What is the meaning of giving chocolate? Types of chocolate

Chocolate not only brings us delicious taste and pleasant mood, but also can be given as gifts to the most important people, because giving different chocolates represents different meanings. If you don’t understand it very well yet, come and open it and take a look!

Contents of this article

1. The meaning of giving chocolate

2. Types of Chocolate

3. When is the best time to eat chocolate?

The meaning of sending chocolate

1. Milk chocolate: It means that you think the other person is pure, well-behaved, and a cute elf.

2. Dark chocolate: It means that you think the other person has personality, is mysterious, and unfathomable.

3. Nut chocolate: It means you feel warm with the other person and want to be with him/her at all times.

4. White chocolate: It means that you think the other person is otherworldly and otherworldly.

5. Heart-shaped chocolate: means "my heart belongs to you".

6. Homemade chocolate: Work hard to do your best, and treat your lover as your husband or wife.

Types of Chocolate

1. Unflavored chocolate board: Unflavored chocolate board has a high cocoa butter content, generally about 50%, and is very hard. When used as a semi-finished product to make chocolate, more diluents need to be added. For example, when making chocolate fillings, hazelnut paste and other Western pastry fillings, softer fats or whipped cream are generally used for dilution.

2. White Chocolate: The ingredients are basically the same as milk chocolate, including sugar, cocoa butter, solid milk and spices, but without cocoa powder, so it is white. This type of chocolate only has the aroma of cocoa, and the taste is different from ordinary chocolate. In addition, the content of dairy products and powdered sugar is relatively large, and the sweetness is higher. White chocolate is mostly used for icing, and can also be used for squeezing words, making stuffing and cake decoration.

3. Milk Chocolate: Raw materials include cocoa products (cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter), dairy products, powdered sugar, spices and surfactants. It contains at least 10% cocoa paste and at least 12% milk. Milk chocolate has a wide range of uses and can be used as cake fillings, glazes, lettering or demoulding.

4. Dark chocolate: Dark chocolate is harder and has a higher cocoa butter content. Dark chocolate has different grades according to the cocoa butter content. For example: soft dark chocolate has a cocoa butter content of 32-34%; hard chocolate for glazing has a cocoa butter content of 38-40%; super hard chocolate has a cocoa butter content of 38-55%. It not only has high nutritional value, but is also easy to demould and operate. Dark chocolate is the most widely used in dessert processing, such as: chocolate filling, glazing, extrusion, various decorations, various demoulding shapes, cake bases, chocolate bread and chocolate biscuits, etc.

When is the best time to eat chocolate?

For people who eat 5-6 hours between meals, eating two pieces of chocolate (2 cm x 4 cm) about 3 hours after the first meal can quickly relieve hunger. I believe that many "overtime workers" have arranged their three meals in this way: breakfast at 8 o'clock, lunch at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner at 8 o'clock in the evening. At 12 o'clock noon, I am obviously hungry, but there are a lot of urgent work to deal with, so I have no time to take care of my stomach. The blood sugar level in the body will reach the lowest point 3-4 hours after a normal meal. At this time, if you replenish the appropriate energy in time, it will not only quickly relieve hunger, but also will not have a significant impact on blood sugar, making people more resistant to hunger. Dark chocolate is the best choice.

Disadvantages of eating chocolate

Disadvantages: Eating too much chocolate will only cause digestive problems. Like all foods with a high fat content (more than 30%), eating too much chocolate can also cause stomach pain (such as stomach pain, bloating, diarrhea, etc.). Especially light chocolate, it has more fat and contains more polyols (eating too much can cause stomach cramps or diarrhea). Chocolate is a high-calorie food and should not be eaten too much. Generally speaking, about 30 grams each time is enough.