National Chocolate Covered Nut Day is on February 25 every year, and we’re here to help you amazingly celebrate the day. Do you know that it has been almost 100 years since the first chocolate-covered peanuts were sold?
Chocolate is something we all love and one of the ways to make it even better is to add yet another thing that we adore — nuts! National Chocolate Covered Nut Day is dedicated to the pleasing combination of chocolate with nuts like peanuts, almonds, apricots, cashews, and hazelnuts and celebrates these tasteful treats that are enjoyed by people of all ages.
- 800 AD – Chocolate is born. The Aztecs start growing cacao plants and drinking chocolates.
- 1528 – Hernán Cortés, a Spanish explorer, brings chocolate to Spain from where it travels to other parts of Europe.
- 1600s – Chocolate-covered nuts have been around since the 1600s. European chocolatiers were among the first to coat nuts in chocolate, making them a prized treat.
- 1847 – Joseph Fry made the first-ever solid chocolate bar.
- 1879 – Rudolph Lindt, the founder of Lindt chocolates, designed the first-ever conching machine. A machine that gives a finer consistency to chocolate.
- 1900s – Companies like Nestle popularize chocolate-covered nuts.
- 20th Century – Originating in Australia, macadamia nuts gained popularity in the early 20th century. Their rich, buttery flavor made them an ideal candidate for chocolate coating.
- 1925 – The Blumenthal Chocolate Company is said to have created the first-ever chocolate-covered peanuts in 1925 when they released their product, Goobers
- 1954 – The peanut M&M was introduced
- 1960 – The peanut M&M was tan until 1960 when the colors red, yellow, and green were added to production.
- 2000s – National Chocolate Covered Nut Day is created as a dedication to these tasty treats.
- Boiled peanuts are known as ‘goobers’ or ‘goober peas’ in the South.
- Dark chocolate possesses a substantial amount of antioxidants, while the nuts contain essential fatty acids and linolenic acids
- 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.
- The world’s largest chocolate-covered nut weighed over 4,000 pounds. Because if you’re going to make a snack, you might as well make it giant.
- Famous Quotes About Chocolate & Nuts:
- “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
- “There is nothing better than a friend unless it is a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson
- “Chocolate is happiness that you can eat.” – Ursula Kohaupt
- “Nuts just make everything better.” – Unknown
- A good snack deserves a great soundtrack. Here’s the perfect playlist for chocolate-covered nut lovers:
- “I Want Candy” – Bow Wow Wow
- “Lollipop” – The Chordettes
- Feel-Good Songs for Snacking
- “Sugar” – Maroon 5
- “Happy” – Pharrell Williams
- Classic Love Songs
- “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” – James Taylor
- “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- Smooth Jazz & Chill Vibes
- “The Girl from Ipanema” – Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
- “Sunday Morning” – Norah Jones
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