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Podcast: Wild Chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen

Join us on a journey into the Amazon rainforest to learn about a mythical chocolate.
The Podcast Team March 28, 2023
Pure 100-percent cacao is bitter and only slightly sweet.
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The Surprisingly Sacred Roots of Chocolate

Among the Maya, cacao has served as a powerful symbol from womb to tomb.
Sam O'Brien February 14, 2023
Izamal, Mexico

Chocolate 'OJERT' Mural Advert

A hand-painted advertisement for chocolate adorns the walls of this historic building.
The finished chocolate sauerkraut cake.
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Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.
Diana Hubbell November 10, 2022
Chocolate-y foam—but not that chocolate.
Gastro Obscura

Chocolate-atole

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.
Chocolate chariot driver and his horses (Flickr/SpirosK)
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12 Places for Chocolate-Lovers Around the World

From chocolate waterfalls to life-size chocolate moose sculptures.
Diana Hubbell May 5, 2022
Mexico City, Mexico

La Rifa Chocolatería

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.
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Podcast: International Cocoa Quarantine Center

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team February 14, 2022
Las Vegas, Nevada

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
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Trek for Treats to 15 of the World’s Most Unique Candy Stores

Eat your heart out, Willy Wonka.
Diana Hubbell October 18, 2021
<em>Koko Sāmoa</em> is practically the national drink.
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In Samoa, Hot Chocolate Is Homegrown

Growing, grinding, and drinking koko Sāmoa brings families together.
Tiare Tuuhia August 23, 2021
The hotel that first served Boston Cream Pie has changed its look over the years.
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How Boston Cream Pie Changed Americans’ Relationship With Chocolate

It was likely the country's first cake made with cacao.
Julie Tremaine February 8, 2021
The museum-in-a-box was immediately snapped up by the Bodleian Library.
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Sold: A 19th-Century 'Chocolate Museum' in a Box

It's now part of a collection of edible books.
Rebecca Rego Barry April 29, 2020
Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sky Bar

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
According to Inquisition records, men were often fearful that women would slip magic potions into their morning hot chocolate.
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The Chocolate-Brewing Witches of Colonial Latin America

The Inquisition persecuted women who used cacao to entice lovers and spurn enemies.
Reina Gattuso January 27, 2020
The 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Sarris Candies Factory

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Gastro Obscura

Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.
William Hughes, like other Europeans in the Americas, learned—and often stole—from indigenous people.
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A Pirate Botanist Helped Bring Hot Chocolate to England

William Hughes was a buccaneer with an early recipe for “the American Nectar.”
Reina Gattuso November 14, 2019