1 bar (43.0 g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 210
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.0g 20%
Saturated Fat 8.0g 40%
Cholesterol 10mg 3%
Sodium 35mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 26.0g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1.0g 4%
Sugars 24.0g
Protein 3.0g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8% Iron 2%
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
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