How Chocolate Went Crazy on Valentine's Day

In civilization, romantic letters have been part of Valentine's Day since the middle ages. Poet author, best known for "The Tale," is attributable to writing the main literary work of Saint Valentine in 1385.

The affiliation between chocolate and Valentine's Day, by contrast, could be quite recent by historical standards, dating back less than two hundred years.

And, surprise, it all has to do with promotion. (Do you think those ubiquitous holiday jewelry commercials are archaic and annoying? Wait till you see this!)

From Bitter to Sweet

There was nothing romantic about Valentine Chocolate Day Gift in its early incarnations. Xocolatl, or "bitter water," was a Mesoamerican drink made from ground chocolate beans, chili peppers, and spices.

European explorers took the drink and returned it to the courts of Spain, France and the European country in the seventeenth century.

Having access to chocolate was one way for the upper crust to speak of its dominance, and itself was "associated with masculinity and virility," according to Charles Feldman, a member of the faculty of food studies and food systems at the State University of Montclair in New Jersey.

A Simple Explosion

Cupids, angels, and roses were part of the romantic vernacular in the 19th century, yet a mere mortal was needed to tie chocolate and Valentine's Day together.

British chocolatier Richard Cadbury had a great moment in 1861: he began packing his company's chocolate candies in simple boxes. 

The "fancy box," as he calls it, can very well store keepsakes like love notes, giving the packaging a point on the opposite side of its original use.

Galentine's Day and on the Other Side

Centuries in which the main and plain box hit stores, chocolate and women remain tangled, with every popular culture and scholarly analysis suggesting that girls crave and consume nearly twice the maximum amount of chocolate as men.

Coined in a 2010 episode of "Parks and Recreation," Galentine's Day as an adjacent Valentine's Day holiday celebrating female friendship, has taken on a lifetime. 

Currently, each is a rallying cry against the generally heteronormative promotion of Valentine's Day, as well as a slogan for selling a lot of chocolate to women.

Speaking of Gifts .

If you're in the market for a chocolate gift this year, suppose you're out of the box and pick up one of all these art chocolate products instead:

• Drink Grinder and Set: Adopt the normal methodology of building drinks with a handmade Mexican grinder, or whisk, and a Cru Chocolate de Sacramento disintegrating drink disc.

• Chocolate Tree Infusion Kit: For cocktail enthusiasts, Indi Chocolate infusion bottles contain blends of chocolate tree seeds and spices like cardamom, ginger and cinnamon. Pour in liquor like bourbon or hard liquor and build a made-to-order drink.

• Askinosie Tasting Bar Set: Springfield, Askinosie Chocolate from Missouri is intended for your collaborations with sudden partners like Heath Ceramics. try a sample of great-tasting bars, like avocado-rosemary and mint-cardamom, in a great-tasting set.

• Chocolate honey rolls out: does the UN agency want Nutella once you have artisanal chocolate honey for your toasts? This whipped cream combines chocolate with native FL honey for a creamy breakfast.

• Chocolate and Cheese Category in One Extraordinary Box - Sweet and savory close to this final gift box, which includes two pounds of cheese, seven pairings of Valentine Chocolate Day Gift, loco, and a recorded Zoom tasting session to keep you on your schedule.