The custom of giving chocolate dates back to the nineteenth century when chocolate was an expensive gift. Cadbury marketed the first box of chocolate late in 1868, packed in a box decorated in a sentimental Victorian style.
Some cultures believed that chocolate has a magical value. For example, the Aztecs believed chocolate had the power to make a person fall in love.
Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, an endorphin that provides energy and creates feelings of joy, happiness and euphoria.
Phenylethylamine is a mild mood elevator and it creates a pleasurable effect. It’s the same chemical that human brain produces when they feel happy or ‘in love.’
Chocolate as a symbol of love
