Easter chocolate is all over supermarket shelves. Some people reach straight for milk chocolate eggs while others pause at ...

When we eat chocolate, then, our livers can metabolize the caffeine into paraxanthine, which stimulates your nervous system ...

We all crave chocolates-it is a nearly universal favourite-but one surprising fact might make you think twice before ...

Chocolate has been around since about 1400 BC. According to Smithsonian Magazine, it’s been used in rituals by the Aztecs and Mayans, valued by kings and queens, and enjoyed in countless forms by ...

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is getting federal funding for a sweet cause. N.C. A&T and associate professor Roberta Claro de Silva have been awarded a grant from the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from the University of Nottingham have uncovered how microbes, temperature, and pH combine to shape chocolate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Standardizing the fermentation process could lead to higher quality, more reliable cocoa harvesting techniques. It may sound harsh ...

Easter is here, and chocolate is everywhere – crowding shop shelves, piling up on desks, and likely already sitting in your pantry. But if you’ve been finding it harder to sleep recently, late-night ...

In October of 1671, French aristocrat Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, penned a note to her daughter: “I have reconciled myself to chocolate,” she wrote. “I took it the day before ...

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