What is chocolate and why is it delicious?

Chemistry For Your Life

#091 - Chocolate Part 1 of 3

Well you've probably never heard of chocolate, and you've almost certainly never eaten it. But if you had you might wonder, what the heck is this? How do they make it? And why does it taste so gosh darn good?

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References from this episode

1. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2016/why-is-chocolate-bad-for-dogs-video.html
2. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2016/gum-chocolate-weird-food-tricks-1.html
3. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars/culinary-chemistry.html
4. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/emergency-lesson-plan-chocolate-the-new-health-food-or-is-it.html
5. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars/culinary-chemistry/chocolate-desire.html
6. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1541-4337.12180
7. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2019/is-white-chocolate-actually-chocolate.html
8. https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i11/Periodic-graphics-chocolate-chemistry.html
9. https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i20/Unwelcome-Fat-Blooms-Chocolate.html?utm_source=YMAL&utm_medium=YMAL&utm_campaign=CEN&utm_content=pos1
10. https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i7/whats-chocolate-and-how-does-its-chemistry-inspire-such-cravings.html
11. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars/culinary-chemistry/chocolate-chem.html

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