National Chocolate Day

The world's most universally beloved flavor, which started as a bitter ceremonial drink.

National Chocolate Day on October 28 celebrates chocolate, made from the fermented, roasted seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao, meaning 'food of the gods'). Chocolate has been consumed in the Americas for at least 3,500 years, first as a bitter ceremonial drink and later as a sweetened confect