According to the NCA (National Confectioners Association: Making Life Sweeter Since 1884!), July 28 is\u00a0National Milk Chocolate Day.<\/p>\n
Turns out there is a whole slew of chocolate-related holidays, from the straight-forward National Chocolate Day (Oct. 28) to the increasingly niche-focused (National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day, Jan. 3 & National Nutty Fudge Day, May 12). In fact, there is at least one \u201cofficially-designated\u201d chocolate holiday every month (such as November\u2019s lone choco-day: 11\/7\u2019s National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day).<\/p>\n
I use quote marks because I cannot find any details on how these days came to be so designated. No history, such as how long they\u2019ve been celebrated or who started the ball rolling. And searching the web turns up multiple dates for some of these holidays (National Chocolate Day can also be celebrated Dec. 28 & 29 \u2014 the more the merrier!) and more chocolate-related holidays (National Chocolate Pudding Day is June 26, and May is National Chocolate Custard Month).<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t find an authoritative declaration of a National Dark Chocolate Day, the one I would really like to recognize. Some claim Feb. 1, which is OK by me since it means I have some time to plan the proper way to celebrate what could become my favorite holiday.<\/p>\n
Plus celebrating chocolate in February seems a lot smarter than July. Maybe they should rename July 28\u2019s holiday \u201cNational Melted Chocolate Day?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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