Celebrating Milk Chocolate Day
Today is the day to celebrate divine and decadent milk chocolate by indulging in a slab or three
It’s got to be one of the yummiest days on the calendar.
Today is Milk Chocolate Day, the day to celebrate divine and decadent milk chocolate by indulging in a slab or three.
How did Milk Chocolate Day originate?
Well, Daniel Peter, the inventor of milk chocolate, was born in the village of Moudon, located in beautiful, mountainous Switzerland in 1836. Later on in life, Daniel Peter had formed a strong friendship with his neighbour, Henry Nestle, who had settled in Vevey, Switzerland, about 1843.
Nestle had developed a process to make baby food in which he used what was then called a “milky flour.” It was at this point in his life that Daniel Peter asked himself the question, “Why not try to make a chocolate containing milk?” This idea stayed with the young Daniel Peter to the point of becoming an obsession with him. He further realized that in order to stay in the chocolate market, he must produce a new product that would become pleasing and desired by the consumer.
How to celebrate Milk Chocolate Day?
Indulge yourself with your favourite milk chocolate. You don’t even have to stop at once. Eat as much chocolate as you want, you only get to celebrate this day once a year.
