Cacao has been around for millions of years and is probably one of the oldest of natures foods.

One chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk 150 feet

Americans eat 2.8 billion pounds of candy every year. About half of it is chocolate.

In Belgium, 17,000 people are employed in the chocolate industry.

Chocolate is full of antioxidants. Especially dark chocolate which is rich in flavenoids antioxidants that help prevent heart diseases.

About 40 percent of almonds and 20 percent of peanuts produced in the world are made for chocolate products.

Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, a naturally occurring amino-acid which is believed to have aphrodisiacal effects and is even said to be able to "cure" hangovers.

Chocolate was included in WWII soldier rations. According to army specification, it was designed to taste just a little better than a boiled potato so soldiers would not eat it too quickly.

According to new scientific studies, eating chocolate can prevent pregnancy problems. The chemical the obromine found in chocolate may reduce preeclampsia, a major pregnancy complication.

Cocoa trees can live up to 200 years but they only produce usable cocoa beans for about 25 years.

It takes approximately 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate.

The American army together with Hershey improved the heat-resistance of chocolate in order to withstand the hot sun during Desert Storm. These chocolate bars remained solid even at temperatures of up to 140F.

In the famous movie Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the legendary shower scene

The most valuable chocolate bar in the world is a Cadburry's chocolate bar thats over a 100-years old The bar, which was 4 inches long, wrapped and uneaten, was bought for 687 dollars by an anonymous buyer at Christie's, London in 2001.

The first chocolate bar suitable enough for widespread consumption was produced by the Fry's chocolate factory, located in Bristol, England in 1847

In 2012, Switzerland had the biggest chocolate consumption per capita in the world. Each Swiss person ate an average of 26 pounds of this dainty. Americans ended up 15th with just 12 pounds of chocolate per capita.

The first machine-made chocolate was produced in Barcelona, Spain, in 1780.

The Ivory Coast is by far the world's leading producer of cocoa beans. About 37 percent of all the cocoa beans in the world come from here.

The largest and oldest chocolate company in the U.S. is Hersheys. Founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894, this company produces over one billion pounds of chocolate products every year.

The largest chocolate bar weighed 12,770 pounds and was created by Thorntons plc in Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK on 7 October 2011. The chocolate bar measured 13 feet 1.48 inches by 13 feet 1.48 inches by 1 foot 1.78 inches

The main ingredient for chocolate are technically cacao beans, but they are known throughout the cocoa industry as cocoa beans because of a misspelling.

White chocolate technically isnt chocolate. It contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.

The Aztecs believed that cacao seeds were the gift of the God of wisdom, and the seeds had so much value they were used as a form of currency

Research suggests that dark chocolate boosts memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving skills by increasing blood flow to the brain.Also lowers your blood pressure as well!