00:03people all over the world love chocolate it is one of the tastiest treats you can find
00:09in fact people eat more chocolate than any other sweet what makes chocolate so tasty read on to
00:17find out did you know that chocolate actually grows on trees however you can't just walk up
00:25to the tree and grab some chocolate to eat chocolate comes from beans that are found in
00:30large pods on a cacao tree cacao trees grow where it is hot and wet mostly near earth's equator it
00:37takes four to five years for a cacao tree to begin to grow pods today we plant cacao trees on
00:45farms
00:46called plantations this is because chocolate is so popular and is always in high demand the more
00:53cacao trees we have the more chocolate we can make cacao trees have lots of small white or
00:58yellow flowers some of the flowers change into pods but most of them do not the pods are shaped like
01:07little footballs workers trim the branches to get the most pods from the trees the pods are green as
01:14they grow when they turn a yellow or reddish color they are ready to be picked taking the ripe pods
01:22from the cacao tree is the first step in making chocolate there are 20 to 50 cacao beans inside of
01:29each pod to get the beans out the pods are cut open with a large blade the beans are then
01:35scooped out of
01:36the open pod the beans are a cream color and covered in pulp from the pod these beans are still
01:44very
01:44different from the chocolate you know the pulp covered beans are put into piles and covered the
01:51outsides of the beans begin to change from a cream color to purple the beans stay covered for five to
01:59seven days this process removes the pulp around the beans the beans are then dried in the Sun for about
02:06six days when they are dry they are put into a cloth bag and shipped to chocolate makers it takes
02:14a lot of
02:15work and a lot of beans to make chocolate first the beans are cleaned then chocolate makers blend different
02:22kinds of beans together the blend is important because it makes the chocolate have just the right flavor
02:31next the beans are roasted to bring out the chocolate flavor the beans then start to smell
02:36like chocolate as the beans roast the shell on the outside of the bean gets soft the beans are put
02:42into
02:43a machine that cracks the shell the machine also blows away the pieces of shell with fans this way the
02:50shells do not get in the chocolate only the inside of the bean called the nib is left the nibs
02:58are crushed
02:59until they become liquid the liquid is poured into molds to cool once cooled you have bars of unsweetened
03:06chocolate the bars are pressed until a yellow liquid called cocoa butter comes out the cocoa butter is
03:13collected and used to make the chocolate that we eat the rest of the bar is ground into cocoa powder
03:19it is
03:21used for baked goods and dairy products the final step to making the chocolate that we eat is mixing sugar
03:30cocoa powder cocoa butter and other ingredients are put into a machine the machine rolls and mixes the
03:37chocolate until it is smooth once smooth it is poured into molds and cooled it is then packaged and shipped
03:47most of the chocolate made in factories today is used to make chocolate candy other chocolate goes into
03:53ice cream chocolate drinks and baked goods like cakes and donuts it took a long time for chocolate to
03:59become popular around the world now it is the world's most popular sweet the tastiest chocolate candy in the
04:08u.s according to sales is color-coded candies these candies have been made since 1941 there are now 11
04:17flavors of these candies as well as some seasonal flavors over 400 million dollars are spent buying these
04:24candies every year in the u.s more tasty chocolate treats in the united states include cakes pies fudge
04:33and cookies chocolate cakes are made in bakeries across the country for birthdays holidays and other
04:39celebrations families gather in their kitchens to whip up some amazing chocolate chip cookies no matter
04:46the occasion chocolate is the best treat for your day
04:51other countries have their own tastiest chocolate candies in the united kingdom a milk chocolate candy bar
04:59is most popular in 2014 people spent nearly 527 million dollars on milk chocolate bars these bars have
05:08their own unique flavor from other popular candy on the continent that's why europeans love it
05:16popular european desserts include trifles rich flourless cakes torts and truffles trifles are
05:23layered desserts with cake chocolate cream and more flourless cakes are rich and creamy with a strong
05:29chocolate taste torts are layers of cake filled with icing cream fruit or another yummy filling truffles
05:36are soft candies made with chocolate and other flavors in china rich chocolate candy bars are at the top
05:45these bars make up 34 of the nation's total chocolate sales china was said to eat 220 700 tons of
05:53chocolate
05:54in 2018 that is a lot of chocolate
05:59china has many tasty chocolate desserts including chocolate covered fruit like mandarin oranges
06:06they also like chinese five spice chocolate cookies and truffles flaky chocolate pastries and fried
06:13chocolate wontons are other popular desserts
06:17in thailand chocolate covered wafers are the most popular candy
06:22the people of thailand eat less chocolate compared to the rest of the world
06:27when they do want something sweet this is what they like to eat
06:30the chocolate wafer bar is the best-selling candy product in the nation
06:36some of the tastiest treats in the world are made with chocolate
06:41it might be a long hard process but growing and making chocolate is worth it
06:46which chocolate treat do you think is the tastiest
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