World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day, sometimes referred to as International Chocolate Day,[1][2] is an observance that occurs globally every year on July 7.[3][4] Celebration of the day includes the consumption of chocolate.[4] It has been stated that 7 July 2016 marks 466 years since chocolate was introduced to Europe."[5][1]

As the United States celebrate International Chocolate Day on 13 September, Chocolate Ice-cream Day is observed on 7 July. Various other more specific chocolate-themed days are celebrated throughout the world and on various dates, including Milk Chocolate Day on 28 July.

References to World Chocolate Day being observed on 7 July have been recorded as early as 2009.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "International Chocolate Day the sweetest day of the year". Mercury. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chappaqua's Sherry B Celebrates International Chocolate Day". The Chappaqua Daily Voice. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "World Chocolate Day: What your chocolate says about you". NewsComAu. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 Claire Healy (7 July 2014). "World Chocolate Day: Five things you didn't know about Ireland and its grá for chocolate". irishmirror. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2010/07/0707chocolate-introduced-europe/ Wired, July 7, 2010
  6. ↑ Ginger Carter-Marks (1 February 2009). "The 2009 Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide". book. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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