chocolate
Dark chocolate is made primarily from cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. This topic is part of Sweets within Food & Drink. This page currently draws on 28 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
chocolate trivia questions
Chocolate is made from the seeds of what tree?
Answer: Cacao tree
Bonus fact: Cacao beans are the fermented and dried seeds of Theobroma cacao.
Which type of chocolate contains cocoa solids but normally no milk solids?
Answer: Dark chocolate
Bonus fact: Dark chocolate is made primarily from cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar.
What alkaloid in cacao is chemically related to caffeine and contributes to chocolate's bitterness?
Answer: Theobromine
Bonus fact: Theobromine is a naturally occurring stimulant in cacao and is chemically related to caffeine.
What ingredient gives most brownies their characteristic chocolate flavor?
Answer: Cocoa or chocolate
Bonus fact: Brownies typically use cocoa powder, melted chocolate, or both.
Hazelnuts are a major ingredient in which popular chocolate spread?
Answer: Nutella
Bonus fact: Nutella combines hazelnuts with cocoa and sugar.
Belgium is especially famous for waffles, chocolate, and what fried food?
Answer: French fries
Bonus fact: Belgian fries are a celebrated national food.
Côte d'Ivoire is one of the world's leading producers of what crop used to make chocolate?
Answer: Cocoa
Bonus fact: The country is a major global cocoa producer.
Chocolate and what spice are common babka fillings?
Answer: Cinnamon
Bonus fact: Chocolate and cinnamon are classic varieties.
Chocolate chips are small pieces of what?
Answer: Chocolate
Bonus fact: They are designed for baking and snacking.
Chocolate chips are especially associated with what baked good?
Answer: Chocolate chip cookies
Bonus fact: The chocolate chip cookie was invented in Massachusetts.
Who is credited with inventing the chocolate chip cookie?
Answer: Ruth Wakefield
Bonus fact: Wakefield created the cookie at the Toll House Inn in the 1930s.
Why does chocolate made with cocoa butter melt near body temperature?
Answer: Its fat crystals melt in that temperature range
Bonus fact: Cocoa butter's melting profile contributes to chocolate's mouthfeel.