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Life’s Better with Chocolate: Happy National Chocolate Day

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty 179530

 

Life Is Definitely Better With Chocolate!

As Nadum Lokuliyanage said: "life without books, chocolate and coffee is just useless!" Three of my favorite things in life just happen to be books, chocolate, and coffee!

 

The secret to happiness is contained within chocolate."

... Chocoholics Anonymous

 

For me, a card-carrying "chocoholic,"  EVERY day should be (and is) celebrated as Chocolate Day! I totally subscribe to the idea that life is short, so I should not only eat my chocolate first, but also eat more of it! And as Charles Schultz famously said: "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

 

19 Signs That You Are A Chocoholic:

Did you know there are actually 19 signs that you are a chocoholic? Four of them include:

  • Having your favorite overseas chocolate (check!)
  • You cling to studies that prove chocolate is good for you. (check!)
  • Chocolate is an incentive and a reward. (check!)
  • You don't let chocolate stand in the way of dietary restrictions. (check!)

“As long as there is chocolate, there will be happiness.”

... Wayne Gerard Trotman

 

THE NUMBERS BEHIND CHOCOLATE: VIDEO

 

Facts About Chocolate

  • It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of chocolate.

  • 70% of chocolate comes from west Africa with Cote d'Ivoire providing some 40% of the world's supply.

  • Benjamin Franklin sold chocolate in his print shop in Philadelphia.

  • Studies show that one of the major saturated fats in chocolate does not raise cholesterol like other hard fats.

  • Rudolph Lindt (I'm sure you recognize the name) designed the first conching machine, its bed curved like a conch shell. 

  • More facts about chocolate, click here.

 

Remember those Got Milk! and Eat More Chickin ads?

My personal mantra is: Got Chocolate! and Eat More Chocolate! 

Check out 5 healthy ways to eat more chocolate.

 

“Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.”

... Jo Brand

 

Looking For A Way To Be A Chocoholic Without Guilt?

 

chocolate is a salad

 

So go ahead... indulge in and enjoy some chocolate (oops, salad) on National Chocolate Day!

 

10 Numbers Behind Chocolate

 

Quotes About Chocolate To Live By

 

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”

... Linda Grayson

 

“Coffee and chocolate—the inventor of mocha should be sainted.”

... Cherise Sinclair

 

“Chocolate symbolizes, as does no other food, luxury, comfort, sensuality, gratification, and love.”

... Karl Petzke

 

 

 This information about National Chocolate Day is provided by Nina Hollander, Coldwell Banker Realty, Greater Charlotte  area residential real estate expert and certified, card-carrying chocoholic.

 

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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Good morning Nina. All here in the Rain are getting the message about chocolate. First I read Linda Blumenthal's post, followed by Kathy Streib 's post and now yours. Don't think I am at your level of enthusiasm, but I just may be close. Enjoy your chocolate.  

Oct 28, 2024 05:32 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Wayne Martin hi Wayne... for us card-carrying chocoholics, this is a very important day to say the least!

Oct 28, 2024 05:33 AM
Linda Blumenthal

I hope that you enjoy the "celebration", Wayne Martin.  

Oct 28, 2024 09:07 AM
Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

Nina, I read this once and of course it stayed in my mind...Balancing my diet? Easy. One chocolate in each hand! Haha.

Oct 28, 2024 06:17 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400 hi Sheila... that is a balanced diet I totally approve of! :))))

Oct 28, 2024 09:52 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

I think the combo of chocolate and peanut butter is proof of GOD. Nothing is that GOOD

Oct 28, 2024 06:50 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty oh for sure, Jeff. Chocolate and marzipan and chocolate and cherries also prove to me there is a GOD!

Oct 28, 2024 09:51 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Nina - each chocolate-associated word of wisdom is sweet.  For me, the quote you shared from Chocoholics Anonymous may hit a pinnacle.  

Oct 28, 2024 07:11 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Michael Jacobs hi Michael... nectar of the gods is what I believe chocolate is!

Oct 28, 2024 09:50 AM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

Yes, but I do not need any day to make it a chocolate day, every day should be celebrated with chocolate.

Oct 28, 2024 09:08 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543 hi Nick... you'll get no argument from this chocoholic on that point!

Oct 28, 2024 09:48 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Nina, I like to make a chocolate cake today but would have to go to the store for icing.

Oct 28, 2024 10:25 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Will Hamm what? You use store-bought icing and don't make your own? :)))

Oct 28, 2024 10:44 AM
Kathy Streib

yes Nina Hollander, Broker I'm in shock that Will Hamm would use store bought icing!!! LOL

Oct 28, 2024 11:53 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Kathy Streib 😂🤣

Oct 28, 2024 01:08 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Nina-  I knew I could count on you for a chocolate post today!!!! And I can check all of the boxes for being a chocoholic!!!  When I was in grad school and studying late a  night, my reward or carrot on a stick was a piece of chocolate. 

Oct 28, 2024 11:53 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Kathy Streib hi Kathy... I've been a chocoholic since I was a toddler. And I tried to be a cofeeholic, as well, but my mother wouldn't let me indulge.

Oct 28, 2024 01:09 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Nina something about chocolate that just seems to make everything taste better.

Oct 28, 2024 01:49 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker

George Souto amazing, isn't it, George, how many foods are improved by the addition of chocolate?

Oct 28, 2024 02:10 PM
Patricia Feager
Referral Specialist - DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Licensed to April 2027

Hi Nina Hollander, Broker - Happy National Chocolate Day. This day reminds me of living and working at Wyonegonic Camps. The Cooks did a good job making healthy meals; however, the thing campers, Counselors, and Staff craved most was chocolate! 

Oct 28, 2024 02:40 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Patricia Feager, ABR,CRS,GRI,MRP hi Patricia... that does not surprise me in the least. Hard not to like chocolate! Nectar of the gods I call it.

Oct 28, 2024 03:02 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Retired Real Estate Broker

In my previous life I had the good fortune to be n 2 large candy maker's Manfacturing plants. The Hershey Plant in PA and the Peter Paul candy plant which was in Naugatuck CT. Both were beyond description for the smell.

Oct 28, 2024 03:47 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 hi Ed... as you know, I worked for the Mars Company... and there really is nothing better than tasting M&M's and other candy right off the assembly line.

Oct 29, 2024 04:15 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754

Nina Hollander, Broker   I didn't know. We have a niece in the DC area that married a descendent of one of the M's. He's second generation.

Oct 29, 2024 04:56 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 hi Ed... when I worked at Mars I worked with a third generation of owners and was helping move in a fourth generation. Depending on how old your niece's husband is, I'd guess it's fourth generation.

Oct 29, 2024 05:01 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754 then he'd be fourth generation. First there was Frank Mars, then Forrest Mars, then Forrest, John and Vickie Mars... then they had a slew of kids who would be in their 40's-50's now.

Oct 29, 2024 05:13 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754

Nina Hollander, Broker   I would guess Crispin just celebrated 40.

Oct 29, 2024 05:09 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I would certainly agree that life is much better with chocolate, although I do not have chocolate every day, haha.  Maybe if I did, my life would be a lot better, haha.

Oct 29, 2024 03:02 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Brian England good morning, Brian... so maybe you need to give it a try and see what happens! :)

Oct 29, 2024 04:15 AM