An Online Chocolate Scavenger Hunt! 1. Who was the first European known to have encountered the cacao plant, from which chocolate is made?
2. The Mayan people of Central America and Mexico had a cacao god named Ek Chuah, whom they honored with a festival each April. Along with the usual animal sacrifices, how did they celebrate the happy occasion?
3. To adapt the standard Aztec chocolate drink recipe for Spanish tastes, a panel of monks was employed. Upon consideration, they added several ingredients — cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar — and subtracted a few, including which of the following? a. Chicken Blood
b. Chili pepper
c. Llama butter
d. Rum
4. Of the several varieties of cacao, which is prized for its superior flavor?
5. Although the health news regarding chocolate has been mainly positive recently, it is still true that chocolate makes a poor food for the family dog. Why?
6. Which three countries had the highest per capita consumption of chocolate in 2005?
7. Recent studies have shown that including chocolate in one’s diet may help ward off heart disease. What type of chocolate is thought to be particularly effective in this regard?
8. After cacao is harvested the beans are fermented, dried, roasted, shelled and ground to a paste. What is the paste called?
9. The carob tree produces a fruit that when roasted and grounded into a powder makes a good substitute for cocoa — at least for those who will admit that such a thing is possible. What is another name for the carob?
10. What is conching?
11. How many pounds of chocolate per year does the average American eat?
Consumer Choice Awards For this activity, we will be sampling some different kinds of chocolate! Before you start salivating, let’s go over the procedure:
1. Sample one piece of chocolate. While you enjoy, think about what makes this piece of chocolate tasty and unique, remembering to take a look at the wrapper as well. What attracts you to this chocolate bar? Write it down in the table provided.
2. Take a drink of water to cleanse your palate, and repeat step 1 until you have recorded information about each chocolate bar that you have sampled.
3. Come up with three important criteria upon which you feel our originally created chocolate bars should be judged.
Our agreed upon criteria will be the basis upon which we will conduct our Consumer Choice Awards at the end of this module.
Chocolate Bar
What attracts you to this chocolate bar?
Hershey’s Creamy Milk Chocolate
Cadbury Caramilk
Lindt Excellence Dark
Cadbury Dairy Milk
Hershey’s Almonds
The three criteria that I think our chocolate bars should be judged based upon are: 1.
2.
3.
1. Who was the first European known to have encountered the cacao plant, from which chocolate is made?
2. The Mayan people of Central America and Mexico had a cacao god named Ek Chuah, whom they honored with a festival each April. Along with the usual animal sacrifices, how did they celebrate the happy occasion?
3. To adapt the standard Aztec chocolate drink recipe for Spanish tastes, a panel of monks was employed. Upon consideration, they added several ingredients — cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar — and subtracted a few, including which of the following?
a. Chicken Blood
b. Chili pepper
c. Llama butter
d. Rum
4. Of the several varieties of cacao, which is prized for its superior flavor?
5. Although the health news regarding chocolate has been mainly positive recently, it is still true that chocolate makes a poor food for the family dog. Why?
6. Which three countries had the highest per capita consumption of chocolate in 2005?
7. Recent studies have shown that including chocolate in one’s diet may help ward off heart disease. What type of chocolate is thought to be particularly effective in this regard?
8. After cacao is harvested the beans are fermented, dried, roasted, shelled and ground to a paste. What is the paste called?
9. The carob tree produces a fruit that when roasted and grounded into a powder makes a good substitute for cocoa — at least for those who will admit that such a thing is possible. What is another name for the carob?
10. What is conching?
11. How many pounds of chocolate per year does the average American eat?
Consumer Choice Awards
For this activity, we will be sampling some different kinds of chocolate! Before you start salivating, let’s go over the procedure:
1. Sample one piece of chocolate. While you enjoy, think about what makes this piece of chocolate tasty and unique, remembering to take a look at the wrapper as well. What attracts you to this chocolate bar? Write it down in the table provided.
2. Take a drink of water to cleanse your palate, and repeat step 1 until you have recorded information about each chocolate bar that you have sampled.
3. Come up with three important criteria upon which you feel our originally created chocolate bars should be judged.
Our agreed upon criteria will be the basis upon which we will conduct our Consumer Choice Awards at the end of this module.
The three criteria that I think our chocolate bars should be judged based upon are:
1.
2.
3.