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the retail chocolate business is worth $13 billion a year!!
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Americans spend and average $725 million each Valentine's Day on candy,
making V-Day 4th (behind Halloween, Christmas and Easter) for candy sales.
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the 1st chocolate box was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868 when he
painted his daughter holding a kitten on chocolate container.
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the melting of cocoa butter is just below the human body temp. which explains
why chocolate melts in your mouth.
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Americans eat 100 pounds of chocolate every second, that is 10 pound per
person per year.
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