Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Chocolate Covered Anything Day is held on December 16. This event in the second decade of the month December is annual. Help us
True chocolate has cocoa butter, not vegetable fats. Compound chocolate contains vegetable fats because they have a higher melting temperature.
Peanut M&Ms are one of the more well-known chocolate-covered nuts. The peanut M&M was introduced in 1954, and were only tan in color. It wasn't until 1960 that the red, yellow and green colors were introduced. In 1976, the orange-colored M&M made its debut, and in 1995 more than ten million people voted to add the blue color to the mix.
Both chocolate and nuts can be good for you. Dark chocolate possesses a substantial amount of antioxidants, while the nuts contain the essential fatty acids and linolenic acids. The fats in nuts, for the most part, are unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated fats. Nuts also provide arginine, a substance that may help make the walls of the arteries more flexible and less prone to blockage from blood clot formation. Many nuts are good sources of vitamins E and B2 and are rich in protein, folate, fiber and essential minerals, such as magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and selenium.
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