Chocolate may be an aphrodisiac, but now, thanks to Mars, Inc., it has another, more educational function: history lessons. To sweeten the deal, the company (which, according to the release, “has played a sweet role in American history”) even incorporated our very own Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, into the gooey mix.
The famed chocolate giant announced Friday, June 23, that it was making a $100,000 donation to the Piedmont Environmental Council, which helps preserve Montalto (a.k.a. Brown’s Mountain), the mountain overlooking Monticello (and other important historical areas). As of Friday, Monticello will now become one of five historical sites to sell American Heritage Chocolate—a unique line of chocolates made from historically authentic recipes (sounds appetizing, right?). Mars, Inc., and the Colonial Chocolate Society hope to expose Americans to the chocolate of our ancestors—so go ahead and bite off a chunk of a “colonial chocolate stick” and enjoy. One warning, however: Colonial recipes were primitive, at best, when compared to the technological wonder that is the modern chocolate bar. But hey, apparently TJ bought 23 pounds of the stuff, so it can’t be all bad. I mean, we all know what a huge chocolate-lover he was.
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