VOTE: What Type Of Chocolate Is Your Favorite?

Happy National Chocolate Day! Isn’t every day National Chocolate Day? We have lots of chocolate fun in this post for you. Take our chocolate poll below! Here are some fun…

Anne Erickson

Published Oct 28, 2020 1:27 PM EDT

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Happy National Chocolate Day! Isn't every day National Chocolate Day?

We have lots of chocolate fun in this post for you. Take our chocolate poll below!

Here are some fun facts about chocolate from CandyUSA.com:

There are roughly 1.5 million cocoa farms in West Africa.
A whopping 70 percent of coca is from West Africa.
To make just one pound of chocolate, it takes 400 cocoa.
Chocolate actually comes from a fruit tree. Does that make it a fruit? We don't know, but we would like that, ha!
The tree that makes cocoa beans is called Theobroma Cacao, which means “food of the gods.”

World's Largest Hershey's Kisses Chocolate Unveiled in New York

NEW YORK - JULY 31: The world's largest Hershey's Kisses chocolate is unveiled at the Metropolitan Pavilion July 31, 2003 in New York City. The consumer-sized chocolate contains 25 calories; the world's largest contains 15,990,900. (Photo by Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)

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Anne Erickson started her radio career shortly after graduating from Michigan State University and has worked on-air in Detroit, Flint, Toledo, Lansing and beyond. As someone who absolutely loves rock, metal and alt music, she instantly fell in love with radio and hasn’t looked back. When she’s not working, Anne makes her own music with her band, Upon Wings, and she also loves cheering on her favorite Detroit and Michigan sports teams, especially Lions and MSU football. Anne is also an award-winning journalist, and her byline has run in a variety of national publications. You can also hear her weekends on WRIF.