Chocolate

• 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories.
  


• A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
  


• Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.
  


• Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
  


• Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.
  


• Cocoa butter is the natural fat of the cocoa bean. It has a delicate chocolate aroma, but is very bitter tasting. It is used to give body, smoothness, and flavor to eating chocolate.
  


• One plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.
  


• Pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. Both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.
  


• The average person will consume 10,000 chocolate bars in a lifetime.
  


• The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means "Food of the Gods."
  


• A chocolate bar is poisonous to dogs and can even be lethal.