How are chocolate candy bars made?
Chocolate candy bars provide energy, good taste and fun in every bite. You can purchase a chocolate candy bar in any food store or vending machine throughout the country. Chocolate bars run the gamut of plain milk chocolate to peanut-covered chocolate to special dark-chocolate bars. Yes, they’re always there when we need them, but how are they made? Cacao Trees Chocolate comes from trees that grow in the tropical jungles of Brazil and other countries. The trees are called cacao trees. The fruit of this tree contains seeds called cocoa beans. The cocoa beans are hand harvested and placed in piles for a fermentation process that takes a week. After this time, the beans are shipped to candy factories for processing into chocolate candy bars. Arrival at the Factory Once the beans arrive at the factory they are cleaned and sorted by country of origin. Beans from different countries have a bit of a different taste so they must be blended together to create the taste the particular company wa