German chocolate
Is chocolate different in Germany and the UK? Find out …
German chocolateKids in Germany love chocolate as much as kids in the UK! But what kind of chocolate do they eat?
Well, chocolate in Germany is a bit different from in the UK. It contains more cocoa (the brown stuff which gives chocolate its colour and rich flavour).
Famous kinds of German chocolate include Ritter Sport, Kinder chocolate and Stollwerck.
Did you know …?
- Chocolate comes from South America. The Aztecs used to drink it with pepper and chillis!
- The first German chocolate factory (the Halloren chocolate factory) was founded in 1804.
- Before around 1900, only rich people could afford chocolate.
Great flavours!
German chocolate comes in lots of different flavours, like yoghurt, pepper and even chilli chocolate!
Words Ahoy! · Wörter Ahoi!
| Deutsch | English |
|---|---|
| der Kakao | cocoa |
| die Süßigkeiten | sweets |
| der Zucker | sugar |
| die Schokolade | chocolate |
Links
- www.schokoladenmuseum.de
- Find out about the history of chocolate in the online museum of the Stollwerck company, Cologne.
- www.schoko-seite.de
- Find out how chocolate is made – in German.
