Giving Chocolate for Valentine’s Day?

If you're giving chocolate for Valentine's Day here are some fun facts to impress your Valentine!

When you give her a box of chocolate, you can also impress her with fun facts about her favorite treat.

1. Where does chocolate come from?
Money may not grow on trees, but chocolate does. Cocoa trees produce pods, which is the fruit from which chocolate is derived. Large harvests occur by hand twice annually throughout the year.

2. Does chocolate have any special powers?
The ancient Aztecs thought so! They believed chocolate had magical powers, including the ability to give them strength. They consumed chocolate as a frothy beverage, resembling the hot chocolate we drink today. Chocolate comes from the Aztec word "xocolatl" which means "bitter water."

3. How much caffeine is in chocolate?
Yes, chocolate does contain caffeine, but it's a tiny amount. You would have to eat more than a dozen chocolate bars to get the same amount of caffeine as in a cup of coffee.

4. Is chocolate a health food?
That might be stretching it, but this sweet treat is good for you. It not only contains iron and 300 other mineral properties, but also has been shown to help with depression, high blood sugar, stress and pre-menstrual syndrome. And it's only a myth that chocolate causes or aggravates acne.

5. What's your favorite chocolate?
When it comes to gender favorites, men prefer dark chocolate, while women like milk chocolate. Each person in the United States eats, on average, 12 pounds of chocolate a year.

6. Is chocolate better than a kiss?
Chocolate might not be better than a kiss, but it comes close. If you let chocolate melt in your mouth, the sensation it produces is the same or even stronger than passionate kissing.