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When was white chocolate first made?In: Gift Giving, Chocolate [Recategorize] |
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Some years ago, a reader e-mailed me to ask about the origins of white chocolate. Who had invented it, and when, and where? After a number of weeks of attempting to research this question, with very little success, I ended up writing Nestle in Switzerland. I received in reply a one-page letter in German, which I had to have translated, and even then the information providedSome years ago, a reader e-mailed me to ask about the origins of white chocolate. Who had invented it, and when, and where? After a number of weeks of attempting to research this question, with very little success, I ended up writing Nestle in Switzerland. I received in reply a one-page letter in German, which I had to have translated, and even then the information provided was vague. All I was able to discover was that white chocolate had been invented in Switzerland, probably sometime in the 1930's, as a way of using excess cocoa butter.
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