Bite into World Chocolate Day with Sun Bingo’s 10 celebration suggestions
PLAN your perfect World Chocolate Day celebrations with the help of these 10 suggestions.
Happy World Chocolate Day!
This Feel Good Friday is definitely one for the body… and maybe the soul as well.
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Today marks a celebration of all things chocolatey.
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Check out these 10 tasty ways you can go loco for cocoa.
Add chocolate to your food / drink
It might have been a few years since your morning cereal was chocolate based… why not change that?
Just for today, put aside the beige cereal and embrace the chocolate!
You could have a coffee time sweet treat with a cocoa kick. Alternatively, swap out your normal caffeine fix for a mocha!
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There’s also lunch, mid-afternoon snack time, dinner and dessert to consider.
Celebrate today by giving your meals a chocolate sway.
Learn about chocolate
Impress your friends and family with your choccy knowledge. Casually drop into conversation these tasty facts:
- Did you know that humans drank chocolate before they ate it? Xocolatl was a hot chocolate drink popular in the Mayan and Aztec empires. It was so popular that it’s said that Emperor Montezuma of the Aztecs drank 50 cups a day from a golden goblet.
- One cacao pod contains approximately 40 beans. However, 400 beans are needed to make 450g of chocolate.
- White chocolate technically isn’t chocolate because it doesn’t contain any cocoa solids. Instead, it contains cocoa butter.
- Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, also known as the “love drug”. It mimics the brain chemistry of a person in love. This is why chocolate is considered an aphrodisiac.
Bake a chocolate sweet treat
From chocolate cake to brownies, cookies to truffles, there are hundreds of options when it comes to choccy bakes.
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Why not try baking something that you’ve never made before?
Brew a hot chocolate
If baking isn’t your thing, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out this World Chocolate Day.
You can be like the original chocolate fans and take your choccy fix in drink form!
The age old debate when it comes to hot chocolate is whether to add hot water or just hot milk.
It depends whether you want your drink to have a creamy texture.
You can use store-bought chocolate powder, melt chocolate on the hob or even feel fancy and use a hot chocolate machine.
The other thing to consider is the toppings.
Are you a marshmallow fellow? A whippy cream queen?
Perhaps there’s even room for some really jazzy extras like sprinkles or cinnamon.
Visit a chocolate museum, factory or shop
Research where your nearest fountain of chocolate knowledge can be found and head on down.
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Learn about the history of cocoa, the making process and more.
You never know, seeing as it’s World Chocolate Day, the makers might be liberal with the free samples…
Try a new flavour of chocolate
Everyone has their favourites. Whether it’s milk chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate or something more exotic, there’s a particular flavour that you’ll like most.
So, why not spice things up by trying a new flavour?
Some are known alternatives: mint, orange or caramel.
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Others might push your taste bud limits: lavender, matcha or marmite.
Make your own chocolate slabs
They look fancy and taste great.
However, you don’t necessarily have to buy a chocolate slab in order to enjoy a professionally looking cocoa treat.
Check out this life hack for how to make your own gift-worthy Hotel Chocolat chocolate slabs at home.
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Warning – tasty times lie ahead.
Pamper yourself with a chocolate face mask
Thought you knew about all of the potential benefits of chocolate?
Think again!
It turns out that chocolate may also be good for your skin.
According to this beauty blogger, chocolate contains anti-ageing properties that help to hydrate, rejuvenate and tone your face.
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It also apparently helps with spots and blemishes.
You can buy or make your own chocolate face mask.
So, on World Chocolate Day, try spreading chocolate sauce on your face, rather than your toast.
Dip in a chocolate fountain*
*That means dipping food, not yourself.
There are lots of options available, so you’ll have to do your research into which fountain you’d like to buy or rent.
Alternatively, you might be that cool friend who already owns one!
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Invite round some friends and family and get the fountain flowing.
It might be worth getting it ready in advance, no one likes to wait around while the fountain is warmed up!
Great dipping options include fresh fruit, marshmallows and biscuits.
Gift chocolates to someone you love
Chocolates are a great gift option!
Not only are they are tasty, but they can also be a great way to show someone how much you care if you buy them their favourite choccy choice.
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There are also so many gifting options. Your present can be a token or something bigger.
You can get a box, bouquet or hamper. You can hand deliver for the personal touch or get letterbox size to help ensure delivery if no one is in.
However you gift chocolate, it’s a great way to spend this World Chocolate Day.
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