Cherry Ripe! Not only is it Australia's oldest chocolate bar (dating back to 1924), it's also the country's favourite, according to the latest data from Roy Morgan Research.
The first solid chocolate bar put into production was made by J. S. Fry & Sons of Bristol, England, in 1847. Cadbury began producing one in 1849. Released in 1866, a filled chocolate bar, Fry's Chocolate Cream, was the first mass-produced chocolate bar.
First produced in 1924, not only is Cherry Ripe Australia's oldest chocolate bar, it's also the country's favourite with 10% of Aussies indulging in a bar - up from 9% in the year to March 2009 - ahead of Cadbury Dairy Milk 50g blocks (9%, up from 8%).
Baker's Chocolate Company is a family-owned and operated business that has been making chocolate for more than 200 years. Baker's Chocolate Company was founded by James Baker, who started the company in 1780, making it the oldest chocolate company in the world.
Cadbury Dairy Milk – the chocolate that boasts “a glass and a half of full-cream milk in every 200g block” – is the ruler of the chocolate world here in Australia.
The creation of the first modern chocolate bar is credited to Joseph Fry, who in 1847 discovered that he could make a moldable chocolate paste by adding melted cacao butter back into Dutch cocoa. By 1868, a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England.
The Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate. They drank an ancient chocolate drink during rituals and used it as medicine. Centuries later, the Mayans praised chocolate as the drink of the gods.
Answer: In 2009, 'Forbes' named House of Knipschildt's La Madeline au Truffe, the most expensive chocolate in the world. It costs USD 250 (Rs 20416.25) for a single piece. The ganache is made of 70 percent Valrhona dark chocolate which is encased inside a rare French Perigord truffle and shaped to perfection.
In the 1920s, Australian theatres, sports grounds, and even the Sydney - Manly ferry were overrun with 'chocolate boys', who carried trays of treats for hungry consumers. In 1922 Australia becomes the first export market for mass production, with Cadbury's first factory opening in Hobart - one that runs to this day.
Cadbury. The chocolate house of Cadbury was founded in Birmingham, England in 1830 and began exports to Australia in 1881.
Sean's Bar, which dates back to the Middle Ages! Also listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the historicity of the building that houses it, Sean's Bar has been recognised as the oldest bar in the world. It is located in Athlon, a small town on the banks of the Shannon River, in the centre of Ireland.
To'ak Chocolate
Firstly, To'ak found the oldest and rarest variety of cacao on Earth in the Ecuadorian valley of Piedra de Plata.
Fry's Chocolate Cream Bar
During the 1800s, Fry's company was a pioneer of chocolate and aimed to make it affordable for people from all class backgrounds. Fry's cream stick was introduced in 1853, but Fry wanted to create a bar shape using unique moulding.
Good & Plenty is believed to be the oldest candy brand in the USA. The pink-and-white capsule-shaped chewy licorice was first produced in 1893 in Philadelphia.
According to the Natural History Museum in Britain, that credit goes to Sir Hans Sloane, an Irish botanist. Sloane spent some time in Jamaica in the early 1700s, where the local people gave him cocoa to drink. “He found it 'nauseous' but by mixing it with milk made it more palatable," the museum says.
The history of chocolate began in Mesoamerica. Fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to at least 1900 BC to 1500 BC. The Mexica believed that cacao seeds were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, and the seeds once had so much value that they were used as a form of currency.
The earliest evidence of chocolate can be traced back to pre-Colombian cultures of Mesoamerica which is now known as Mexico. Aztecs, the indigenous people of Mesoamerica believed that the cocoa seeds were 'food of the gods'.
After World War II, cocoa was extremely scarce. Ferrero, originally from Piedmont in Italy, turned this tricky problem into a smart solution, creating a sweet paste made from hazelnuts, sugar and just a little of the rare cocoa.
Cherry Ripes are an Australian chocolate, introduced by Australian confectioner MacRobertson's in 1924.
One of the pioneers of Australian chocolate is Daintree Estates at Mossman, north Queensland, which labels itself as "Australia's first commercially grown and produced single origin chocolate". The company grows, harvests, processes and markets its own product range.
Cadbury Dairy Milk is made with a glass and a half wherever it's made.,” she says. “But we use Tasmanian cows and they are different to UK cows. So, the chocolate always tastes different because it depends on the milk that you're using and that brings through the flavour.” Tasmanian cows.