by: Lexsafari
5, 026 - pounds - the weight of the largest chocolate bar ever made, According to the Guiness World Book of Records. It was produced by Elah-Dufour United Food Companies at Turin, Italy, in March 2000.
52% - the percentage of Americans who choose chocolate over vanilla as their favorite flavor
65% - the percentage of American chocolate eaters prefer milk chocolate.
3.3 - billion lbs. - The amount of chocolate eaten in the U.S. in the year 2000!
230 - the number of calories which the average 1.5- to 1.6-ounce milk chocolate bar has with more than half of those coming from fat.
3.5 - million pounds - the amount of whole milk used every day to make chocolate by U.S. chocolate manufacturers
7 - milligrams - The amount of caffeine in an ounce of milk chocolate - about the same amount contained in a cup of decaffeinated coffee. A cup of full-strength coffee has more than 20 times that much.
96 - degrees - the melting point of cocoa butter which is just below the human body temperature, and why it literally melts in your mouth.
60% - the percentage of Americans said they gave boxed chocolates as a winter holiday gift.
63% - the percentage of Americans who can't resist buying a chocolate treat for themselves when buying chocolates for someone else.
51% - the percentage of Americans who choose what chocolate they eat by the shape of the piece
40% - the percentage of women who regularly crave chocolate
15% - the percentage of men who regularly crave chocolate
$13 billion The amount Americans spend a year on chocolate.
CHOCOLATES MAKE US TOTALLY CRAZY^^
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