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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MINT DAY
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Posted on 02/19/2018 6:22:48 PM PST by heterosupremacist

Recipes @ link. Recognized by the US National Confectioners Association, National Chocolate Mint Day is observed annually across the nation on February 19th. This holiday has been set aside for all the chocolate mint lovers to eat their favorite treats all day long.

The Aztecs and Mayans are given much credit for their ways with chocolate, and while chocolate was brought back to Europeans, they were not fond of the dark, bitter bean, and it was used more for medicinal purposes.

As it was mostly consumed as a hot beverage, Europeans mixed mint, cinnamon and other spices to make it more palatable. Over time, sugar was added, and the combination of chocolate and mint became fashionable.

Fast forward to the mid-1800s when inventions and improvements in processes made it possible for confectioners to begin mass producing chocolates. Even then, small candy shops served a local public. Advertisements for mint chocolates, or chocolate mints, did not start showing up in newspapers until the turn of the century.

The International Dairy Foods Association states that mint chocolate chip is the 10th most popular flavor of ice cream...

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1 posted on 02/19/2018 6:22:48 PM PST by heterosupremacist
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To: heterosupremacist

Oh, you mean Frango Mints! Once upon a time everything else was a pretender, but I don’t know if they are made to the same standards today.


2 posted on 02/19/2018 7:15:29 PM PST by concentric circles
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To: heterosupremacist

When I was a kid we had Mason Mints. They were large, round mint patties, covered in chocolate and sold in an aluminum wrapper. They were 5 cents back in my youth. Fanny Farmers made great French Mint Squares too. Today, every once in a while I’ll buy Junior Mints. Malted Milk Balls were another favorite of mine when I was a kid. My mother used to buy a quarter pound for me from the candy counter whenever we were downtown in Woolworth’s 5 & 10 cent store.


3 posted on 02/19/2018 7:19:46 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: heterosupremacist

Just found a box of GS thin mint cookies I had stashed in my truck and forgot about - mmmmmm - like finding a fifty dollar bill in your old suit pocket.


4 posted on 02/20/2018 3:42:30 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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The International Dairy Foods Association states that mint chocolate chip is the 10th most popular flavor of ice cream...

And it's the only flavor that's worth eating! Yum!

5 posted on 02/20/2018 3:46:47 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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